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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
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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.
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