European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 1, 1985 the stars  stripes Page 17 i i 1 but about a Colony of Large  although he makes a handsome living charging an 150,000 annual tourists $1.60 each to visit the exhibition Harmsworth candidly admits there is no hard evidence either to prove or disprove the monster s existence. Loch nes is very much the stuff of monster legend. The 24-mile-Long. One mile wide Lake is banked by Steep mountains. Its water is cold enough to sink dead bodies. Peat particles in the water make it impenetrable murky. A ruined Lakeside Castle deepens the Aura of mystery. Geological shifts  the effect of the ice age make it theoretically possible that ancient beasts became trapped in the Lake when it was Cut off from the sea  were Lett to mutate peacefully Ino monsters. Ronald Binns. A 37-year-old literary Crilo. Writes in the Loch Ness mystery solved that the entire Loch Ness monster tradition crumbles at the first sceptical  he claims to show that virtually All the accepted evidence is in fact baseless  demonstrates How easy it is to fake photographs. The great Appeal of the Loch Ness mystery is perhaps the Way in which it offers everyone the Chance to become an Amateur Sleuth pore Over the evidence visit the dark mysterious Waters  concoct a new theory about what it is which has baffled the world Tor so Long Binns wrote. Believers Point to giant squids  the prehistoric coelacanth fish which were thought to be extinct until they were caught this Century. They also note the intriguing coincidence that All the lakes reputed to contain monsters lie in a Globe girdling Belt above the 50th parallel. Loch Montti Gand Date Back to . 565 when St. Col mud according to his biographer castigated the creature for attacking one of his followers. The holy Man gave a great Eliout  commanded the beast to go Back into the Depths from which he came it was written. In 1527, one Duncan Campbell described How a terrible beast came ashore  killed three men with a flick of its Tail. The legend got going in Earnest in july 1933 when the Inverness courier a local newspaper reported strange spectacle on Loch Ness quoting an unnamed businessman  his wife As having seen How the creature distorted itself rolling  plunging or fully a minute its body resembling that of a  the Hunt was on. In december 1933 the Dally mall commissioned . Wetherall the big game Hunter to find the beast. Within Days he found Large footprints prompting the Dally Mallolo proclaim that the monster is not a legend but a  unfortunately it soon transpired that hoaxers had Manula curad the Trail using the stuffed fool of a Hippopotamus. The monster was saved from Complete Ignominy the follow Long year by the famous surgeon s photograph a snapshot taken by it. Col Robert Kenneth Wilson a London gynaecologist showing a Long neck  head protruding from the water. By now the monster was attracting sightseers including novelist Virginia woo who wrote to her sister we met a charming couple in an inn who were in touch through friends with the monster. They had seen him. He is like several broken Telegraph posts  swims at immense Speed. He has been  in the 1950s came Lachlan Stuart s photo of two humps above the water near Urquhart Castle a ruin overlooking the Lake near Drumnadrochit. And in 1972, american monster Hunter Robert Alnos published an underwater photo enhanced by computer showing what appeared to be a Large aquatic Flipper. With thab him gaining ground. Sir Peter Scott. A distinguished British naturalist gave the monster a scientific name Nessi Teras   wrote that while the existence of Large animals in Loch Ness As improbable it was equally improbable that All the people who had claimed to have seen the monster Wera lying or hallucinating. Today the Lake is dotted with monster watchers ranging from summer amateurs to Well equipped professionals. Harmsworth says half a dozen sightings Are reported each year on average two thirds of which can be dismissed. The Boyds rent a chalet overlooking the water near Urquhart Castle their telescopic camera trained on the water. Alt Star says he sometimes spends up to 12 hours a Day peering at Loch Ness. It s such a suitable fairy tale setting he says with a ruined Castle tour the Corner High mountains very deep dark water. Look How that wave folds Over there. If you were feeling imaginative you could Start seeing the  but he has no doubt he saw something unusual in Loch Ness on that Day in 1979. I  stubborn person. I just want to prove i m  spider Plant hat been found la filler poll ulant from Hout hold air. The Ordinary House Plant nature s air by Guy Darst associated press freshener a space Agency scientist believes one Olathe solutions to indoor air pollution May Bethe Ordinary House  of them. Including the spider Plant the Golden pothos the peace Illy  the chinese Evergreen have been found to filter certain pollutants from a closed atmosphere says . Wolverton of the National space technologies laboratories in Bay St. Louis. Miss. Wolverton said in an interview that several species of plants using tiny Leaf openings called stomata cleanse the air of three potentially dangerous chemicals commonly found in Homes Carbon monoxide nitrogen dioxide  formaldehyde. Carbon monoxide is a product of incomplete combustion  heavy amounts can kill by displacing oxygen in the bloodstream. Nitrogen dioxide also produced by combustion can cause breathing problems in High doses. Some researchers have speculated there is a link Between nitrogen dioxide  respiratory tract infections in children in Homes equipped with Gas stoves. Formaldehyde a suspected cause of some forms of cancer is emitted naturally by plastics  building materials. As Homes insulation has been improved to save on Winter heating costs concern Over indoor pollution has grown. Earlier this year the environmental Protection Agency said that in two new Jersey cities situated near chemical plants concentrations of 11 chemicals were far higher indoors than outside but were too Small to worry about. The Epa expressed interest in Wolverton s research but cautioned that Green plants can do nothing about two More serious indoor air pollution problems. These Are radioactive radon Gas  its products resulting from uranium decay in some soils  Fine smoke particles from tobacco or broiling Lood. Wolverton said his discoveries Are a Little bitty part of our research Lor the National aeronautics  space administration on removing air contaminants trom sealed environments such As space vehicles. In 1972. Nasa discovered Trace amounts of More than 100 chemicals Given off by plastics  other materials used inside skylab. Wolverton said that when a spider Plant was placed in a sealed chamber with 12,975 micrograms of formaldehyde about 28 parts per million the concentration fell to 7,319 micrograms six hours later. In 24 hours it was Tell to about 2,000 micrograms. An 85 percent reduction from the Start ing level. Wolverton said the air cleaning plants Nave two things in common. They All require relatively Little Light. And none lowering. Some of the plants Are widely used in building lobbies  restaurants As decorative foliage because they can thrive in Low Light. We re beginning to appreciate How really useful they  he said. Wolverton said that although too much of a particular pollutant probably would kill such a Plant. I m hoping that at a certain level it will not a detrimental to plants  they la literally Eal  Wolverton is interested in testing his House Plant theory in a Model Home. Jim he be a physicist  indoor air pollution specialist at Epa. Thinks that s a Good idea. For completely enclosed environments it s probably a very Good Way to  Repace said. But Repace said the average House contains about 12,000 cubic feet  probably exchanges its air every Hall hour to 45 minutes  the most lightly insulated House probably Tanes 10 hours to Exchange air. I wonder if a valid Experiment would result in significant removal of pollution in a space the size of a House he said. Wolverton believes that As few As 15 plants May significantly cleanse the air in the average Home. He said he has plenty of plants at his Home my wife  i love plants  keeps them in a Long solarium near the Iron door Tor air to pass through. De Stanna spokesman for the formaldehyde Institute said his Industrial Trade organization was investigating Wolverton s research. At least one state. Massachusetts has banned formaldehyde Home insulation. An attempt by the consumer product safety commission to impose a nationwide ban on its use has been struck Down in court. Jeanne Wilson a Detroit Secretary who used to have 72 plants in her Home but now claims Only 20, said she did t know what to think about Wolverton s theory. I sneeze at Home just As much As i do at  she said. My spider Plant died. Maybe i la buy a spider Plant this