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Wednesday, November 15, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
KU India Club presents DIWALI NITE 1989
on Saturday November 18, 1989 at 6.30 pm South Jr. High Sch. Auditorium 27th and Louisiana Lawrence, Kansas
Grand Dinner follows Authentic Indian Dances performed by students from Kansas City.
Tickets $8, $6 (members) available at SUA 913-864-3477, Vishy 913-842-6612.
Viser Designed by Umashanker Pop Sampath
Dinner catered by India Cuisine, Kansas City.
WATKINS STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
LEAVE THE PACK BEHIND
Join the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 16. Millions of smokers across the country will take a break and try not to smoke for 24 hours How about you? Or, if you don't smoke, adopt a smoker for the day and promise to help that friend get through the day without a cigarette!
QUIT TIPS
rude all ashtrays, matches, etc
Hide all ashtrays, matches,
Lay in a supply of sugarless
gum, carrot sticks, etc.
Drink lots of liquids, but pass
up coffee & alcohol.
Tell everyone you're quitting for the day.
When the urge to smoke hits,
take the air deep breath, hold it for
10 seconds, & release it
slowly.
Exercise to relieve the tension.
Try the "buddy system," and ask a friend to quit too.
Call for more information:
Health Center 864-9500
Health Education 864-9570
When you think of health care... Think of Watkins first!
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION
Informational Meeting Wednesday, November 15th. Room 100 Stauffer-Flint Hall', at 7:00 a.m. Those who have not been on the Kansas staff before are encouraged to attend.
Climate-controlled water samples are aerated to help discover environmental contamination.
Keith Thorpe/Special to the Kansas
Student tests crop herbicide Engineers study Atrazine to uncover mystery about chemical
Atrazine. That's the brand name for a herbicide used heavily in the Midwest.
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
It has been used on crops for more than 30 years, but officials in engineering say not many studies analyzed. The crop was then completed. That could change.
Chris Wilcox, Newton junior, said he hoped his honors project would give the background information necessary for further research of the herbicide. He said he was working with the U.S. Geological Survey to determine how Atrazine decomposed in different situations.
The fear is that Atrazine is making its way into drinking water and that it might cause cancer, said Lisa Beal, an information specialist at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington.
Wilcox works on his project in a temperature-controlled room in one of the School of Engineering's environmental health laboratories. There he keeps controlled samples of clear and silty river water that he collected from the Kansas River and distilled
Wilcox said that until now, he had taken weekly samples of the water. For the next three months he will take monthly samples to see which products degrade at a slower rate.
water. He said the water contains Atrazine and Alachlor, a similar herbicide that decomposes slightly faster than Atrazine.
"The Department of Agriculture and the EPA are under a lot of economic pressure to get this stuff through. I guess it's the difference between science and the political bag. They probably may not be as thorough as they can be or as they like to be."
"They've gone through all different kinds of herbicides, looking for the best to be effective, but has to be effective on pests, easy to use, cheap and environmentally safe.
Wilcox said Atrazine had been tested to some extent to find out if it caused cancer. He said testing also had been done on known degradation products.
Steve Randkite, professor of civil engineering, said the results of the breakdown products would not determine how dangerous the herbicides in drinking water would be, but
would provide a starting point for others to determine the health risk. He said he personally didn't believe the health risk was that high because the EPA's minimum standard level was low.
Ross McKinney, professor of civil engineering, said Atrazine could come into contact with drinking water because of rain. He said a very small portion of the herbicide would be removed from the fields because it would become soluble, and more would come from soil particles carried into rivers and other water sources.
McKinney said the level of Atrazine in Lawrence water depended on the time of the year. The level would be higher immediately after a rain following application to fields in the area. But he said that even at this time, he did not believe the level in drinking water was a risk.
He said no one had successfully determined if the herbicide caused cancer.
Wilcox said he would be finishing his research in January and would write the results next semester. He said he hoped the results would be published.
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