European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 12.1989 study zeroes in on biggest polluters toxic 500 plants listed in 44 states Washington a five Hundred Industrial plants account for most of the toxic chemical releases reported to the government and a third of the 10.3 billion pounds of hazardous wastes comes from Only 24 plants a conservation group said thursday. The National wildlife federation s analysis of government toxic release statistics said that the biggest polluters the toxic 500" were scattered in 44 states. The do in largest producers of toxic wastes each releasing More than 100 million pounds buried them on site or nearby or used a procedure of deep injection into the Earth prompting the conservation group to raise concerns about possible contamination to ground water. Industry representatives have defended such proce dures calling them Safe. According to the report the 300 facilities released or buried 7.5 billion pounds of toxic wastes during 1987, More than 70 percent of the total releases reported to the environmental Protection Agency last year under a new disclosure requirement that covered some 18,000 facilities. The raw Epa figures were made Public in june but no Plant by Plant breakdown was Given. Using the government statistics and data Bank the wildlife federation tabulated a list of they claimed were the biggest polluters in a 480-Page report entitled the toxic 500." according to the report about 3.5 billion pounds of toxic wastes were produced by Only 24 plants with a dozen facilities each reporting the disposal usually into the ground of More than 100 million pounds of toxics. A total of 118 plants reported releases of at least 10 million pounds of toxic chemicals and each the 500facilities reported releases of at least 2.6 million pounds. The releases which Are Legal included More than 300 different chemicals and metals 39 of which arc considered carcinogenic or cancer causing. On the list the facility with the largest releases was time sliced thin Concord watch chairman Gerry Grinberg unveils inner York a Wafe Ruke Model called delirium which he Bills As the world s thinnest watch. The 3mm-wide Concord timepiece based on Swiss technology is 18-Carat Gold and Sells for under $2,000, the Alcoa Plant in Point Comfort Texas which re ported 465 million pounds of toxic wastes in 1987, almost All of it aluminium oxide which has been buried at the facility. Another Alcoa Plant in Rockdale Texas was no. 3 with 329 million pounds of buried aluminium oxide. The National steel corp. Plant great lakes Divi Sion in Ecorse mich., had the second largest volume of wastes also aluminium oxide. The company reported that it had buried the 423 million pounds of waste within a few Miles of the facility. While ground disposal practices have been defended by the Industry As Safe the authors of the wildlife group Calls toxic waste releases a Long term threat to the environment. Federation report said the debris poses Long term con Cerns about ground water contamination. According to the wildlife federation the Plant with the most toxic emissions into the air was Amax magnesium of Rowley Utah which reported spewing out 68 million tons of toxics mostly chlorine in 1987. The Plant was no. 22 in the Overall toxic release ranking. Five companies reported releasing at least 30 Mil lion pounds of toxics into the air. Three Louisiana plants ranked at the top of the list of facilities that discharged Large amounts of toxics into surface water. Two agrico chemical co. Plants in Uncle Sam and Donaldsonville la. Were ranked no. 1 and no. 3, in water Wasta releases disposing of 59 million pounds and 44 million pounds of chemicals re spec abducted infant Back with Mother Chicago a a 5-Day-old girl taken from a suburban Hospital by a woman posing As a nurse was reunited with her Mother almost 10 hours later after a Serviceman found the baby with his wife police said. The infant was taken from Victory memorial Hospital in Waukegan by a 40-year-old woman who fantasized she was pregnant police said on thursday. Barbara Crushshon took the child to her Home at fort Sheridan 28 Miles North of downtown Chicago authorities said. When her husband spec. 4 Jacque Crushshon arrived Home and found the baby with his wife he contacted his superiors at the army base police said. Army officials linked the Soldier s report about the baby with news reports of the abduction. Mrs. Crushshon was charged with aggravated Kidnap Ping according to Lake county slate attorney Fred fore Man. Police said they believe mrs. Crushshon the Mother of two children who live out of