The Michigan Daily-Friday, September 25, 1987- Page 3 I 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 SorLority sister testii es in trial (Continued from Page 1) 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 See RAPE, Page 5 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. Read and Use Daily Classifieds PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS PSI CHI The National Honors Society in Psychology is now accepting applications Requirements include: * 12 graded credits in Psychology beyond intro level * Major or Minor in Psychology * 3.3 Overall GPA * 3.5 GPA in Psychology (including stats) DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 2, 1987 Pick up Applications in K-106 West Quad Twelve string salute Martin Tury, armed only with an acoustic guitar, entertained students by singing folk songs on the Diag yesterday. 'U'grad addresses,.. I 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. 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