University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, September 27, 1977
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Staff Photo by JOHN SHARKEY
Water worry
John Yiamoylianyn, science director of the National Health Federation, told about 108 death last night in the Kansas Union that water floridation caused about 10,600 deaths.
Drug center may lose county funds
The commission decided to defer action on Malone's suggestion until the state decided what it would do in its penal program.
Malaone said he would rather implement a tuition system where the offender would pay for the services received and help offset the cost of county funding.
Continued county funding of Headquarters, Inc., 1602 Massachusetts St. a court deferral program for minor drug offenders, may not be justified, Mike Malone, county attorney, told county commissioners yesterday.
"Marijuana arrests are down tremendously in Douglas County," Malone said, "not because we've lessened the war on drums. The arrest rate is just low."
Cancer-fluoride findings criticized
"The program has a good record."
We can we justify spending $5,000 on 39 people?
Whitengen said the state soon would decide whether to build a new prison or to put the money into community based rehabilitation services.
Peter Whitenight, county commission chairman, said that this was the last year the federal government would subsidize the program. If the program is to be continued next year, all funding will come from the county he said.
He said the number of cases deferred to the center has decreased to about 30 in the past year and a half. Between 1971 and 1974 the center handled about 100 cases a year.
Malone said the program dealt mainly with marijuana arrests. The offender can be sent to Headquarters for counseling instead of being punished.
Staff Writer
"It took a small boy to point out that the emperor took a small boy to point out that the same man we have with is also a little girl."
By DAVE TOPLIKAR
Staff Writer
He said that when the report originally came out in 1975, NCI published a rebuttal, disclaiming the report with its own evidence.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has based its findings on floridation-linked cancer on the prestige and reputations of its scientists and not evidence, according to John Yiamouyianxi, science director of the National Health Federation.
Yiiamoyiannis said that the way the NCI dealt with the evidence was somewhat similar to the story of the emperor's new clothes.
Viamouyianiai said the report specifically looked at cities fluoridated in the early 1950s and compared them with the urbanized unfluoridated during a 29-year period.
Ylamiayoonjamu's report states that 500,000 persons alive today will die of fluoridation-linked cancer unless fluoridation in the United States is stopped.
Yamuoyiannians, who recently presented a report to Congress on floridation and cancer, spoke on that topic last night to an undergraduate chemistry seminar.
When the correct figures were inserted,
Yiamiouyannis said, the results showed a
Yamuiyaniwnis said that after examining the NCI results, he found many flaws that distorted the findings. He said NCI made mistakes in computation and came up with erroneous results.
significant increase in the levels of cancer in those cities.
"NCI's biopsy measures could still prove
high, but the correct additions were
used." said the scientist.
"One would expect that for the $800 plus million that we are spending on the NCI yearly, we could at least expect an epidemiology branch that could add."
Viamoujiannis said NII did the study backwards by making its conclusions first.
they know they're in trouble," he said,
amoujayao, who were three bases
in the NCR site.
- The number of cancer deaths observed in non-fluoridated cities in 1970 was in error.
- The report disregarded most of the data available on cancer deaths from 1980 to 1969 and used data from a year, 1970, when the control of the control group already had begun.
- The report suffers from its dependence on one or both of the following assumptions: That the national cancer mortality figures are based on data according to age, race and sex occurring in the central cities; the age, race and sex occurring in the eastern cities; the constant for the entire 20 years of the study.
Yiamoujiannis said that his latest study took into account the age-sex-race variables and still proved fluorides to be cancer causing.
He said that in 1975, NCI tried to disclaim his preliminary study attributing the increase in cancer in the test cities to lung cancer.
Yiamouyiannis said he did another study
Program needs advisers
The Office of Affirmative Action is looking
contributes to represent people involved
in discrimination.
others may want the volunteer to represent them at the form al hearing, Jo Bryant, affirmative action mediator, said yesterday.
Some persons involved in complaints may need a volunteer just to listen to them, but
Students, classified employees, administrators and faculty members interested in serving as volunteers should contact the department's executive firmative office. 235 Strong, 864-3686.
since then proving the NCI claim invalid. He said the claim has been abandoned by NCI
NICE made another claim in 1975 that in eight cities the cancer death rate went down. That was not true, and said that in this report, one of the cities, Seattle, was not even fluoridated during the period studied. Also, he said, the cancer death rate, not down, in the nineteen seven cities.
Yiamouliannis said the benefits of insurance have have considered the risks before taking it, though
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"I consider it mass poisoning," he said.
Student Senate Elections Fall 1977
★Six Full Year Seats Open in Nunomaker College
★Freshman Class Officer (President, Vice-Prosident,
Secretary, Treasurer)
If you are running for Senate:
2. Have the Office of the Dean of your School or College certify your enrollment and year (Freshman) in that School or College.
1. Pick up Declaration of Candidacy at the Student Senate Office (Level 3, Suite 105, Kansas Union).
1. Pick up Declaration of Candidacy at the Student Senate (Level 3, Suite 105, Kansas Union).
3. Return your Declaration (with $3 Filing Fee or 50 signatures of your constituents) NO LATER THAN 5 P.M. WED., SEPT. 28, 1977, to the Senate Office (105 B Kansas Union).
3. Return your Declaration (with $3 Filing Fee or 50 signatures of your constituents) NO LATER THAN 5 P.M., WED, SEPT. 28, 1977, to the Senate Office (105 B Kansas Union).
2. Have the office of the Dean of your School or College certify your enrollment in that School or College.
If you are running for Class Officers:
all candidates must attend a special meeting at 7 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 29, in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. Election policies of the Student Senate will be reviewed.
Elections will be October 12 & 13
The Student Senate is Funded by Student Activity Fees.
Tuesday Ladies Night 9-12 Draws for Ladies 2 bits
Monday-Thursday, 6-8 Pitchers $1^{25}
TGIF 1-6 Pitchers $1.25
Home Games 10:30—Kick Off 4-7 Pitchers $1 $1^{25}