P6ge 8-Tuesday, March 28, 1978-The Michigan Daily AMES WARNS CARCINOGENS FILL ENVIRONMENT: Expert links products to cancer By SHELLEY WOLSON Hair spray cans, hair dyes and even sunshine have been found to be possible carcinogens, according to national cancer expert Bruce Ames. Ames, biochemistry professor at University of California, Berkeley, spoke on "Environmental Chemicals Causing Cancer and Mutations" to a stan- ding room only crowd yesterday afternoon at the Modern Languages Bldg. AMES' LECTURE was part of the Donald John- son lecture series which is sponsored by the Univer- sity of Michigan Cancer Research Institute Commit- tee'to honor publisher Johnson's continuing support of cancer research. Ames said there are a variety of carcinogins in the environment which might be causing cancer by damaging DNA. The widely used chemical vinyl chloride for example, has been shown to be a car- cinogenic in animals and humans. The plastics in- dustry uses this chemical to make many products, such as hair spray cans. Ingestion of other harmful chemicals causes mutations in DNA sequences of the cells, causing bir- th defects. It also impairs cell DNA repairing systems according to Ames. "If something happens and it's not repaired right, cancer occurs," he said. WITH A SLIDE presentation of detailed charts and graphs, Ames explained how carcinogens get in- to the human system how he and his research staff tested for the information. He then discussed various forms of cancer. "Skin cancer is a common disease among fair-skinned people from getting too much sunshine," he said. Ames gave examples of familiar mutagens (mutation causing agents' such as mustard gas, coal tar and cigarette smoke. "And we know bladder can- cer is much higher in cigarette smokers than non- smokers," he said. Hair dye is another popular mutagen. "Forty per cent of our country's women are dying their hair," Ames said. Peroxide dyes appear to be the worst of- fenders. In addition, pesticides and gasoline ad- ditives, to which humans have a lot of exposure, can be damaging. Ames said some mutagens enter the body not through industrial polution but rather through the food we eat. Fat in the diet has been linked to colon and breast cancer, he said. NOTICE' NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH All speakers of English as a second language* are invited to take part in an experimental test of English Language pro- ficiency to be given in ROOM 1025 ANGELL HALL at 7:00 P.M. on the 30th of March. You will receive $5.00 for ap- proximately 1/2 hours of your time. In addition, test results will be made available to participants. If interested you must call and register at the following number: 764-2413. * No ELI STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE Intensive English courses are eligible for the test. 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