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'.V., <. 'i. ;v>. • r* r. J* /VW - - •• , • •" ■ r.,. Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 16, 1970 Mercury content of cosmetics hit WASHINGTON <A>) — Mercury is being used as a preservative in some cosmetics, say Food and Drug Administration officials, and should be replaced as quickly as possible with less toxic sub stances. The officials voiced particular concern about skin lotions con taining mercury, saying they pose “an appreciable hazard of poisoning for persons using the preparations daily on large areas of their bodies.” Only a relative handful of products contain mercury, and there are no reported cases of mercury poisoning linked to cos metics. However, the symptoms of mercury poisoning mimic those of many other ailments, making it extremely hard to diagnose. The findings and recommenda tions were disclosed in interviews with Dr. Virgil O. Wodicka, di rector of the FDA division that includes cosmetics, and Dr. Alfred Weissler, chief of the FDA cos metics section. The FDA was prompted to look for mercury in cosmetics after disclosures earlier this year that it was responsible for wide spread environmental pollution. Mercury has been found in water, fish and game birds and has turned up in 33 states. The substance is a long-lasting poison that is capable of doing particular damage to the brain and central nervous system, kid neys and liver. The mercury disclosures have deepened concern among govern ment scientists about other pos sible health hazards associated with cosmetic use. An unpublicized 1969 FDA study, for instance, found bac terial contamination in 20 per cent of 159 drug and cosmetic samples intended for skin use. The offending germ was classi fied as a possible infection agent in more than half of these cases. But officials say they can do little about either mercury or germ contamination because the FDA lacks strong legislative authority to police the $6-billion- a-year cosmetic industry. Unlike drug makers, cosmetic manufactures can market a prod uct without first proving it safe. Ingredients need not be listed on the label. Market removals are mainly voluntary. Officials of the Toilet Goods Association, a trade organization of cosmetic manufacturers, con firmed that mercury is used as a preservative in four of the 18 cosmetic classifications — creams and lotions, hair preparations, and facial makeup. A spokesman for the associa tion said he could not list brand names containing mercury or es timate the percentage that do contain it. But he described the proportion as small. FDA offi cials concurred, putting the num ber at about 40 among several thousand products. The trade as sociation spokesman said manu facturers have begun removing mercury on the FDA’s request. Campus Briefs A&M top Marine school in nation A&M is the top Marine PLC school in the nation, members of the A&M chapter of the Semper Fidelis Society were informed Monday night. Texas University is number two. These were the 1970 rankings reported by Capt. R. E. Crane of Austin, Marine Corps Officer Selection Officer. Crane, who is visiting the cam pus this week, said A&M current ly has 43 students enrolled in the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) Program, Marine Corps’ primary commissioning program. A&M in recent years ranked second in PLC enrollment to San Diego State but took over first place this year, the captain noted. Crane, along with Capt. Gene Hughes and Sgt. Robert Stevens, is operating an information booth in the Memorial Student Center through Thursday. geology and geophysics is chair man of the U. S. National Com mittee for Rock Mechanics of the National Academics of Science and Engineering. He is represent ing the Council of the Interna tional Society for Rock Mechanics. Dr. Handin serves as chairman of the Panel on Earthquake Modi fication and while in Europe will visit reservoirs in France, Greece and Switzerland. He noted the filling of the reservoirs is known to hare caused seismic activity in their vicinities. During his Sept. 11 through Oct. 7 travels, Dr. Handin also will visit some of the world’s leading rock mechanics labora tories in Karlsruhe, West Ger many; Lisbon, Portugal, and London. Students added ★ ★ ★ Oceanography project gets joint effort The space oceanography proj ect conducted by the College of Geosciences is being merged into the institution’s new Remote Sensing Center . Dr. John W. Rouse Jr., Remote Sensing Center director, said Dr. George L. Huebner, meteorology professor with the space ocean ography project, will be associate director of the combined facility. The Remote Sensing Center is a joint program of Texas A&M’s Colleges of Agriculture, Engi neering, Geosciences and Science. It is administered through the university’s Texas Engineering Experiment Station. Remote sensing, Rouse explain ed, is a means for studying the earth from spacecraft or aircraft, using sophisticated sensors, such as multispectral photography, ul traviolet and infrared scanning devices, microwave and other detectors. ★ ★ ★ Tectonophysics director to attend congress Dr. John Handin, director of Texas A&M’s Center for Tectono- physics, will be United States delegate to the Second Interna tional Congress of Rock Mechan ics in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept. 19-26. The distinguished professor of (Continued from page 1) Committee’s student seat was filled by Caperton. Dennis K. Chapman, Benjamin J. Crocker, and Paul Yates were appointed to the Sanitary & Stu dent Health Services Board. Positions for the Accident and Fire Prevention Committee were filled by Dennis K. Chapman, Michael M. Essmyer, Gordon Pul- mer and Gerald Witkowski. Thomas C. Bain, Caperton, Rog er P. Miller, and Donald M. Olson were appointed to the Advisory Committee on Student Evaluation of Faculty. Named to the Chapel Commit tee were David Smallwood, Mor ris K. Patterson, and John K. Hulse. Donald E. Branson and Wil liam T. Hamilton were appointed to the Peace Corps Advisory Council. Students named to serve on the Ring Committee were William E. Shepard, Douglas J. McGowen, and Nicholas J. Jiga. Named to the Traffic Commit tee were A1 L. Bradley, William M. Essmyer, Joe N. Kornegay, Lawrence D. McGill, David L. Moore, Roger P. Sindt, and Mi chael D. Smith. Student representatives were nominated by Caperton, then sub mitted to acting president Lued- ecke by Dean Hannigan and Ca perton. Luedecke then presented the nominations to the Executive Committee, where they were re viewed and approved. IT MAY NOT BE GOOD GRAMMAR BUT IT SURELY IS GOOD TEA When we say, “Get a 20 ounce glass of Tea”, we mean you get twenty ounces of tea in a glass when you purchase an inexpensive $0.99 special at the MSC. 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