2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 24, 1999 NATION/WORLD INCINERATOR Continued from Page 2. "Currently, the University is burning almost everything," said Tracie Easthope, director of the Environmental leealth Project at the Ecology Center. 'They don't have to do this." :Leavitt-Gruberger also argued that the university has failed to engage in more ijnovative methods of waste disposal. "I think there's a lot they could do to bas environmentally progressive as tleg are progressive in the operating room,' Leavitt- Gruberger said. Other hospitals use technologies such asmicrowaving or autoclaving to elimi- nate the admittance of toxic chemicals into the air. Microwaving involves spray- ing water on infectious waste and using microwave energy to kill microbes while autoclaving uses steam heat. Critics said they consider the lack of a substantive recycling program at the Medical Center a sign of the University's lack of commitment to environmental health. As an example to the Medical Center, critics point to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, which has garnered awards for its progres- sive recycling program. Pierre Gonyon, hazardous substances specialist for St. Joseph Mercy, said when the hospital was faced with the incineration dilemma a few years ago, St. Joseph Mercy decided to focus on a recycling program. Instead of buying a new incinerator for $3 million, Gonyon said, the hospi- tal opted for a $300,000 compactor. Their decision was based in part on then-new EPA regulations regarding incinerator emissions. "More and more, we felt it was the right thing to do to concentrate on recy- cling materials,' Gonyon said. In addition to recycling a greater amount of its waste, St. Joseph Mercy also autoclaves much of its medical waste. The hospital received an over- all environmental excellence award from Washtenaw County. "The U-M is a premier health care institution and we want them to be a premier institution in the field of waste management," Easthope said. "Until now, it hasn't been a priority." Anthony Denton, director of opera- tions at University hospitals, was unavailable for comment. SWEATSHOP Continued from Page 1 stronger code. SOLE members met with University President Lee Bollinger on Friday, delivering a letter of ultimatum that called for the University to stand for public disclosure and better wages. Molin said the University has been one of the leaders calling for indepen- dent monitoring of factories. "For independent monitoring to occur, you need to know where the fac- tories are;' Molin said. University administrators said they want to continue to address the issue in a non-confrontational way, hoping to come to a resolution by the target date of March 12.. "We are all committed to the same kind of objectives," Molin said, adding the working relationship between the University and SOLE members has been "a partnership in advocacy." But LSA senior Saladin Ahmed said "there are some distinct concerns." SOLE members said that while they are pleased with the positive dialogue so far, they are prepared to do anything to reach their goals. "We want to work in a non-con- frontational manner but we find it much more important to help starving workers rather than having the easiest way to work with administrators" LSA junior Andy Cornell said. AROUND THE NATION Greenspan: Prosperity should continue WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan said yesterday a "surprisingly robust" U.S. economy should continue growing this year but at a much slower pace than last. And he dropped hints that if the slowdown doesn't occur, the central bank is prepared to increase interest rates to make it happen.. Delivering his twice-a-year report on Fed policy to Congress, Greenspan did n signal that a rate increase is imminent. Indeed, he also left open the possibility thar if the global economic crisis should suddenly re-ignite, the Fed would respond with further rate cuts, as it did last fall. "We remain vulnerable to rapidly changing conditions overseas, which, as we all saw last summer, can be transmitted to U.S. markets quickly and dramatically, Greenspan said. But referring to the three interest rate cuts the Fed made over a span of seven weeks last year, Greenspan said the central bank must address "whether the-full extent of the policy easings undertaken last fall ... remains appropriate." That remark was seen as a signal that the Fed is having second thoughts about the third rate cut, which moved the federal funds rate - the interest that banks charge each other-- down to 4.75 percent. Greenspan called the economy's growth rate in the fourth quarter "torrid.' Hr also repeated worries he expressed last month about whether the stock market's return to record levels is justified in light of the weakness in corporate earnings. (77: Governors request funding flexibility WASHINGTON -Republican gov- ernors said yesterday that Congress should send federal money for schools to the states without strings attached so they have enough flexibility to improve academic programs. "Give us the flexibility, we'll get the results" Michigan Gov. John Engler told senators on a committee oversee- ing federal education programs. Engler urged senators to give states lump sum payments for educa- tion, called block grants, as they did when Congress overhauled the wel- fare law. "Block grant federal funds to the states and hold us accountable" Engler said in testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman added, "Give us more flexi- bility so that federal programs and dollars compliment... our state reforms." Engler also called on federal law- makers to streamline the 39 federal agencies, boards and commissions that administer more than 760 edu- cation programs because there are "too many dollars paying for bureau- cracy, micromanagement and er4 tape. Senrate to look at future of counsel law WASHINGTON - Kenneth Starr has been one of the costliest, most don- troversial and longest-serving indepen- dent counsels. And he may be the last. Starting today, Congress begins review process expected to dramaticai ly alter - or simply scrap - the Watergate-era law that created the pow- erful prosecutorial post. The two politi- cal parties share almost universaldis- dain for the statute that set that probe and others in motion. The problem, say the critics, is that the investigations tend to last too long, cost too much and stir up too much political fury. I - . 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