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Dioxins
found in
.paper
product
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tiny
amounts of dioxin, a potent cause of
cancer in lab animals, are found in
many paper products- such as
coffee filters, napkins and
tampons- bleached by the kraft
process, the Environmental
Protection Agency announced
yesterday.
But the agency said it believes
there is no health hazard from using
those products.
John T. Moore, assistant
administrator for pesticides and toxic
substances, told a news conference
that the extra risk of cancer to
humans, according to "armchair
calculations" appeared to be around
one in a million, which he called
"negligible risk."
"I'm not going to change my
lifestyle or habits or purchasing
patterns of products made from
bleached paper," Moore said.
The American Paper Institute said
in a statement by its president, Red
Cavaney: "Consumers can continue
to have the utmost confidence in the
safety and integrity of all paper
products." The statement pledged the
industry to resolving the problem
in an open and forthright fashion."
Dioxins are formed as an
inevitable byproduct of the
manufacture of certain chemicals,
notably pesticides, using chlorine.
There are 210 dioxins and related
chlorine-containing compounds, but
most of the concern arises from one,
called 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD.
This is the most powerful cause
of cancer in laboratory animals ever
tested, with minute amounts causing
tumors at several sites. It has not
been shown to cause cancer in
humans, but the EPA classifies it as
a probable cause of human cancers.
r environmentalists say it also
causes birth defects, miscarriages and
diamage to the liver and immune
system, but these conclusions are all
hotly debated.
Moore's new conference was
called to release a nationwide study
of dioxin contamination ordered by
Congress in 1984. The agency
reported high dioxin concentration in
fish in and around the Great Lakes
during the summer.
Moore said the. EPA found these
fish disproportionately in rivers used
by kraft paper mills, and a study of
five mills found trace amounts of 2,
3, 7, 8-TCDD in the pulp, a few
parts per million.
House approves $1 million
grant to city VA hospital
By STEVE KNOPPER
The U.S. House of Representa-
tives yesterday approved a $1 mil-
lion grant for the expansion, plan-
ning, and renovation of the Ann Ar-
bor Veterans Administration Hospi-
tal, said Gary Cates, Press Secretary
for Rep. Carl Pursell (R-Plymouth).
Cates said the money will be used
for preliminary planning, and added
that the entire renovation project
will cost $93.5 million. If the grant
passes through the U.S. Senate,
Cates said, final planning will start
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keep my mouth shut."
Judge Edward Deake asked "what
you're saying is that certain people
didn't want you to tell the truth?"
She answered "yes, I am...she's
been obsessed with Fijis since she
was a freshman."
This coincided with testimony by
a boarder at the Phi Delta Gamma
house, David Zeisler, who lived at
the house last term when the inci-
dent occurred. In his testimony yes-
terday, he said he saw the com-
plainant caressing Neal's hand with a
"look in her eye like she wanted to
spend time alone with Griff (Neal)."
Zeisler added "she had slurred speech
and from the look in her eye she was
drunk."
But both accounts conflicted with
testimony earlier this week which
said the complainant was sober and
in control of her actions. The wom-
an has testified that she made no ad-
vances to Neal.
The prosecution repeatedly asked
the court yesterday to chastise De-
fense Attorney Stephan Boak for
breaking the Rape Shield Law,
which protects rape victims from
having their past sexual conduct used
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in 1990, and building will start in
1991 or 1992.
"We're really looking forward to
this," said Kim Byers, Community
Relations Director at the hospital.
"We need it. We need more space."
Ann Arbor Mayor Gerald Jernigan
said the grant would have a "positive
effect." "It will help traffic get in on
the east side," he said.
Most of the proposed hospital
improvements will be for clinical
outpatient research, central air
conditioning, and a multi-level
parking structure, Byers said. She
said the project is the continuation
of planning that was halted in 1985
because of budget restraints.
The hospital, at 2215 Fuller Rd.,
was built in the 1950's, and has
never made major renovations until
now, Cates said.
-The Associated Press contri-
buted to this story.
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'U'grad addresses,..
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civilrIght
By STEPHEN GREGORY
Urging the continuation of the
struggle for civil rights in America,
University alumnus Mary Berry ad-
dressed an enthusiastic crowd of
about 100 last night at the Black
Student Union's First Annual Black
Student Welcome.
The speech at R a c k h am
Ampitheater followed vows by
union officials to hold the Universi-
ty's administration to task for its
promises last spring to increase
Black student enrollment and im-
prove their quality of life..
Berry, now a professor of Ameri-
can social thought at the University
of Pennsylvania, opened her speech
by reminiscing about her days as a
University law student. "I have so
many fond memories and unpleasant
ones too about the campus."
Berry said that when she was in
the Law School there were only nine
at forum
Black students. "They were hard
times at Michigan then," she said.
But Berry said she always had
"high hopes" that bigotry and dis-
crimination were only signs of
ignorance.
"It was a sad sight to see those
hopes dashed last spring," Berry said,
referring to the series of racial inci-
dents that occurred on campus winter
term. "It makes one wonder about
education at Michigan," she said.
In her discussion of the
Constitution, Berry said that its
most important feature is the Fifth
Amendment, which allows the Con-
stitution to be amended. Otherwise,
she said, the abolition of slavery and
the allowance of Black suffrage
would not have happened.
Berry criticised the Reagan Ad-
ministration for trying to chip away
at the civil rights achievements she
witnessed under the Carter Adminis-
tration. "We are at a critical stage of
the struggle for justice in this coun-
try," she said.
She cited the Supreme Court's
rejection of laws protecting the
handicapped and women from sexual
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