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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979
FT)A says shampoo can he harmful
Some cosmetics may be dangerous
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Food
and Drug Administration is warning
the cosmetics industry some of its
products — notably shampoos,
bubble baths and various skin
creams — may be contaminated
with suspected cancer-causing
agents.
The agency wants the industry “to
take immediate measures to elimi
nate to the extent possible” any of
the agents, called nitrosamines, in
its products.
It said it believes cosmetic prod
ucts can be produced in a method to
prevent the substances from being
formed, and said it has evidence
some manufacturers already have
done so.
“Cosmetic manufacturers are put
on notice that cosmetic products
may be analyzed by the FDA for
nitrosamine contamination and that
individual products could be subject
to enforcement action,” the agency
said in a notice published in Tues
day’s Federal Register.
Nitrosamines have been proven
to cause cancer in test animals, and
by implication pose the same threat
to man. They are the same agent,
whose presence in bacon and other
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cured meats has caused a review of
those products, and some studies
have suggested they may be a by
product of some industrial air pollu
tion.
As far as cosmetics are concerned,
the FDA said, nitrosamines appear
to be caused by a chemical reaction
between amines used to formulate
the product and a “nitrosating
agent.”
“In cosmetics, some of the likely
nitrosating agents appear to be nit
rites, oxides of nitrogen and some
C-nitro compounds,” it said. Some
of those substances are not actual
ingredients, but enter the product
as a contaminant of another ingre
dient.
The agency said amines, with
which the nitrosating agents react,
are “widely used as cosmetic ingre
dients.”
It said they are used “in sham
poos, bubble bath products, facial
cosmetics and many types of creams
and cream lotions.”
Tests indicate the highest level of
nitrosamine contamination occurs
when the nitrosating agent is added
as a direct ingredient, FDA said,
while lower concentrations result
when it enters the product as a con
taminant.
Bill to restrict
warrants for
media search
United Press International
AUSTIN — The House Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee Wednes
day approved a bill barring police
searches of newspaper, radio and
television station offices in Texas.
The bill by Rep. Luther Jones,
D-El Paso, was approved 8-0, send
ing it to the full House for consid
eration.
The bill provides that no search
warrant may be issued to search the
offices of a newspaper, news
magazine, radio or television station
except for so-called “instrumen
talities or fruits” of a crime.
It would prevent evidentiary
searches of news media files for in
formation the organization may have
gathered in news reporting.
The committee also approved a
bill by Rep. Bob Hendricks,
D-McKinney, requiring that war
rants for any kind of searches of
news media offices be issued by a
county-court-at-law or higher court
judge.
Hendrick s bill applies to all kinds
of evidentiary search warrants, not
just those applying to the news
media.
what’s up at A&M
Thursday
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: Ray Anderson will speak on
“Responding to the Faithfulness of God” at 7 p.m. in Room 308,
Rudder Tower.
GREAT ISSUES: James Estelle Jr., director of the Texas Depart
ment of Corrections, will speak on “Texas Prisons: How Good?” at
12:30 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower.
JUDGING CONTEST: The Saddle and Sirloin Club continues the
Spring Judging Contest at 5 p.m. today in the Animal Science
Pavillion.
EMERGENCY CARE: The Texas A&M Emergency Care Team will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 510, Rudder, to elect officers and
discuss its constitution and club activities.
TEXAS AGGIE BAND SENIORS: Will be inducted into an associa
tion of former bandsmen at a barbecue at the A&M Consolidated
Middle School cafeteria. For reservations call 845-1031.
“NAME THE ORGANIZATION CONTEST”: The Off-Campus
Student Association and Hassle Free are merging into one organi
zation. Those who have a name for the new organization should
submit their entries to the Off-Campus center in the MSC by
today. Prizes include certificates to Pelican’s Wharf and Last Na
tional Bank.
OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: There will be an
apartment managers get-together from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in
Room 145, MSC. All students who wish to meet and talk with
apartment managers are welcome.
TAMU FENCING CLUB: Will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Room 261, G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Will meet at 5:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White
Coliseum for a weekly 1-, 3- and 5-mile runs after a short business
meeting.
TENNIS TEAM: The women’s team will play TCU in Ft. Worth.
SOFTBALL TEAM: The women’s team will play Sam Houston State
here at 6 p.m.
Friday
AGGIE QUARTERHORSE SHOW: Will begin at 8 a m. today and
tomorrow at the Equestrian Center on FM 2818.
