Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november snot the Lead blood Levels of students in i two Winnipeg Femc Stafy schools May hot have declined since 1976 As Manitoba government officials claimed this at a meeting of concerned parents in Western school last health and provincial environment officials said the results of a 1979 Survey which showed average Leadin blood Levels significantly lower than in 1976 could not be compared with earlier Survey parents were told that while the results of the Spring Survey were based on blood taken by Needle from the veins of the students at Weston and lord Nelson the 1976 Survey was based on a few drops of blood taken from pinprick in students the officials said while the 1979 re sults were probably the Dif Ferent methods used meant the results could not be the results showed that Between 1976 and 1979 the number of children with Leadin blood Over the danger level of milligrams per 100 Grams of whole blood dropped to three from 74 about 25 per cent of the school population at located in an Industrial at lord in a suburban area near a Busy the number dropped to one in 1979 from 37 about nine per cent of the school population in the showed the average Lead i blood feeding at Weston dropped to in 1979 from in while at lord Nelson the average declined to from in the officials said one reason the 1976 Leadin blood Survey at the schools showed so Many children with higher Lead Levels May be because of Lead of the fingers of Lead can be picked up from the leaded Lea based paints and sources which Are not related to Lead using Fischel a paediatrician at the health sciences Centre childrens said the readings do not Indi Cate a critically dangerous missed Grey cup Start of new lease on life first kidney recipient going Strong after 10 years r by Joe Rubin in Dennis Simmans gave up watching a Grey cup football game to participate in a More Pivotal what preempted Simmans viewing was his selection on 29 years ago tomorrow to be Manitoba first kidney transplant Simmans had been suffering from kidney failure since two Days a for eight to 10 hours a he would go to the Hospital where he was connected to a dialysis machine which cleaned his he had heard about kidney trans i knew they were available because a patient or two had gone to the University of Saskatchewan Hospi Tal in Saskatoon to get a kidney from a live a Simmans said in an interview information was coming out slowly at that doctors were doing a lot of research and they found that Accident victims could be matched As Well As living but i never thought that at my age i was 50 then id get a Simmans Doest quite know Why he was selected to participate in Manito Bas first kidney a kidney from an Anonymous Accident victim became available and tissue and blood typing revealed that he and a woman were possible the operation lasted six hours about four More than a kidney trans Plant said Allan one of the surgeons who performed the by kidney transplants had been going on for about 15 Downs identical twins were first used in an attempt to circumvent the problem of but then drugs to counter the rejection allowed Accident victims to become to prepare for the operation Downs had travelled to one of the leading transplant centres in North Simmans was his first human transplant when he woke that Simmans noticed the i was i Felt it he the Only inconvenience was missing the Grey cup the next unlike Many transplant Simmans did not have a kidney re the donors Organ was implanted in a sack in the lower right Side of his the kidneys failed so completely that the doctors watched them after the but found there was no necessity to remove said All three kidneys Are still Simmans Hast returned to dialysis but has a routine Check up and goes in annually for a More Complete although he didst Bounce Back completely after the operation he had to give up Selling life insurance Sim mans nevertheless feels 100 per cent better 10 years he used to stay in close touch with the dialysis unit and its but no the nurses changed and i found myself in the i would walk into the unit and someone would come up and yes what can i do for you so i quit he Doest usually Mark the trans Plant except tomorrows when the kidney foundation will hold a party for Simmans and the 178 trans Plant patients who followed less than 180 patients for a 10year Span Doest sound like much consider ing More than 400 successful trans plants were performed in Canada in and Downs we reckon we should do about 30 or 40 a year to keep up with the incidence of kidney Dis but were dependent although it sounds rather morbid on the Avail in most of somebody relatively Young who has been involved in a Simmans thinks about the operation my whole life revolved around that dialysis i go anywhere except for a Short distance from i found that when i went out of town my Arm and leg dialysis tubes plugged up and my circulation so id have to re turn to get those fixed up the transplant has made All the difference in the its free u of can save if cars unplugged the University of Manitoba would save this week if car owners using Campus parking lots can stay unplugged for just a few More Robert resource Conser vation officer of the said the school tries to postpone switching on the Power to the parking lot plugs until after the end of each stake is a Manitoba Hydro de Mand charge levied on Large customers and based on the Peak demand in any Given half hour during a according to the surge of Power required during the first half hour the plugs Are used at the u of m would result in a charge of Mcdowall said this week the demand charge per car plugged in on University parking lots amounts to a with Energy costs after initial demand coming to an additional for a monthly total of the amount is based on nine hours use a five Days a four weeks to the t while no actual records have been kept Over the the resource conservation official said meteorological records indicate that in roughly seven