Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free p monday Mays 1978 m a a i is a a 17. S. Study of children shows Lead level i body affects in the Washington Post Washington a study of 116 Boston children found that those with slightly elevated Levels of Lead in their bodies scored significantly lower on intelligence tests than children with lower Lead Levels. According to the recently completed study by Harvard psychiatrist Herbert neddie Man children with blood Lead Levels Well below the Range of classic Lead poisoning had an average in of 102.3 while a care fully matched group of children with even lower Lead Levels had an average in of 108.8. The significance of the Nedd Leman study is that it deter mines apparently for the first time that there is a definite correlation Between Low Levels of Lead previously considered Safe and poor performance on Intelli gence tests. There have been seven or eight studies of the same ques Tion said Eddleman. Most of which were flawed. I and my colleagues attempted to address what were those Basic design problems and we be demonstrated neurological differences in children with higher Levels of Lead in the bodies. The results May be important in terms of school a 1943 study of 20 children who had been Lead poisoned and were thought to have recovered found that 19 of the 20 were failing in school. But that study did not account for the variable conditions that May have caused the failure and was focused on children with much higher Levels of Lead than Hose in the Needle Man study. Needleman and his associates at the Harvard medical school and children s Hospital medical Center in Boston studied the Lead level in the Interior of the baby Teeth of the children involved in the study. Because Lead which can find its Way into the body in the form of paint chips air pollution or Lead Laden dust eventually is deposited in the Bones collect ing baby Teeth when they come out naturally is the simplest Way of studying the Long term buil Dup of Lead in children. The children in the study s two groups were carefully matched they were of Simi Lar birth weight almost All Whites evenly divided Between males and females of the same birth order had the same num Ber of childhood immunizations and hospitalizations were the same age 7 years and 2 months and almost 80 per cent came from two Parent families. In addition the mothers of the children in the two groups had similar is gave birth to their children at the same age had the same number of pregnancies and were rated equal on a widely used scale to determine socioeconomic status. The Only thing that differed was the amount of Lead in the children s Teeth and blood. On the verbal in test those with Low amounts of Lead in their bodies scored 10g.9 com pared to the average score of 99.2 recorded by the High Lead group. The children with More Lead in their Teeth scored lower on every one of the individual tests that makes up the Over All in score. Eddleman said that using a statistical method called Multi ple regression analysis the re searchers were Able to deter mine that the second most important contributing Factor to the child s in was the Lead the Mother s in was the most important Factor he said. This group truly represents Low level Lead said Eddlemen who added that any child whose Mother said an other doctor suspected Lead Poi soiling was eliminated from the test. Or. Felix Delacruz of the mental retardation and disabilities Branch of the National Institute of child health and development called the test the first scientific attempt to deter mine subclinical effects of Delacruz whose Agency provided the funding for the three year study said Neddle Man has shown there is some deleterious effect of what is today considered a Safe level of Lead in the body. We Are really excited about his work. It is really startling amazing one of the More startling aspects of the study is that Only 12 per cent of the High Lead group had a history of putting foreign objects other than toys in their Mouths. While Needleman was Quick to Point out that that statistic was derived from mothers answers on a questionnaire and May not be totally accurate it is still significant because of the widely held belief that children pick up Lead by placing objects they find on the floor or on the ground in their Mouths. There have been studies including Bailus walkers that show a direct correlation be tween the distance of a Home from the Roadway and presumably therefore from pollution caused by cars using leaded gasoline and the Lead Levels of the children living in the House. Needleman has now received funding for a study of the Lead Levels of blood in the umbilical cords of new born infants giving him a Chance to study the relationship Between Lead in the blood of the Mother and in the fetus. That study is expected to take place in the coming year. Continued talks in Jerusalem the spirit is essential. We knew both in Jerusalem and in Ismail a where the two leaders met at Christmas that we have differences of opinion but we shall he said the terms of peace cannot be dictated and added that because the Oiler Side docs not accept Israel s peace plan including the granting of administrative self Rule Only for the israeli occupied West Bank of Jordan and the Gaza strip it does not mean it is not a Good