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'age 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1980 E BATT/ )NDAY. MARC Pot derivative may be alternative to Pill TEL AVIV — A research team has onfirmed that the active ingredient >f cannabis — the plant from which narijuana comes — can inhibit ovu- ation in laboratory rats and a ba- ooon, a finding that may someday ead to nonhormonal contraceptives. ovulation in female rats,” said Dr. Daniel Ayalon, head of the Repro ductive Endocrinology Unit at Ichi- lov Hospital. But development of such a con- raceptive for human use may be 10 jr more years away. “We proved the active principle of oannabis in its natural form inhibits The ingredient, a metabolite of tetrahydrocannbinol, or THC, was isolated in 1970 by Ayalon’s collabor ator, Professor Rafael Mechoulam, now rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A metabolite is a che mical produced by the body’s meta bolism. “We have also demonstrated on rats that some synthetic non psychotropic derivatives of THC also inhibit ovulation,” Ayalon said. He said these derivatives do not cause any behavioral side effects. in rats. British researchers had ear lier found that cannabis suppressed fertility in male rats. Cold weather Orde of th Her Go< [still possible c D fer exp inch XJttz serves s, burgers, s bar Join u through Fri. United Press International I Texas A&M University Tuesday 'warned Texas gardeners that more subfreezing weather could occur, j Keith Hayes, a National Weather (Service agricultural meteorologist, said data compiled for the last 10 years show that freeze dates vary widely across the state. He provided a table which shows jthe early freeze date by region, in which there is a 90 percent chance of a freeze occurring after the date; an average date which shows a 50 per cent chance of a freeze after that date, and a late date which shows a 10 percent chance of a freeze after that date. Hayes said chances are good for an early spring and, slim for a later freeze. The list shows area and then early, average and latest frost average. Central: March 9, March 25, April 10 East: March 3, March 19, April 4 Southeast: Upper Coast Feb. 1, Feb. 25, March 22 Coastal Bend: Jan. 19, Feb. 17, March 17. )ur super I pread of n md get Va f VISA Official says OSHA helps United Press International HOUSTON — A Shell Oil Co. ex ecutive said Tuesday that, despite his belief the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has “gone overboard” with detailed reg ulation, he believes OSHA has had a beneficial impact. “OSHA provides a certain level of regulatory consistency across the country,” Howard Kusnetz, Shell safety manager, told a Houston Chamber of Commerce manufactur- A ers committee meeting. “Employees and employers know that wherever they may be working or wherever they may have plants the same regulations apply.” In addition to setting consistent standards nationwide, Kusnetz said OSHA has had eliminated the com petitive advantage of unsafe opera tion, freeing safe operators to maxi mize the quality of the working en vironment. However, Kusnetz said, OSHA has shown a preoccupation with de tail that has not contributed signifi cantly to increased worker safety. “I believe that it (OSHA) has gone almost totally overboard in trying to regulate so completely that room for judgment is almost all gone,” Kus netz said. Kusnetz cited University of Penn sylvania and General Accounting Office reports that he said indicate the rate of safety improvement has not appreciably accelerated during the operation of OSHA. Jl Group claims nuke data false fE’RE LO OWER F IONTH FC AVE DEC OU CAN /RITE: WE’LL l MOT INTE 3INEERIf \ U.S. Hfi United Press International WASHINGTON — An environ mental group called the Environ mental Action Foundation has ac cused the nuclear industry of using rigged statistics to show nuclear generated electricity is cheaper than power produced with coal. The foundation, citing a study by New York energy economist Charles Komanoff, said Monday the Atomic Industrial Forum excluded 12 of the 14 costliest nuclear reactors as well as the two largest, most efficient coalburning utilities from its most re cent cost comparison. “Nuclear power was actually 7 percent more expensive than coal power in 1978, not 34 percent cheap er as asserted by the AIF,” said Alden Meyer, foundation spokesman. The forum, the main nuclear in dustry trade group, in May released a widely publicized survey of 1978 utility power costs. The group stands by the validity of its survey, said Carl Goldstein, forum spokesman. “If plants are not represented in our survey, the only reason they are not is we did not get returns from those utility com panies.” Komanoff said his study cannot be interpreted to mean coal has already become more economical than nuc lear. In 1973, Ayalon and a team that included chemists from the Weiz- man Institute and the Hebrew School of Pharmacy in Jerusalem, published their preliminary finding on THC’s ability to control ovulation Ayalon said THC research began with curiosity about its toxic effects which were found to be low. They then moved on to fertility. In the most recent stage of ex perimentation, the team took one of the synthetic THC derivatives and administered it to a female baboon. baboons very encouraging since the anatomical and hormonal structure is so similar to that of the human female. “We were the first to demonstrate that with one injection of the drug we could suppress the pre-ovulatory hormonal changes (in female rats) and thus delay ovulation, he said. “With the baboon for the first time we tried chronic oral treatment rather than injecting a one-time dos age,” Ayalon said. “The 30-day treat ment most probably induced a 60- day post-treatment disruption of ovulation in the baboon.” “We are, of course, planning to work on a possible human contracep tive,” Ayalon said. “But it will take years to develop, assuming we get sufficient funds.” He called the work with female Once a THC derivative is proved an effective contraceptive in the laboratory, he said, he and his team must prove the subject retums normal menstrual cycle aftertif} ment and the drug is not Cannabis has been use turies as a drug in many parts of J ! world. 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