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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, November 17, 1998
Nike announces chemical reduction
Workers benefit from lower levels of bad solvents
The Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand — Nike announced yesterday it has reduced the amount of potentially unhealthy solvents used in making its shoes by almost three-fourths in the past three years.
Nike has set a goal of a 90 percent reduction by 2001, officials said, adding that the company intended to make sure that by the end of this year, no worker was exposed
to dangerous
to dangerous levels of vapors. The proportion exposed has fallen to less than 1 percent
on an average per-factory basis, the Beaverton, Ore... based company said at a seminar.
The company said it had installed new ventilation systems.
It also has replaced petroleum-based solvents with water-based chemicals, which have been equal in quality and cheaper to use, said Dick Crosbie, Nike's director of footwear chemical engineering operations.
The effort followed accusations of poor working conditions at the Asian factories where Nike makes its shoes.
Other shoe companies manufacture their products under similar conditions, but Nike attracted the most criticism because of its position as a market leader.
In May, Nike chairman Phil Knight promised to raise the
minimum age for workers at Nike's contract plants in Asia to 18, improve factory air quality, allow independent monitoring and provide free education for workers.
Nike shoes are made at 37 factories belonging to contractors in six Asian countries: China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and South Korea. The factories employ 180,000 people in all.
Representatives of Nike's competitors, such as Adidas and Reebok, attended yesterday's seminar by invitation. Nike is keen to share its experiences of replacing petroleum-based chemicals with water-based ones, said Dusty
Kidd, Nike's director for labor practices. The use of petroleum-based chemicals—technically known as volatile organic compounds poses serious health hazards when the vapors are present in high concentrations. VOCs are commonly used in the production of many products, including footwear, where they are used in adhesives, primers, cleaners and flushing agents.
Tests conducted in 1997-98 under the auspices of Nike's insurer, Reliance Insurance, identified 25 of those chemicals used in factories making Nike shoes and found seven of the chemicals present at levels exceeding industry-standard permissible exposure limits. It was estimated that of the 180,000 workers in Asia, 1,600 faced exposure to the hazardous chemicals.
About nine out of 10 pairs of Nike shoes now use water-based adhesives, Crosbie said.
Monday Night Football
Broncos thrash Kansas City 30-7
Denver ascends to 10-0;Chiefs lose 5th straight
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Denver Broncos are making their quest for an unbeaten season seem easy - with and without John Elway.
Bubby Brister, Elway's backup, ran 38 yards for a touchdown on the first series. Then Terrell Davis went 41 yards for a score as the Broncos jumped to a quick lead and went on to a 30-7 win against Kansas City last night.
The victory made the Broncos the first 10-0 team in the NFL since the 1991 Washington Redskins and put them on track for a Dec.21 confrontation in Miami with the Dolphins, who in 1972 were the last NFL team to go unbeaten.
Brister finished 13-of-23 for 180 yards and Davis, who leads the NFL in rushing, carried 18 times for 111 yards. The Denver defense held the Chiefs to 31 yards on the ground.
It was the fifth straight loss for Kansas City, (4-6), which looked before the season like the most
dangerous threat to the Broncos in both the AFC West and AFC as a whole.
But the Chiefs, who
nad never had even a four-game losing streak in Marty Schottenheimer's 10 seasons as coach, looked like a disparited bunch against the Broncos, who now have outscored opponents 114-13 in first quarters this season.
It took just 2:42 for Denver to take a 7-0 lead on the bootleg around right end by the 36-year-old Brister, now 4-0 as a starter in place of Elway, who is nursing
pulled rib muscles. Brister virtually was untouched after his fake to Davis pulled the entire Kansas City defense to the opposite side of the field.
The next score was even quicker — a 79-yard drive that took only three plays and 1:05 and was capped by the burst by Davis, who finished with 111 yards on 18 carries. He was tripped up 10 yards downfield, regained his balance and continued on into the end zone.
That was the game
The Chiefs cut it to 14-7 on an 87-yard drive that consumed almost 8 minutes of the second quarter and was capped by a 3-yard TD pass to Kimberly Anders from Rich Gannon, filling in for the benched Elvis Grbac.
But Jason Elam added 42 and 46-yard field goals before the half and a 35-yarder in the third quarter. Things officially ended with 7:36 left in the game when Gannon, who finished 26-of-39 for 224 yards, tripped and fell at the 20 on
a fourth down at the Denver 10.
Derrick Loville added a final touchdown for the Broncos on a 1-yard run.
The game had deteriorated by then — Kansas City had five personal fouls, three by Derrick Thomas, on the drive. The Chiefs finished with 13 penalties for 137 vards.
This had looked like a possible trouble spot for Denver, particularly since it had lost its last three regular season games at Arrowhead. But the Broncos beat the Chiefs 14-10 in a playoff game last January.
Denver plays Oakland at home next week. The Broncos also have road games at San Diego and the New York Giants and a home game with the Chiefs before playing the Dolphins, who lead the AFC East at 7-3.
Clemens walks away with fifth Cy Young
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher unanimous AL selection
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Roger Clemens won his record fifth Cy Young Award yesterday in a unanimous vote, receiving the American League's pitching honor for the second straight year.
Clemens was a unanimous selection in 1986 and won the award in 1987 and 1991. The only other AL pitchers to get all first place votes were Ron Guidry in 1978 and Denny McLain in 1968.
kees teammate David Cone was fourth with four seconds and four thirds for 16 points.
Clemens tied for the AL lead in wins and was top in ERA and strikeouts.
The 36-year-old right-hander, who won his first three Cy Youngs with Boston, went 20-6 with a 2.65 ERA for Toronto, striking out 271 in 234 and two-thirds innings. He went unbeaten in his final 22 starts, winning 15 decisions.
Clemens, who gets a $250,000 bonus for winning the award, received all 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Boston's Pedro Martinez was second with 20 seconds and five thirds for 65 points, followed by David Wells of the New York Yankees, who got four seconds and 19 thirds for 31 points. Yan-
Toronto pitchers have won the award three straight years, with Clemens following Pat Hentzen in 1996.
When Clemens won the award last year, he joked his mission was complete.
"I got one for Koby and Kory, I got one for Kasy, and I needed one for Kody," said Clemens, reeling off the names of his children, all named with the letter K in honor of his strikeouts. "It kind of takes the pressure off dad a little bit."
On May 29, a repeat season seemed impossible. He was just 5-6, but then went on a tear.
Clemens: Wins a record fifth Cy Young Award.
While his agents explored trade possibilities in July, Clemens sounded upbeat about Toronto's future after the Blue Jays challenged
Boston for the AL wild card in September.
Everything became a little bit more meaningful, and I think that was the big thing." Clemens said on the season's final weekend. "I think that some guys need to go home and know that they can be better."
But he again became frustrated after watching Toronto go into an offseason stall as executives waited for a budget from the team's owner, the Belgian company Interbrew.
"I'd like for someone to let me know which way the team is going," Clemens said in a statement on his Web site. "After all, this uncertainty has been lingering for two whole years. And that's the biggest disappointment to me."
And if not, he might push for a trade. He was interested in going to the New York Yankees last summer, and the Red Sox might be interested in getting him back. Boston general manager Dan Duquette is still criticized for letting Clemens leave after the 1996 season.
Clemens keeps waiting for a signal from Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash.
"What do they want to do?" Clemens asked. "Are they going to get some guys who will help bring another World Series to Toronto?"
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