Page 6-Tuesday, October 25, 1977-The Michigan Daily Scientists discuss PBB effects on human health EAST LANSING (UPI) - Re- searchers and technicians from around the nation gathered yester- day for what was described as the first high-powered scientific confer- ence ever to focus on the environ- mentalvand health effects of PBB. Dr. Irving Selikoff of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and members of his team who studied the effects of PBB contamination on human health are among the high- lights. Lelikoff himself was scheduled to summarize the known human health consequences of Michigan's PBB contamination, e p i s o d e, a n d to give detailed findings of a health comparison of Michigan and Wiscon- sin residents. MONTHS AGO Selikoff said there was apparent, damage to the bodily immune systems of members of farm families who ingested large amounts of PBB by eating contamin- ated livestock. In advance of making his formal presentations, Selikoff said yester- day that his study of 102 non-farm Michigan residents showed they may have suffered some health damage as well by eating food directly from contaminated farms. The fact that non-farm residents apparently were affected, Selikoff said, "brings the level of concern one step closer to Michigan's general population." STUDIES of Wisconsin families re- inforced the findings of some health disorders among Michigan residents, including liver, skin aid nervous sys- tem ailments, he said. Most Michigan residents, he stressed, did not buy food directly from highly contaminated farms and are not in that category. Dozens of scientific papers, most of S .'r::.....:;{ .:. :'4 Selikoff said that his MINI-COURSE,-1 credit ENERGY CONSERVATION Path to Progress or Poverty? COURSE;- DESCRIPTION. The course will consist of three lecture- discussions offered in conjunction with the public presentations of a conferen- ce on energy conservation to take place on November 1 and 2. The course will examine the technology of conservation of energy, its implications for the economy, for new life styles, and its place in our national energy policy. FACULTY: Dr. Marc Ross, Physics Mary Sinclair, Lecturer Registration 8 Informotion: RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE EAST QUAD 763.0178 study of 102 non-farm Michigan residents showed they might have suffered some health damage as well by eating food direct- ly from PBB-contaminated farms. them highly technical, were present- ed to the conference. They dealt with subjects ranging as widely as the ab- sorption rate of PBB into growing vegetables to the health effects of PBB on male mice. STEVEN AUST, conference chair- man and a Michigan State University biochemist, said. the goal of the conference is "to get the scientists working on PBB together to discuss the data." "Hopefully, when all is over, we ~can interpret what was said for the layman," he said. Aust described the gathering as "the first scientific con- ference concerning PBB." "I think we have a conference that is very, very wide in breadth and will cover most of the questions that are in issue here," he said. MSU scientists called the confer- ence, he said, because so many dif- ferent researchers and departments were working on PBB at Michigan State alone that no one at the college had an overall view of the research being done. "You can imagine what it was like across the country," he said. Anatomy of a Bubble Second-year Inteflex student Steve Shimoura demonstrates one of the more creative ways in which pre-med students relieve tensions. Here, Steve blows off a little pressure-in record time. Young favors sanctions against South Africa UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young said yesterday he personally favors some form of sanctions against the government of South Africa, which carried out a sweeping purge of black leaders and organizations last week. Young spoke with reporters follow- - The University of Michigan IbProfessional Theatre Program ,t. Ann Arbor -- Power Center ,Aa Ilt (313)764-0450h For information $ EARN EXTRA CASH $ CASH PAID FOR YOUR BLOOD PLASMA NOW DONORS EARN $30.00-$100.00 MONTHLY OCTOBER BONUS DRAWINGS: 10-SPEED BIKES if yq.i ortate twice t week throughut ctoberyou will hove 4 chances to win! 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But the black U.N. envoy, who earlier in the day met with President Carter in Washington, indicated the United States would seek some middle ground short of a binding arms embargo. "I certainly hope we could come up with a position we wouldn't have to veto. . . one we could all agree to," he said. YOUNG added he expects. the Carter administration to make a sion within the next two days. The council debate, scheduled to run four days, was requested by the 49-nation African Group after South Africa banned virtually all important black organizations, closed two black-operated newspapers and ar- rested some 50 black leaders last Wednesday. Ambassador Mahmoud Mestiri of Tunisia opened the debate in the 15- member council with a call for approval of four resolutions provid- ing tough punitive actions including an arms embargo. "IF THE United Nations does not meet Pretoria's latest challenge, then racial justice cannot be had any- where in southern Africa," he said. 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One Western diplomatic source viewed the call for a ihandatory arms embargo astan "opening bid." He added: "We haven't even begun to negotiate with the Africans on this. The United States, Britain and France in 1975 vetoed a resolution calling for a mandatory world ban on sales of arms to South Africa:-The United States and Britain now abide by a voluntary arms embargo. The three Western powers were un- derstood to be undecided on whether to veto such an embargo proposal at this time. .. v,,< :.Q:;v:':itiiE f :, :k:j,. , i's:::M E '":}.t':i"J.v.:: . ": UAC- :iriv{l -MUSKET Presents D-:..:s.