Thursday, October 12, 1978 7 University Daily Kansan Professor finds ozone level safe Bv.JOHN FISCHER Staff Renartor Although Lawrence meets all air quality standards, the city exceeds national health limits for concentration of ozone in the air. He was a professor of engineering, said yesterday. Lane, who heads government research of ozone levels in Lawrence, said that although the excess of ozoneposed no major problems for residents, a problem could be caused by the concentrations increased greatly. Ozone is a blue, gaseous, poisonous oxidizing agent. The health standard is 160 micrograms of ozone per cubic meter of air. Lane said, and Lawrence has had readings of more than 300 micrograms per cubic meter this year. However, he said that 300 was about the lowest level cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle, but those cities had a few days in which the concentration had a level is more than 1,000 WHEN THE CONCENTRATE reaches the level, it could affect human and plant life. He said very high concentrations of ozone could cause respiratory problems, or irritation of the mucus membranes, resulting in watering eyes and an increase in mucus. He said a high concentration could cause leaks, turn brown and even death in some plants. Lane also said rubber tires in California sometimes cracked and deteriorated. Lane said he was not sure what harmful effects the level in Lawrence could have on "We really don't know," Lane said. "There has been no information in research on what effects there are after long periods of exposure. i $^1$ FI ND NO念維度驚層 that, i $^2$ FI ND NO念維度應要 affect the cell membrane. Lane said he was concerned about what kind of effect the 300 micrograms of ozone had on fish. Although he was not sure what caused the increase in ozone concentration, Lane said there were two possibilities: car and air pollution, which winds' blowing ozone in from another area. He said he did not think there were enough cars in the city to cause the high level. There are four ozone-level monitors in the city. All four have registered about the same level of ozone, indicating that no one is suffering from heavy traffic or industry, he said. THE CITY HAS noticeably higher levels of ozone when the wind is from the south. There are many large oil refineries in Oklahoma, Lane said, and these industries emit hydrocarbons, which form ozone when they interact with other chemicals and sunlight. Lane said there were no major industrial centers or large cities southwest of Lawrence. He hypothesized that the ozone in their bled in, possibly from Oklahoma. Lane said there had been studies on the East Count which showed ozone had been released. If Lawrence was creating the ozone, he said, there were a number of ways to curtail However, he said that if the ozone was being blown in, there was nothing the city could do unless the federal government stepped in by funding more research and by restricting chemical emissions in areas that were sources of the problem. the level, such as increasing the use of mass transit or imposing stronger emission control standards for automobiles in Lawrence. Lane said that many of the large cities in California were using these means of control. Photographers to record typical day on KU campus The KU Alumni Association has asked these photographers, most of whom are enrolled in KU photojournalism and architecture classes, to help compile the spring issue of the Kansas Alumni Magazine. Dan Reefer, editor of the magazine, said he and Hank Young, the association's photographer, had wanted to undertake the project for a long time. About 200 photographers Friday will converge on the KU campus in an attempt to photograph one typical day at the University. Plans include taking a sunrise or sunset photograph of the University from an airplane. Mostly, I'm hoping that the individual The photographers have been assigned, as part of their classwork, to cover the KU He said the photographers would take pictures of the people and would be representative of a type of kind. photographers will pull out all the stops and be as creative as they can be." Reed said. Young said he would be rambling around campus and would try to photograph "What we want to do is stay away from clichés and perhaps photograph some things that are interesting," Young said. "I'll be trying to get those things that, perhaps, other photographers All photographs will be placed in the Kansas Archives in the Spencer Museum of Art. Reeder said the project was complicated, but one that would be good experience for her and the students. 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