European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 Public s risk from Asbestos questioned May be less than be sieved study says Washington a concern about Asbestos in schools and Public buildings May be overstated said scientists who found Little data showing that Asbestos Levels in such buildings threatened health. The study As reported in science Magazine said that although most of the health concerns from Asbestos stemmed from studies involving occupational exposure there was no data to show similar risks to the general Public from airborne Asbestos. Surveys of Asbestos in schools and Public buildings show Ihal the mean airborne concentrations Are sever Al thousand limes lower than in workplace Environ ments that existed before strict regulation of Asbestos the study said. Asbestos once widely used for insulation and other purposes has been shown 10 cause lung cancer asbestosis. A scarring of the lung and miso Theloma. A can cer of the Chest and Abdomen. The Federal government has directed thai schools inspect for Asbestos and develop plans to have it removed or enclosed so occupants will not be exposed to airborne particles. The researchers three from the United states one from Scotland and one from France argued that most of the studies on Asbestos involved Asbestos min ers and other workers routinely exposed to the cancer causing matral in the workplace. An important Issue is whether these diseases Are also hazards to the general population exposed to air borne Levels of Asbestos in schools and other build  the researchers said. The study said there were different forms of Asbestos each posing different health risks. The available  the report said do not Indi Cate that Asbestos associated malignancies or functional impairment will occur As a result of exposure Topmost airborne concentrations of Asbestos in build  the scientists said that even when Asbestos con Taining materials in buildings were damaged the Levels of airborne Asbestos normally found were magnitudes lower than concentrations in the unregulated work place in the  airborne Asbestos Levels normally found in schools and buildings arc no More than i percent of the level Snow allowed in workplaces by the occupational safety and health administration the scientists said. Furthermore the scientists said. With few exceptions the Type of Asbestos fiber found predominantly in buildings is Chrysotile. Accumulating evidence Indi Cates that this Asbestos Type is probably not associated with the occurrence of Meroth gliomas at Low Levels of  the scientists said the rate of deaths from a clothe Lioma Over he past 10 to 20 years had increased among males Over age 65 with an occupational history of Asbestos exposure hut similar rates among females of All Ages had declined or remained constant. These results support the concept that Asbestos in buildings is not an important risk Factor As one would expect increased  in both males and females the study said. The findings were authored by . Mossman. Of the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Bur Lington j. Bignon a leading French medical researcher m. Corn of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore a. Sacaton director of the Institute of occupational Medicine in Edinburgh Scotland and  gee of Vale University school of Medicine in new Haven Conn. Guru who founded Oregon commune Dies new Delhi India a the former Bhagwan so acc rain Cash who Drew thousands of followers to Central Oregon by preaching a blend of Eastern Reli Gion pop psychology and free love died Friday of heart failure his spokesman said. He was 58. Rain Cash known As Osho rain Cash in recent years died at his commune in the Southern City of Poona where he had lived since being deported from the United slates in 1985. Osho left his body at 5 30 . The doctors say it heart failure spokesman Swami Kirti said. As the Bhagwan. A hindu word for  rain Cash presided Over a 64,000-acre commune in Central Ore gon from 1981 until 1985, before pleading guilty to violating Federal immigration Laws. In its heyday the commune known As Rajnic Shpur ram. Was Home to 4.000 red Clad followers who toiled for 12 hours a Day. They showered the guru with jewels and Rolls royces that he used for daily drives Pas lines of singing clapping fans. Residents of nearby communities resented the in Bhagwan Shree Rajnesh Truxion. And rain Cash s top aide was eventually convicted in an elaborate scheme to gain political control of the county. After pleading guilty to immigration charges in 1985, rain Cash received a suspended 10-year sen tence under a plea agreement paid a $400.000 Fine and agreed not to return to the United states for five years without the . Attorney go neral s written per Mission. He returned to India and in december 1988. Dropped the hindu honorific of Bhagwan. In july 1986, a Anand so cola. Who ran the Oregon commune s business affairs As in Junec a s top lieutenant pleaded guilty to charges that included poisoning several county officials and masterminding nod poisonings that sickened More than 750 diners at restaurants in the county Seal. The crimes were allegedly Pirt of a plot to gain political control of he county. Sucela was sentenced to 4v years in prison and or dered to be deported when her sentence was served. Activist links pact s weaknesses to upheaval by  arr1ngton Doke  Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany military and political weaknesses within the Warsaw pact countries not nato s military strength led to the downfall of communist governments in Eastern Europe last year a retired West German army general said thursday. Gard Bastian. Who represents the peace and ecology oriented Green party in West Germany s parliament said Western allies had overestimated the Warsaw pact s strengths for inc past 40 years in building up weapon arsenals. We should give a signal of a new course from the arms race to the disarmament race Basilan said. The former army general did not com pare numbers of weapons or troops in his speech to about 160 people at Thevoz Eideh officers and civilians club on thursday night. The Ramstein Council on International relations sponsored the even. Which included a talk by greens co founder Petra Kelly. Basilan retired from the military after he protested the introduction of Pershing ii and cruise missiles to Central Europe. Kelly hailed most of Eastern Europe Freedom movements As signifying an in credible non violent revolution and praised Czechoslovakia s new non communist president Vaclav Havel for edit Mizing Many Green party ideals with initiatives such As proposing to abolish Petra key is. Lynda Davidson Gerd Bastian the National army. She criticized the West for failing to remember a pro democracy movement in China that ended in tragedy last sum Mer when chinese troops Brulli de demonstrators in Beijing s Tiana men Square. They have forgotten All the Beautiful words they have said about Eastern Europe and non violent revolution Kelly said. She also criticized West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for continuing discussions with the current crop of Hast German leaders noting that East Ger Man Cili ens won t go to the polls until May 6. It is inappropriate. Kelly said for West Germany to outline a i Point plan for East Germany s future until East germans have a say. Kelly who lived in the United Stales for about nine years called on wealthy Western nations to end their garbage imperialism toward poorer neighbors by ceasing to Export waste products. She also suggested that nations convert their military budgets to funds that would . Curb disease and Slop environmental degradation. We have the Money. We Only need the will Kelly said. Peace is not just simply getting rid of weapons or reducing military House holds. Peace Means you have to have social Justice you have to have human