out of every 10 years it has not been possible to delay heating engine blocks and car interiors on the Campus Park ing lots until after weather City Calendar precipitation h High Reisui l Low Peiu cold front worm fro Entile parents association will sponsor a handicraft fair from 11 to 1 in Emile 552 Annes Glass blowing will be a panel discussion on prostitution and the a program of the Manitoba association of women and the will begin at 29 in the Law society classroom 14th 1 Lakeview our mistake blowing Snow Winnipeg area forecast a headline and Story yesterday said wrongly the Winnipeg area Airport study had been dumped and no expansion of the Winnipeg International Airport would take the study itself has but work on the material collected is see Story Page miss Blue bomber was wrongly identified As Heather Esdale in saturdays she in Kim it was wrongly reported monday that the Liberal Leader ship convention to be held in Winnipeg in March would Mark the first time either major political party had chosen a Leader at a site West of in John Bracken was elected Leader of the progressive conservative party at a Winnipeg convention in Light Snow with occasional blowing Snow wind North 50 to 60 temperature steady near Low tonight near deaths Cloudy with occasional Snow flurries Clearing in the Strong North winds and a High near classified death extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly near Normal tempera Tures above Normal temperatures saturday and Northern Manitoba sunny variable cloudiness Snow flurries temperatures near nor Northwestern Ontario Cloudy Friday and saturday with temperatures near sunny and mild temperatures Canada and world National s 1 5 4 s 17 8 18 v 14 t 7 4 8 9 ii v Thunder 0 8 9 2 10 4 10 5 14 5 International 4 1 1 7 new 14 8 14 6 12 7 17 ii Clear 24 12 talk 28 20 partly 27 22 showers 28 24 25 23 Clear 29 22 Clear 32 25 partly 29 26 fair 29 22 Wlna 99 temperature comparisons mean 27 last highest go record in 1899 lowest on record in 1891 precipitation total or 1 to 28 Normal 18 7 John of husband of Gerry Herbert of 178 Sina Wlk husband of Anne Percy of 652 Kyle More wid Ower of Elsie of wife of Dick Maguerita of 185 Smith suite Jacob of husband of Freeda Doris of wife of Bert Klas of 689 Redwood formerly of Fork Freda of Portage la wife of Cornelius Leo of husband of Jeannette of 776 Ca thedral husband of Matilda of 32 Kiristine of Ludwig of Cypress husband of Marie Lucille of 5501 Roblin widow of William Henry Henry of husband of Judy Joseph Teles Phore of 185 Smith suite husband of Rose Amy of 157 seven Oaks wife of John of 657 Lipton Vander Peter of son of Siebe and Netty Vander judge Melford of Oakview husband of Cleta May wat he said readings in Northern Manitoba where Lead Levels in children primarily the result of gasoline sniff Rig Are two or three times higher Are the real cause of Cousin said readings of about micrograms per whole litre of blood should be a warning sign readings from to indicate possible danger and readings of and above showing Lead poisoning requiring hospitalize he said a child with Lead poisoning May appear but damage to the brain could and some studies jink higher Lead Levels with lower teaming ability and Dave free pbe88 no decisions Hays been made whether to test the children the officials told the Larry Strahin of the provincial environmental control released results of Lead Nair Survey near Cana Dian Bronze company Weston lord Nelson downtown Winnipeg and a suburban the tests were conducted on a five Day per week basis in july and the Survey showed lord Nelson had a higher average Lead Nair Reading than the Manitoba guideline is five micrograms of Lead per cubic metre for a 24hour the Weston average was micrograms per cubic metre while lord Nelson was i Simmans transplant made All the difference in the world programs per cubic the aver age at Canadian Bronze was per cubic metre although on one Day it reached As High As micrograms per cubic Strahin said the Survey results showing lord Nelson with a higher average Reading was probably due to the traffic level outside the where an average of vehicles per Day at Weston vehicles per Day travelled by the he also said the results probably show that environmental Protection equipment at Canadian Bronze de signed to keep Lead emissions from entering the atmosphere is working group May try to Block demolition the Assiniboine historical society will decide this week whether to seek a court injunction to halt demolition of the 67yearold Prince Edward hotel in consideration of court action follows a Brandon City Council decision at a close door meeting monday to proceed As planned with demolition of the Prin Cess Avenue Council received and filed a letter from the society requesting a reprieve on a demolition order approved last Donna spokesman for the said we presented them Council with a Cheque and a commitment to take Over the Steve past pres ident of the historical said yes he said the Cheque was for 000 a Deposit bid and the letter of intent said the historical society would pay property taxes As of a spokesman for the City said yester Day there will be a considerable amount of inside work to be done prior to destruction of the hotels outside Walls probably will not begin until the historical society has raised and accumulated More than signatures in an attempt to save the railway hotel which closed in 1972 and became civic property in 1975 As a result of tax if the Prince Edward goes Down it will be the last old building that will be allowed to get into that Gurr you can bet your boots there wont be another old build ing in Brandon go cantors on Page 5 in today paper Graham furniture the cameraman 236 main 9426228 open evenings until Xmas 99 96 the Minolta xd11 is More than Likely As much camera As you would Ever need at Sam the cameraman we sell the xd11 Complete with Lens and Case at but possibly the Lens will not serve your 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