plan. We expect he added. We have not yet got asked on what he bases his Hope for a resumption of peace talks begin said the specific reason for Hope is that both sides need on the proposed . Package Sale of planes to Israel Egypt and saudi Arabia begin refused to be drawn when asked whether he would prefer no sales to sales to All three. The Carter administration has proposed a package Deal Selling is f-15 fighters and 75 fighter bombers to Israel co f-15s to saudi Arabia and 50 less sophisticated f-5es fighter bombers to Egypt. Begin we would prefer that Israel would get he said the . Has a Clear commit ment to Supply the planes to Israel follow ing its partial withdrawal in Sinai in and we object to tying them in a package the Supply of to saudi Arabia is very dangerous because it could turn thut country into a confrontation state he said adding that Israel has information that saudi Arabia would give the planes to another Arab state. If those planes shall come and bomb our cities and towns then the casualties will be very great indeed and this is a Price we do not deserve to be asked to he declared. Asked whether Israel would agree to the saudi Deal if it was granted More planes itself As has been suggested in the . Congress As a Compromise he said we would like to have More planes but this is not the new sacred Leader lome Reznowski left has his hand raised by runner up Martin Hattersley. U of m prof named soared Leader Plo takes responsibility for attack on Jerusalem continued he said the squad was named after the Martyr Dalai the palestinian guerrilla who purportedly led the March 11 raid on the Tel Aviv Haifa Highway Hal killed 35 israelis. Nine of 11 guerrillas died. Israeli soldiers combed Hills and villages around Jerusalem for the launcher of the rocket one of Arab guerrillas heaviest weapons. Rocket attacks Are frequent along the israeli lebanese Border. Television and radio broadcasts warned israelis to watch for packages. Last thurs Day a bomb exploded in an empty Jerusalem bus and a second blast injured four persons in the Northern israeli town of acre. In the israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan River israeli authorities announced the release of Raymonda , a 51-year-old palestinian journalist and unofficial spokes Man for West Bank arabs. Held 45 Days without trial on suspicion of Contact with palestinian guerrillas and for disturbing Public order she was arrested during a wave of West Bank unrest following Israel s March 15 invasion of Southern Lebanon. Is. Tawil said israeli authorities tried psychological and physical but she mentioned no specific mistreatment. The leadership race on inc urging of Gills Caouette who became interim Leader after the death of party Leader Andre Fortin last june in an automobile Accident. Cunt Utic my fort Misca Mingue and son of the Laic parly Leader real Caouette resigned As interim Leader along with Rene Matte my for Champlain. Both had insisted that the leadership convention should be held in Ottawa or Quebec in june but a mid March policy convention in Winni Peg turned Down he idea. Reznowski said he will Meel with the Quebec Wing of the parly to discuss the pos Sib Lily of a second Conven lion to elect a Deputy Leader in Hal province. The parly is expected to turn out As Many As 200 candidates for the Federal elec Tion but Hattersley said the number would depend on How soon the election is called. Reznowski will run in the Winnipeg Riding of St. Boni face a constituency held by Revenue minister Joe Guay from 19g3 till his recent a Point men to the Senate. In his Campaign speech Reznowski suggested that maps should answer to the people for their conduct. In said dissatisfied constituents should be allowed to lower their my s salary. Al a press conference Afler his Victory announcement Reznowski answered ques continued Lions slipping easily from French to English. He called prime minister Trudeau a spoiled brat millionaire s son who has treated the Economy like a toy. Trudeau has broken that Reznowski said. Pezonowski claims that Trudeau has created a de generate country plagued by homosexuals abortion Mills sterilization euthanasia and High finance. He said social credit eco nomic reforms would cure current unemployment and inflationary difficulties. Social credit economic policy Calls for a guaranteed income supplement for All canadians. The party also so reds attack Csc blackout social credit party offi cals want to know Why their National leadership Conven Tion held sunday in Winnipeg did t get live Csc news coverage. Lome Reznowski the newly elected party Leader says hell urge his eight Man Federal caucus to ask the government Why we were not Given the same Privi Leges As the other three Par lies had Al their leadership conventions. More than 20 Csc employees at the convention pre pared English and French network broadcasts for delayed newscasts. Reznowski says the Csc is being unfair by providing on the spol live coverage for the Federal conservative Liberal and new democratic party leadership conventions but not for the social creditors. He says he wants Clear answers straight answers on the Issue of coverage. Leadership candidate Marlin Hattersley echoed Reznowski s Dissen ointment with Csc coverage. Fernando Buiey Quebec social credit parly vice president said he phoned