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Asbestos, when properly handled, can be good news as well as bad.
Research at Texas A&M University is helping keep stray asbestos
ibers under check.
An engineer involved in the study points out asbestos has some
jOod properties. The characteristics causes it to perform well as firep-
oof drapery, brake bands in cars, floor tiles and in corrugated steel
sed in heavy construction.
As microscopic airborne fibers, asbestos has been recognized as
'one of the most hazardous air contaminants in the workplace. Persons
who inhale the invisible fibers in significant quantity can develop
lung cancer and other lethal respiratory diseases.
Hair dryers insulated with it were recently removed from the mar-
:et. Owners of suspect models were warned against continued use.
Workers in insulation and in brake lining manufacturing jobs are
ore heavily exposed. New standards for handling asbestos are in
evelopment by the U.S. Department of Labor s Occupational Safety
nd Health Administration (OSHA).
Dr. Waymon Johnston, safety engineer at Texas A&M, and
raduate students in his industrial engineering program have con-
lucted research that should contribute to the standards. The study,
erformed under a National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Notary pi' health contract, was reported recently by Johnston at a Chicago
i neeting of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference.
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^6,000.
“Calculated airborne fiber concentrations were all below present
DSHA standards,” Johnston reported. All the vacuum cleaners were
ible to contain their specified capacity, and all but one handled 25
jercent more without internal problems, filter system failure or total
loss of suction pressure.
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ontainer,” Johnston noted.
“Most models are acceptable as long as there isn’t bag failure,” the
gengineer said. “We found that every time a bag ruptured or was not
resent, the inside of the unit was covered with asbestos fibers.
Attempts to clean a container in which a bag ruptured must be
one very slowly, and it is still impossible not to agitate the fibers,
reating hazardous working conditions for maintenance or service
ersonnel, Johnston warned.
“Unless the worker cooperates in control strategies, exposure will
ot be reduced to the absolute minimum,” he said.
^Jlural youth drinking
ose to city average
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1979
Page S
■ Urban teen-agers drink more
[than rural teen-agers, but the gap
ijjparatmg the two groups is getting
much smaller, an expert on rural
drug abuse has discovered.
WUrban youth are 20 percent more
, likely to have tried liquor than rural
y6ungsters, but only 8 percent
'separates the two groups in terms of
beer consumption, explained Dr.
Kenneth Nyberg, a Texas A&M
University sociologist and research
er
■“There is an assumption that rural
drinking is not extensive and al
coholism is primarily an urban prob
lem,” Nyberg said.
p“That’s not the case,” he em
phasized. “Recent evidence
suggests that problems of drug
abuse, including alcohol, are nearly
as prevalent in rural areas as they
are in urban.”
I Nyberg based his finding on a re
cent rural drug abuse study he con-
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son and Washington counties.
Nyberg and McIntosh both stress
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The Texas Commission on Al
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cohol abuse in Texas.
“If a family has decided to move
to the country to escape the drug
problems of the city, they’re just
kidding themselves,” he added.
Any drug a person wants — from
heroin on down to alcohol — can be
obtained in any rural county in
Texas.
“In fact, the largest single drug
abused in rural Texas today is al
cohol,” Nyberg continued. “To
bacco runs it a close second with
marijuana and pep pills not far be
hind.”
More than 75 percent of the stu
dents surveyed, ages 12 to 20,
abused alcohol, Nyberg related.
Approximately 24 percent used
marijuana, and in one country alone,
4 percent of the students surveyed
had tried heroin.
“With these other drugs we have
found that drug-related behavior of
parents and friends significantly af
fects the use of those drugs,”
Nyberg said.
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Tuesday
GROVE MOVIE: “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and In
grid Bergman, will be shown at 8:45 p.m. at the Grove. Admission
for non-students is $1.50 and students get in free with an A&M
identification. The front gate opens at 8 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCERS: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 212, MSG.
SAILING CLUB: There will be a membership meeting at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 308, Rudder Tower.
SUMMER SCHOOL FEES: Fees for the first summer term should
be paid in G. Rollie White Coliseum by Thursday. Fees can be
paid from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 — 5 p.m.
Wednesday
GROVE MOVIE: “Silent Movie,” starring Mel Brooks will be shown
at 8:45 p.m. (PG).
GRADUATING SENIORS: Graduation announcements can be or
dered through June 15 in Room 217, MSG between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. weekdays.
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM: The Physical Plant
Department of Texas A&M is accepting applications for the 1979
apprenticeship training program which offers training for carpen
ters, electricians, air conditioning and heating mechanics, elec
tronic technicians, plumbers, sheetmetal works, painters and au
tomotive mechanics. Interested persons should contact the Physi
cal Plant.
TAMU STAMP CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 502, Rudder
Tower.
Thursday
GROVE MOVIE: “A Clockwork Orange,” starring Malcolm
McDowel, will be shown at 8:45 p. m. (R).
REGISTRATION: Thursday is the last day for enrolling and for add
ing new courses for the first summer session.
FREE UNIVERSITY: Registration for Free University courses for
the first summer session begins Thursday. Registration will be
held in the student programs office in the MSG.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: Will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 504, Rudder Tower.
Rabies incidence in Texas rises
175 percent in first 6 months of ’79
1 Beware: your cat, dog, even your
horse can be hazardous to your
health.
Texas A&M University veterinary
researchers report a surging 175
percent increase in the incidence of
rabies in domestic animals for Texas
in the first six months of this year.
That is more than reason enough to
immunize pets now for rabies and
deter people from making pets out
of wild animals such as skunks.
During the first six months of
1979 the reported number of rabies
cases in dogs, cats, horses and other
domestic animals has taken an
alarming rise of 66 cases through
May. This compares to 24 cases in
all of 1978.
Dr. Leon Russell, a veterinary
public health professor at Texas
A&M, indicates about 85 percent of
all rabies cases in Texas involve
skunks. And they, by far, pose the
greatest danger of transmitting the
killing disease to other animals.
Human rabies, so far, is a rarity.
Only three cases have been re
ported in Texas in the last three
years, and all were infected in
Mexico before entering the state.
One of those infected died.
Patricia Chamberlain, supervisor
of urban programs for the Texas Ro
dent and Predatory Animal Control
Service, says if anyone sees a rabid
animal, the best thing to do is to try
to trap it alive with a minimum of
risk and then call local or state
health officials.
Chamberlain says the control
service will provide assistance and
traps where they are available loc
ally to aid in the capture.
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