The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 02, 1978, Image 5

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 02, 1978, Image 5

Newspaper Page TextI THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978 Page 5 flat, dry ls > where ted ripen- tl'e rest of asily clear tiny, well in into the combined 'ican drug residents, heir liyeli- ther than r called in t unless it ams,, id noted a hey didn’t problem, d to feel id the vast legal and jht against lent with it has run past three ies expert populated have been Old enemies produce ad to dispel 6 chemophobm United Press International WASHINGTON — In an un usual move, a major chemical company and an environmental group that is one of its severest critics are considering collaborat ing on an advertisement about the hazards of chemicals. Involved in the project are Monsanto Co., a large producer of paints, plastics and other products, and the Environment al Defense Fund, a group that has spotlighted hazardous issues ranging from chemically treated children’s sleepwear to hair dyes, sleepwear to hair dyes. The ad would state that the country seems beset by "chemophobia, ” an irrational fear that all chemicals are bad, and cancer is an inevitable re sult. The ad would seek to dispel that notion, and say that while some chemicals are bad, most are safe when properly handled. It would also say the environmental group and the company agree that hazardous chemicals should be removed from the market, and that prog ress along that line is being made. Existence of the project, which EDF has circulated to its members for a sampling of opin ion before proceeding, was dis closed by the Environmental Health Letter, a Washington- based publication. Monsanto has been almost as outspoken as EDF on the chemi cal issue, particularly since the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on a plastic soft drink bottle the firm was about to introduce, causing it to close plants and leaving it with a stock of useless containers. EDF, a year ago, criticized the company’s resulting “Chemical Facts of Life” advertising cam paign as distorted, and the com pany made some changes in it. But EDF maintains the company is still running ads that “extol the benefits of chemicals in a mis leading way.” The idea for the joint ad grew out of the discussions between Monsanto and EDF. A Monsanto spokesman said the joint Monsanto-EDF ad has already been test marketed in magazines in a number of cities. The test market results have now been turned over to EDF which is studying them and the results of its own poll. If EDF and Monsanto agree on the project, the company would pay for the ad. Soviets ahead, specialist says Space arms crucial to defense Blumenthal says tighter controls, import cuts may reduce inflation United Press, International TULSA, Okla.— An increase in non-agricultural exports and a cut in oil imports accompanied by tighter spending controls should strengthen the dollar and reduce inflation. Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal said. Blumenthal, speaking Tuesday to the Tulsa U, gave a favorable as sessment of recent economic de velopments and the efforts of Presi dent Carter to control the nation’s economy. "Just looking at the trade figures, _ we see a strong trend in favor of a ec nmic ox j U |j S t an tj a j reduction in the trade R deficit,” Blumenthal said. "Over the last three months, there has been a 30 percent increase in United States non-agricultural exports compared with the prior period. At the same time, over the same three months, there has been an increase of only 8 percent in the non-petroleum imports into the United States as compared with a 40 percent increase in the prior six- month period. The deficit and the federal budget is coming down substantially again in 1980, as we move toward a balance in the subsequent period,” Blumenthal said. “There will be a real attack is being made on this problem of inflationary regulations. The energy bill has passed and that will mean an immediate reduction in imports of oil. Imports of oil have iLII already come down.” Blumenthal said such develop ments should have a favorable effect on the nation’s economy. United Pr^ss International HOUSTON -^The Soviet Union, with powerful rocket boosters, is better equipped for “space warfare’ than the United States, a aerospace critic says. James E. Oberg, a Johnson Space Center computer specialist and lay lecturer for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tuesday said the United States has further to go ip developing similar capability. Oberg said space warfare would involve weapons that could destroy communications and missile monitoring satellites that are crucial to U.S. defense. He emphasized his opinions were based on an informed reading of ma terial available to the public and were strictly hfs own views, not those of NASA or the federal gov- - eminent. “Once you develop the hardware, it implies intentions or at least po tential of using it, he The United States been slow to develop satellite capability, Oberg said “It’s something the U.S. has re frained from developing,” he said. “They re now being developed. The president has developed a com prehensive and very well thought- out military space policy which is now being implemented.” Oberg said the Soviets apparently have demonstrated anti-satellite capability in lower Earth orbit and they could he even more effective if developed for geosynchronous or bit. Geosynchronous orbit exists 23,000 miles Out, where a satellite is stationary in relation to a point on Earth. Oberg said it is used for key communications satellites, includ ing those that would give early warning of missile attack. Oberg said it appears the Soviets have large enough rocket boosters and a tested mechanism that would work in deep space. The weapon goes into orbit behind its target and fires shrapnel into it. The question I would raise is what capabilities must they have in addition to what they have now to be able to do that. I would suggest there aren’t that many things they have left to do, speaking as a layman.” Oberg criticized members of the aerospace industry for failing to in form the public of the negative as well as the positive possibilities of space. " The major concern I have is that I ve seen that the concept of war in space is a poorly understood one by the public. 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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 02, 1978, Image 5

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