Greenpeace protests By RYAN TUTAK as sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide - More C "We're willing to put our lives on the will be emitted from the incinerator every incinera line because people conducting business as hour. This figure represents a cancer risk 19 Bruc usual are killing all of us - the Detroit inc- times higher than the DNR has ever per- method inerator is a perfect example," said Bruce mitted in the past. banners Young, canvassing director of the Ann Arbor But Bob Berg, executive assistant to people branch of Greenpeace. Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, said, "Cole - instead Last Tuesday three members of the non- man Young would never build anything in incinera violent protest organization climbed cranes the center of Detroit that is dangerous to the "We at the construction site of a trash incinerator health of the people." incinera near the Wayne State University campus in Larry Chadzynski, chief of Center for Sederst Detroit. They hung large banners which read: Environmental Sciences said, "I don't think Greenpe "Ban the Burn" and "Greenpeace" to protest that (the incinerator) is going to be a the Det the construction of the world's largest trash problem." Chadzynski believes the DNR fig- - a pr incinerator scheduled for completion in May ures are insignificant. about 10 1989. TWO Greenpeace activists continued the "Eco ACCORDING to the report released by incinerator protest Wednesday afternoon at this inc the Michigan Department of Natural Resou- the Ambasssador Bridge. While camping out and has rces, more than 2,600 pounds of organic on top of the bridge until morning, they Sederstr compounds - many of which are toxic such hung a banner that read: "Mayor Young: "Tha The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 5, 1987- Page5 trash incinerator ancer isn't the answer. Stop Detroit's itor." ce Young believes this "different" of protest is effective. "Putting up on cranes is a direct way to get to think about what is happening of just saying 'we don't want this tor."' 're going to continue protesting ation until it stops," said Scott rom, regional canvassing director of eace. A second protest is planned at roit Edison Plaza today at 4:00 p.m. otest at City Hall yesterday drew 00 people yesterday. nomically, it's a disaster to build inerator. It will cost $460 million... s a life span of 20 years," said om. at thing is going to spew out hundreds of pounds of dangerous chemicals every single hour of every single day," said Bruce Young about the incinerator. "It's a risk to the life of everyone in the Detroit area." G R E E N P E A C E will also inform Washtenaw County residents that their county has been selected as the land-fill site that will store ash created by the incinerator, Bruce Young said. "Incinerator ash is hazardous waste...we need to get people in Washtenaw County to say 'No. Not in my backyard. But not in anyone else's either,"' he said. Members of Greenpeace believe the only solution to the toxic waste problem is to recycle plastic. "The problem is not what you do with the waste. It's reducing the amount of waste that we are creating... which can be done by recycling." All Large Sandwiches only Breakfast 870fSandwiches only Tom Piedmont fishes for small-mouth bass in the Huron River north of Ann Arbor. However, he said he throws the fish back in the river because he only fishes "for the sport of it." Report calls city drinking water safe By CATHY SHAP Rolf Deininger, an environmen - dhount of organics in drinking water Although there have been many tal engineer at the School of Public and the Ann Arbor Treatment Plant reports around the country concern - Health, conducted several studies on now adds ammonia to the treat - ing contaminated drinking water, drinking water and reports that Ann ment. This prevents the reaction be - Ann Arbor's drinking water is Arbor rates among the best. "There tween the chlorine and organics clearer and safer than it has ever is no reason to assume any imme - which result in chloroforms. been because of the changes made diate dangers in Ann Arbor drinking According to The National by the Ann Arbor Water Treatment water," he said. Cancer Institute, chloroform is a Plant, according to plant officials. Fme tr t carcinogen in test animals. Re - rT - rWLViy, cWa a euc "People are people and some with chlorine to kill organics such have different (taste) tolerances but as leaves and bacteria. However, Ann Arbor drinking water meets all this process created organic com - EPA and State requirements," said pounds, or chloroform. sHarvey Mieske the treatment plant The Environmental Protection supervisor. Agency has since regulated the a - search on cancer mortality by Deininger in 1981 linked 30 percent of the 805,000 cancer cases to carcinogens in drinking water. Deininger explained the level of organics in the water creates- differences in taste. Every weekend at McDonald's® on Campus. Be- June 13 and 14,1987. Galleria to host shops, apartments, (ContinuedfromPage1) On the roof of the Galleria will be a public park for the communi - ty. Kadushin said it would be similar to Liberty Park Plaza on ivision Street. As of now, there are no plans to put a bar or cafe on the plaza, Student reaction to the Galleria was mixed. Dan Levine, an LSA Senior, said, "I think its a great idea. If they put in some good shops it should do well." But others were more appre - hensive. Beth Grossman, an LSA Junior, thinks that commercialism is ruining the South University area. "The last thing that South University needs is another mall with franchises in it," Grossman said. 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