European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. April 10, 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 toxic Gas Accident a worker ill a exit a company chemical Plant in Yip , cleans up debris thursday mum Ritj shortly after a Clow of do Lorinc compound to raped prompting an hour Long Alert by Xiii Horitia telling nearby Resi Denti in shut indies and doors and stay inside there were no reported injuries. The Accident reported happened when an overheated chemical reactor released a plume containing undetermined Junu urls of chlorine  a potential respiratory irritant. Trie chemical is a byproduct of plastics . Federal agencies ignore radon threat Gao says eggs suspected in latest outbreak of Salmonella Chicago Al l Haw or  eggs even from perfect and  shells May to spreading inc Salmonella bacteria in the Northeast says a Federal re searcher who fear the problem May be worsening. Even sound Grade a eggs. Which arc screened for or feels and cleansed outside with chemical disinfectant. Appear to be implicated in the sickening of hundreds of people in recent years the researcher said thursday. Previous egg related Salmonella food poisoning has been limited to eggs thai were cracked dirty or in some other Way defective or mishandled said or. Michael e. Is. Louis of inc National centers for disease control in Atlanta. So Louis said in a Telephone interview though that his findings Row implicate Grade a eggs tilt most w idely sold egg in whole Shell form. He said however thai full cooked Cep appear to present no danger. In All of the outbreaks we investigated people ate the eggs raw or undcrcoakcu1," St. Louis said. Consumers Don t need to Stop eating eggs bul if they wish to avoid Salmonella infection they need to Cook the  Cathy Mechare a spokeswoman for the egg Industry funded egg nutrition Center in Washington d.c., said we re doing everything possible to Correct and identify any  St. Louis and his colleagues began their investigation after learning of a sixfold increase in the number pain acc Lions caused by the bacteria Salmonella Cut Kritidis in northeastern states from 1976 to 1986. Researchers said 27 of 35 outbreaks were caused b Grade a Shell figs or food that contained such  Washington a Federal agencies involved in housing Hamstrung by a Lack of congressional guidance Are doing Little or nothing about the threat from cancer causing radon the general accounting office said thursday. Although environmental officials say radon causes up to 20,000 cancer deaths a year he housing agencies see Lillic responsibility to respond the Gao an investigative Arm of Congress said in a report. The report scrutinized inc depart ment of housing and Urban development the veterans administration the Farmers Home administration and the National Park service. Sen. Frank Lauton Borg d-n.j., who requested and released the year Long Gao study called its results disturb ing while millions of americans Are at risk Federal bureaucrats. Sit on their  said Lauten Barb who chairs the Senate s environmental oversight sub committee. Radon is a naturally occurring odor less and colourless Gas. The environmental Protection Agency says radon May cause from 5.000 to 20,000 lung cancer deaths annually. A byproduct of decaying underground uranium radon rises from the ground and can seep into buildings. Trapped indoors the Gas poses health threats that can far surpass heavy smok ing or inordinate exposure to a rays. The Gao noted that Epa was As signed by Congress to Lead the attack on radon. So far it said much work re Mains on Epa s acceptable but slow moving strategy. La Ulenberg asked the Gao to Eval uate the radon response by Federal Agen cies who administer housing or subsidize Home ownership. Investigators found an Overall Lack of response ranging from responding to afew site specific problems to not Ching involved with indoor radon at All the report  of the housing agencies arc largely unaware of radon problems and Are Uncertain whether they have any Legal responsibility it said. Courts appear unlikely to hold Federal agencies liable in cases arising from radon it  report said that while Epa s radon mandate is Clear Congress has said nothing to Hud the a or fro a. In addition it said the agencies arc fur ther confused by the Lack fan Epa Stan Dard for How much radon ii too much. Toothbrush tales hard to Swallow los Angeles up a doctor who has studied Why people Swallow foreign objects and who has also plucked a few toothbrushes from aching stomachs says sometimes life is stranger iban fiction. Writing in the archives of surgery or. Allan p. Kirk said an outbreak of Toothbrush swallowing by his salient recently has convinced him that Touth past unil alcohol Don 1 i. Or i or that Mailer neither do Looth Patoc and Clum siness or being in the midst of a violent coughing spell with a Toothbrush in your Mouth. Two of Kirk s patients were intoxicated uhen they inadvertently Gobek d Down their toothbrushes one was having a coughing fit and the other apparently just was t paying enough attention to the Job at hand these instances of swallowed toothbrushes All occurred within a Short Lime of each other and All were treated by surgeon Kirk who  the problem was t How the toothbrushes wound up in the victims Stom Achs but gelling them out. Vith the Aid of an Clos copy. A Cilc scope like instrument that permits a View of the body s dark cavi ties and grabbing the Toothbrush with a surgical wire or forceps. Kirk and his team got them out. We saw these four people almost one right after the other with toothbrushes in their go gastrointestinal tracts. So we ii a to look up How Many times this has happened said Kirk in a Telephone interview from the Duke University medical Center in Durham . He says there have been Only 31 recorded cases of swallowed toothbrushes worldwide since inc Isth Cen Tury about half of that number involving a single psychiatric patient in the soviet Union four years ago. A Ireman us policy no Gitler three of inc Iso unclear waste ennui no that fell from truck Filer toll ski nuclear waste problem wednesday new Valence in Southern franc. No leak a of my on the armoured Container