state in the custody of her first husband was depressed because she was unable to conceive another child. Waukegan police it. Tim Niemictz said she wanted to have a baby. She has fantasized a pregnancy for quite some time now. She s on maternity leave from some Job  the baby girl Starla Katrice Martin Hamtak was taken from a second floor maternity Ward about noon on thurs Day said Steve Nussbaum a senior vice president at the Hospital authorities arrested mrs. Crushshon at her Home. The child was reunited with her Mother Yvette Hamtak about 8 . At the police station. The infant appeared to be in Good health spokeswoman Ann Sosnoski said. I just thank god that she s Here said Hamtak. God i m so Happy. I just feel i can breathe  Hospital officials said mrs. Crushshon was wearing a nurse s uniform when she told Hamtak that she was taking the infant for a measles shot. The woman then calmly walked out of the Hospital with the baby Nussbaum said. Witnesses reported that a woman believed to be the infant s Abductor bad been hanging around the maternity Ward for several hours. De Martin the abducted baby father said the woman had walked into the Mother s room at least three times. Lively. Most of the chemicals released were phosphoric acid. The Arcadian corp. Of Geismar la., ranked second with 54 million pounds of mostly phosphoric and sul Furi acid. Jerry Rojc one of the authors of the study said the analysis also showed a surprising volume of toxic wastes being discharged into Public treatment systems along with other sewage. According to the study the facilities in the St. Louis area reported the largest volume of toxics released into Public sewer systems. Columbian chemical co. Of St. Louis reported re leasing nearly 49 million pounds of toxics mostly am Monia sulfa to into Public treatment systems. In near by St. Clair county in Illinois the Monsanto  putting 33.8 million pounds of toxics from its Sauget chemical Plant into a Public waste treatment system. The study said 100 facilities dumped 550 million pounds of toxic chemicals into sewer systems nation wide. Ken Sccott Utah Copper the mining company owned by British Petroleum accounts for the largest amount of toxic Metal waste most of it Copper but also arsenic Chrome barium and Zinc  of the 158 million pounds of waste is buried on Ken Sccott property. Eastman Kodak co. In Rochester n.y., reported the discharge More than 9 million pounds of chemicals believed to cause cancer. Pfizer pigments inc., of East St. Louis. Iii., was reported As discharging 8.2 million Pound. A breakdown of the facilities that release the most cancer causing substances had been made Public previously. Aluminium oxide was by far the most widely produced toxic waste from the facilities. The Industry has petitioned the Epa to take aluminium oxide off its toxic substance list claiming it poses no chronic health risks. But opponents of such a move argue it is harmful to the respiratory system and has been linked to brain damage. No decision has been made by the Epa. Stateside Church group makes bid to get rid of satan books Huntington . A a Church group found a Way to take books on the occult and satanism out of circulation they bought More than 200 of them at a sheriffs auction. The Guya Dotte Baptist association bid $3.75 a Book for the 251 Book collection whose titles included an encyclopedia of occultism the Complete Book of witchcraft and sex  Mike Eddy the pastor of the Barboursville Baptist Church said the books needed to be kept from the Public. A lot of us were concerned about these books on witchcraft and satanism Eddy said. Church members would not reveal their plans for the books. The Caber county sheriffs department auctioned off merchandise from dimensions unlimited after the store failed to pay $3,628 in Back rent opposite sex not allowed overnight at . Dorms Columbia . A the University of South Carolina got Only 27 takers when it asked 2,800 incoming freshmen if they d like to live in a dormitory where overnight visits by the opposite sex Are banned. But University officials Are moving ahead with a policy that restricts opposite sex Visi lation in All on Campus housing by 1992. When classes Stan aug. 28, two dorms set aside for the ban this year will be filled by the 27 freshmen who requested spaces plus 453 others some of whom were unaware of the policy adopted four months ago by University trustees. We had to make a Tough decision and place people in those buildings even though they had t requested it said Richard Wert vice president for business affairs. The University provides housing for about 6,500 single students