European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. September 13. 1989 grocery chains unveil plan to reduce toxins on produce Washington not five supermarket chains in the United states and Canada and a food distributor in California tuesday announced several efforts to reduce the Levels of toxic pesticides on fruits and vegetables. The stores said they would ask food suppliers to disclose All pesticides used to grow fruits and vegetables and would encourage growers to phase out by i j is the use of 64 pesticides considered potential carcinogens by the environmental Protection Agency. The program announced at a news conference Here was immediately critics cd As alarmist and unnecessary b both the Epa and influential food Industry Trade associations. The dispute which evolved at competing news conferences and in a flurry of press releases captured the conflicting forces at work in the late 1980s As Farmers food retailers environmentalists and the Federal government seek to Calm or exploit Consumers concerns about chemicals in food. Increasingly supermarkets Are being drawn to the Center of the Battle Over synthetic substances in food in some cases acting As de Facto regulators. Last month for instance several of the nation s largest grocery store chains barred use of milk in Dairy products Carr ing their own Brand names that was produced with a genetically engineered drug Bovine so Mato trope. A growth hormone designed to increase milk production. The food and drug administration insists that the drug which is undergoing tests in herds around the country is nearly identical to the natural Soma Tropin already present in milk and is harmless the program to reduce the number of pesticides came alter nearly a Vear of negotiation by the six Tood companies and the s National toxics Campaign a bos ton based environmental group. The six Point agreement called pesticide reduction  Calls for growers to phase out the use of pesticides considered by the  to be the most a ardous to human health. These substances include chemicals that can cause nervous system damage and May be carcinogens. Executives of the companies said they were taking the action because the environmental Agency was mov ing Loo slow in removing a ardous pesticides from the Market. Gets the message there s no doubt about it h inter is lurking around the Corner in North Dakota. A unexpected Blanket of while monday prompted minus i h school student Terri ferry to headline the Early set fall on her Windshield. Stateside 3 apparently overcome by fumes die in Well Sandy ii ook. By. A a Young Man died in a Well Long with a brother and sister in Law who tried to Rescue him. When they were apparently overcome by Gas fumes a Coroner said. Kennelh Cox. About 24 his 27-year-old brother. Curtis and Curtis wife. Jamie Lee. 25, died sat urday while trying to clean out an open Well 15 to 20 Niiles Northwest of this northeastern Kentucky town. Elliott county Coroner Carl Eldridge said. The three had just detonated an explosive in Side the 2-coot-wide, 12-Fopt-Decp Well when Kenneth Cox apparently fell in. Eldridge said. His brother Curtis went in to assist him and both were apparently overcome by noxious fumes some Type o f Gas possibly  Aldridge said. Then Jamie went in to assist them and was  members found the three in the Well. At least 3 killed in pileup during hailstorm in Calif. Soda Springs Calif. A up to 15 vehicles piled up during a hailstorm monday on interstate 80. Killing at least three people and injuring 12. The California Highway patrol said. Patrol dispatcher Vic Hopner said three deaths were confirmed in the 4 . Accident near Donner pass. The injured were taken to Tahoe Forest Hospital in Nickee. Hopner said. Nursing supervisor Ann Delforge said two of those killed were pronounced dead at the Acci Dent scene and a third was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hospital. Delforge originally said there were four  of the injured were flown to St. Mary s Hospital in Reno. Nov. To be treated for spinal and Chest injuries. The others were being evaluated she  2 inches of Hail fell on the do incr pass area monday afternoon. A tractor trailer Rig lost control on the Slick pavement and crushed two cars against a guard rail. At least nine other vehicles piled up behind a Highway patrol spokeswoman  Highway was closed More than two hours after the crash officials said. Pioneer Black Pilot Allen Dies in Oklahoma at 82 Oklahoma City a Thomas Cox Allen one of the first Black pilots to Fly across America died monday after a Long illness. He was 82.Allen teamed with j. Herman Hanning of Al Reno in 1932 in an 18-Day flight from los Angeles to new York. Both were acclaimed As aviation pioneers in a smithsonian institution exhibition. Allen was 17 when he Learned to Fly at old tar Bullon Field North of the state Capitol. He and Hanning later took turns flying a tired 1920s Alex Ander lag Crock biplane on their 18-Day trip across  worked for Douglas aircraft in California As a Mechanic and later was a lecturer and guide at the Oklahoma air space museum. Services Are scheduled for thursday at Temple and sons Chapel of remembrance. Quaker oafs fights Texas charge of puffery Washington a the Quaker Oats co. Once known for pulled Cereal shot from guns trained its Legal fire Power on the Texas attorney general monday in defense of its ads praising the ii Alth benefits of oat bran. The Texas state attorney general does not want us to communicate health Mes sages to the citizens of his  said Luther c. Mckinney the chief Legal offi cer of Chicago based Quaker. Last thursday Texas attorney general Jim Mattox alleged in a lawsuit filed in Austin that Quaker ads claiming Oats can reduce cholesterol and in turn Lessen the risk of heart attack arc Replete with exaggerations half truths and misinform  let me state unequivocally that we dispute his allegations. Our advertising for our oat products is truthful and is supported by valid reliable scientific evidence Mckinney said in an address to the food and drug Law Institute sem Inar in Washington. He also called for the creation of food Industry guidelines allowing substantiated health claims on package labels and in advertisements without prior government approval. In addition Mckinney accused competitor Kellogg co. Of marketing by infer ence because the Battle Creek mich., be real maker has said it will not make health claims Only health messages for its new High fiber Cecal. I Icart Wise the dispute there concerns is allium. A Grain from India that is High in soluble tiber. Soluble fiber has been shown to re Duce blood cholesterol Levels. Kellogg s car twice contains is allium which is about 80 percent soluble fiber compared with oat bran which is about 10  critics say is allium. An ingredient in some laxatives Sli Ould be considered a drug and not included in food products without Fra approval. Noting that More than 60 million people in the United Stales have cholesterol Levels above the recommended Mark. Mckinney asked where should they get such info mation1 from a Library from a health Maga Ine .1 thai s an Ehlis solution to the problem if you ask  also branded elitist and superficial the Texas lawsuit s claim that the ads encourage people to self medicate with Quaker Oats rather than see a  spokesman for the Texas attorney general who was familiar with the oat bran lawsuit could not be reached for comment monday evening. In one of its ads Quaker states in recent clinical studies where Oats were a daily part of a Low fat Low cholesterol diet total serum cholesterol Levels dropped an average almost 10 percent. Other medical studies show such a drop could reduce your risk of in Art attack by nearly 20  Texas claims Quaker s own tests showed that Only a 3 percent reduction in risk could be realised if Oatmeal were added to a Low fat Low cholesterol diet. And that reduction is applicable Only to women who cat 25 percent More Oatmeal than Quaker recommends As a regular serving it was Clainie. Quaker maintains its ads have been backed up by scientific studies and were cleared after an investigation by the fed eral Trade commission