BASEBALL TEAM: The men’s team will play SMU at 3 p.m. in
Olson Field.
TENNIS TEAM: The men’s team will play Arkansas here at 1:30
p. m.
SWIM TEAMS: The men and women’s teams will swim in the AAU
Nationals in Los Angeles, California today through Saturday.
AGGIE CINEMA: “Heroes,” starring Henry Winkler and Sally
Field, will be shown at 8 and 10 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
Saturday
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGI
NEERS: Will hold its annual spring picnic at Hensel Park from
1-6 p.m. Tickets are available from IEEE officers and in the elec
trical engineering office.
TAMU WHEELMEN: There will be a metric century ride to
Navasota and Carlos. Those who wish to go should meet at the
Rudder fountain at 8 a.m.
AGGIE CINEMA: “Heroes” will be shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder
Theater.
MIDNIGHT MOVIE: “Return of the Dragon” will be shown in Rud
der Theater.
TRACK TEAM: The men and women’s teams will compete against
Baylor in Waco.
BASEBALL TEAM: There will be a doubleheader against SMU be
ginning at 1 p.m. at Olson Field.
N-blast
site to 1)
restored
United Press Intematioiul
CARLSBAD, N.M.-Ui
the 1961 Project Gnome
ground nuclear blast will
stored for possible livestod]
in a $2 million decontami
program scheduled to begin
spokesman reports.
The southeastern New!
site is located in salt beds a|
miles southeast of Carlsbad.
George Dennis, of the [
ment of Energy’s Albuquen
fice, said he hoped the clean
enable the DOE to release!
acre site to the cus
Bureau of Land Manage®
September.
The DOE’s Nevada Opi
Office said activities leadinj
cleanup are under way, will
equipment to re-enter the
cavity scheduled to arrive
about mid-April.
Dennis said the Gnome
eight miles southwest of I
posed Waste Isolation
but “It has no connectin
WIPP and poses no
hazards to it.”
Dennis said about the onlt
the land in the surroundiij
livestock grazing of a poorqi;
won’t support many headd
he said.
While the cleanup
removal of restrictions onth
the land surface, the DOE
office said, restrictions ondii
mining near the contamimi
ity zone will remain in effei 1
The 3.1 kiloton expert
blast, detonated 1,200 feeil
the surface on Dec. 10,
part of a study by the former
Energy Commission todete
it would be feasible to
steam from the resulting md
to generate electricity, Deni
He said the study later w
doned as unfeasible.
The blast was the first coi
away from test sites in Ns
the Pacific, said Dennis.
In the cleanup operation,
salt and soil will be crusk
ried and pumped into the
cavity, the DOE said.
A long-term hydrologies
program will continue ini
to guard against possible m
of radioactive materials vii
ground aquifers.
Among points sampled
program are municipal well
ing Carlsbad, Loving anil
City and surface water ati'
River pumping station.
The DOE said the radio*!
the Gnome site will be ak
half of the normal backgroi®
sure in Denver.
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WICHITA FALLS — A “shocked” Gov. Bill Clements Wed*
toured tornado-brutalized Wichita Falls and said he would seel
eral disaster aid to rebuild the city.
After he and his wife, Rita, viewed the wreckage from a Nali
Guard helicopter, Clements estimated the mammoth tornado
have caused as much as $300 million in damage.
“It’s worse than I anticipated. I was shocked. I’ve hadsomeei]
ence with tornadoes before,” he said, referring to a tornado thi
his hometown of Dallas 20 years ago, “and I can assure you this!
far worse than that.”
Clements, in a 25-minute meeting with reporters at the D(]
ment of Public Safety headquarters, said city and county officials
confirmed 35 fatalities in Wichita Falls, but said “I wouldntgd
firm about that 35 number. In flying over the area I would bea
surprised if that number is not higher than that.”
Later DPS officials reported the death toll was up to 45. T*
more persons were killed in nearby Vernon and more than 60dl
been hospitalized with injuries from a series of twisters w|
through Texas’ “Tornado Alley.”
In addition to calling on local, county and state officials tores
the city, Clements said he would urge President Carter to ds*
Wichita Falls a national disaster area.
The city’s loss of water, prompted by a power shortage and
sequent loss of pressure, has placed the city in a vulnerable
situation, Clements said.
A spokesman for Texas Electric Service Co. said 45,000cusl#
lost power. Gas stations also were inoperative.
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