European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Pogo 4 the stars and stripes August 1985 nationwide search for pcs under Way Gas checks buildings Tor cancer agent him auditors arc i Hocking electrical transform ers in cd Giitl buildings nationwide for pos sible leaks cancer causing chs that would Emit highly toxic dioxin in a old als the audits were planned before leak transformers filled with Ith Oil were found july in in museums of the smithsonian institution in Washington and at the while House 11 Days said Dan coun Sel to the inspector general of the Jeneral services or Polychron rated have been shown to cause cancer in Laboratory tests Sven Emit dioxin one of the most toxic substances known to medical studies have shown an increased risk of heart disease and cancer in some groups exposed to Geyser said the discovery of the Leaky transformers at the smithsonian had Noth ing to do with the inspections in nine of the 11 service areas of the which Man Ages Federal a Federal investigator familiar with the condition of a number of Jas transformers said Federal workers arc captive to a serious problem that has been ignored for too last after Lila officials found leaking transformers at the White House which includes the old executive office the Gas said it would begin refilling 19 transformers there with other in Jas inspectors found eight leaking transformers and a Large drum of chs in the Albuquerque Federal described in a report to the in Spector general As a serious the inspectors called for an immediate asking if discrepancies reported by other Field offices remain and noted that Albuquerque officials were warned in november about the Leaky trans half of the estimated transformers cooled with liquids containing pcs Are in or near Federal buildings in the Washington Gas officials installation of the equipment was barred by Congress in most cases in the late Are in with More than half in densely occupied structures built prior to the mid such As shopping Staci office and Large apartment said Denise an Epa in the Gas regional reviews to be completed this acting inspector general Charles Gillum ordered auditors to Check the physical condition of known pc trans formers and records verifying that timely inspections and maintenance Are Peyser in april a transformer containing pcs exploded in a Federal spilling More than 40 Gallons of pc no one was injured in the but Mike a safety officer with the Tulsa fire said the 29 firemen who responded to the fire were Allex with some now showing symptoms of Chlorace a skin rash associated with exposure to after two workers returned to the and postal workers Union officials say 100 Tulsa members now suffer from cases of liver birth miscarriages and respiratory Paul a researcher with the National centers for disease control in at said it would be startling if liver diseases could be linked to an exposure occurring just three years and he doubts that such a connection will be soot laced with pcs and dioxins settled throughout an 18story state office building in after an electrical fire ruptured a transformer that spilled pc Oil at the contamination was so thorough that the building has not the cleanup Cost is expected to be army outlines procedure in aids detection by Cun Swirt Washington Bur Vuu washing Ion a whose blood tests positive for the aids virus antibody is not notified until that test is repealed and then verified by a More an army disease control consultant said t the goal is to avoid alarming anyone said army i 1incst i aka Fuji under defense department directives thai took Effell at the end of a do isms blvd is sampled and tested by the ii Isa method that became available last he said it the result in shows signs of the antibody to the associated with immune deficiency Stdio me it u Gurii a second Isa lest la that u the Sample undergoes i he More and Dueri initiating Western blot test that not Only signifies presence of the antibody but can help physicians determine what the body is trying to defend itself during the one week to two weeks it would take the Waller Reed army medi Cal Center Laboratory to run and return the Western blot the blood Sample would be identified Only by a he it the Western blot test is the name of the donor would go on a confident Lial registry to permit doctors to follow the donor would be at that the Servie member would be brought from a medical treatment facility to a larger medical Center because of the Cost of the testing and Takafuji u also would provide confidentiality that could not be guaranteed if the patient were being seen on an outpatient basis that would be recorded in the orderly at the the patient would undergo a week of including a Thor Ough examination of the health of the immune the Soldier also would be counselled that aids can be transmitted through blood and semen and How spread ing the infection if it exists can be the medical history is closed with a listing of the people the patient has had intimate Contact with so they can be Noti fied of the he soldiers who test positive for the htlv1ii antibody but who have no symptoms of illness and can still do their jobs would be returned to Takafuji soldiers who come Down with aids later and Are incapacitated could be medi Cally an army spokesman if the discharge is solely for medical reasons and they have enough time in serv they could receive care in a veterans administration Hospital or in a civilian Hospital through the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed serv ices service members who admitted Homo sexual activity or were discharged on Evi Dence of a homosexual lifestyle might not be eligible for veterans administration depending on the Type of discharge they a a spokesman Gen under a dishonourable or Badcon duct they could lose veterans but each of the services has a firm policy that a positive Hal Viii test or even contracting aids is not the same Asho Takafuji summarized the testing proce Dure at a special meeting of a subcommittee of the armed forces epidemiological Board at Walter child raising expert Spock struck ouf As a Stepfather new York u i or Benjamin who of people How to raise their Adan is he Dindl know Beans about being a the s2yeaiold paediatrician whose Book has been a Staple Lor years in Homes across America made the conk Mon i a Par enting column in the september Issue of red spoke said he had written about the Tri als of being a Stepfather in his classic baby and c held but he Only truly laced the problems firsthand when he remained nine years ago and became the Stepfather of a preteen 1 found i didst know Beans about Actu ally being said who became the Stepfather of Ginger when he married her Mary mor Gan in Spock described How rude his step daughter and consulted a specialist on Siepp Reihing to gel him through his Trou she gave me he said of tile coun Selor 1 had been living in a fools she toll naively thinking that any child would accept a stepparent in just a year or he Sunj besides swing the counsel he studied books and articles on the relationships stepparents have with their the stepparent stirs up intense jealousy and to justify these the children exaggerate the stepparents defects and ignore his or her Good he said spokes in a companion piece in the admits the problem was not i never set out to make Ben feel in or to be rude to wrote coun now i probably meant because i found it hard to adjust to simply having him Spock from his readings and own personal that the Best Way for a stepparent to get along with the child is to go slow in trying to become the disciplinarian and not assume that the child will instantly accept the Beth Spock and Councille said in their accounts that the relationship has taken a turn fur the better since those first turbulent As i got to know 1 realized that he want an devious main who was trying to steal my Mother away from Councille said Spock she also refers to me occasionally As her although i have no wish to displace her die term of affection warms my up Referio a touch up for tip House speaker Thomas tip Oneill is Sac Hasette Dea Mcraft second Tel Effemka Amde up for his appearance at a Epi actin Job of the he a of the to show Silver spoons pea Rad la his Hies taped in his Boston its the Mas acting will be aired in