the Csc Leiling them 279 quebecois were attend ing the leadership Confer ence in Manitoba. He the Csc employee told me he would phone me Back but he never he said. Believes in a Federal bureaucracy Wilh in creased provincial autonomy and it supports changing the Federal Senate into an elected forum. Reznowski congratulated Platte Riley for conducting a very honest while Hattersley asked his supporters to join him in supporting Reznowski. Manitoba social credit party president Peter pen nor said Manitoba Dele gales Allendc the Conven lion. He said having the National party Leader running in the St. Boniface constituency will be a boost to the social credit parly in Manitoba. National parly president Bruce Arnold said he is More than pleased with the convention turnout. I think that canadians Are fed up to the Leech Wilh the other three parties. If our organization works we re going to do extremely Well in the Federal election be cause voters will Register a protest Arnold said. Open stays with . Photo by Paul Deloske participants in the fifth annual jewish youth Parade celebrate Israel s thirtieth anniversary sunday. After hearing speeches from dignitaries on the grounds of the legislative building the marchers proceeded to the Nymha Community Centre. Feels the recent recovery of the Dollar was a temporary phenomenon and thai open should shift to another currency or Basket of currencies. Open s economic com Mission had prepared three different ways to shift away from the Dollar and raise Oil prices from Between five and continued 19 per cent depending on which was used. But several ministers said there was Little interest in the proposals among participants at the meeting. There was some pressure notably from Libya and Iraq to raise Oil prices to recover the losses open members suffered because of the Dol Lar s fluctuation. Open s Basic Oil Price of . For a 42-Galion barrel has remained unchanged since last july while inflation has forced up the prices of goods that open members import from industrialized countries. Still prey to deadly error diseases discovered Here in 1975. Most of the cases re ported involve new immigrants or people returning from overseas Snell said. Cholera a serious problem in Canada during the last Century with the arrival of Irish immigrants fleeing the Olalo famine always sends medical officers Inlo a mild panic when it crops up. There was a Case in Winnipeg last year and Swift action was taken to isolate and treat the Carrier. Timber culls diphtheria whooping cough and malaria arc also still being diagnosed with persistent regu Larity by City doctors. About 200 cases of to arc reported each year in Mani continued Toba a third of these involve native indians and eskimos Snell says. Diphtheria a killer disease at one Lime is still a con Slang in real and about nine cases Are diagnosed in the province each year. The last death Here from diphtheria was in 1975. The Bug killer Dot brought a momentary Victory in the Battle against malaria but now the disease is again gaining strength. Ten or 11 cases of malaria Are reported Here each year invariably involving people coming from overseas. Whooping cough also still keeps doctors Busy any where Between 15 and 90 cases being reported annually. There were two deaths Here in 1975, but no fatalities since then. One killer disease doctors Aren t worried about any More is smallpox the last Case was diagnosed in Merka City in Southern Somalia last october. Since then there has not been a single Case of Small pox reported anywhere in the world. Polio is next on the list. Massive immunization pro Grams in the Early 60s have succeeded in stamping out polio Here. There were three cases in 1903, but nothing since then. Construction strike entering second week six non striking construction unions have agreed tentatively to new contracts and negotiations Wilh other unions Are to continue but a strike that has shut Down virtually All major building projects in Winnipeg is entering unabated Inlo ils second week. The 400-member bricklayers and masons Union has already ratified the undisclosed agreement reached Early Friday. Four other unions which along with the bricklayers make up the Multi trades group Are to hold ratification meetings this week. The International Union of operating engineers local 901, has also tentatively approved an agreement and is expected to be holding a meeting on it soon. Bui so far no moves have been made by contractors or four striking unions to resume bargaining. The electricians plumbers and Steamfitters refrigeration workers and Sheet Metal workers walked off the Job last monday mainly Over contract talks failure to Bridge a Gap Between the six per cell a year wage increase demanded and the three per cent offered. Contractors attempt to do away with the practice of getting workers through a Union hiring Hall has also been a divisive Issue during talks. The unions which have settled have said they will not release terms of the new contracts until All their members have had the Chance to ratify them so it in t known whether the hiring Hall procedure has been Cut or perhaps modified. Two non striking groups still without contracts Are carpenters and insulators. Most non striking unionized workers have been refusing to Cross the picket lines set up by the striking unions ;