European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3unchecked Coal pollution chokes town from Page 1 a ice for the time of year than it normally is. Bad weather can increase pollution 10 times.�?�. A commission from the two Ger Many has begun to measure the extent of the pollution problems said a spokesman for the West German governments environmental ministry. The cleanup that the commission devises will be expensive. A we have no idea vet about the cleanups Price a a he said. Quot but we know it will Cost billions of Marks. For Mol Bis the source of pollution is a factory in the town of Espenhain a less than a mile away a that refines the Brownish Black Lignite Coal. A we now know a Dallmann said a that every Day Espenhain pumps out unfit Rcd 20 tons of Fulfur dioxide 4 tons of tar More than 4 tons of Hydrogen sulfite a the stuff that stinks like Rotten eggs a almost 2 tons of ammonia 2 tons of me Captan or Ethyl Hydro sulfite and a Small amount of the deadly  that much Dallmann knows for sure. Quot we still done to know How polluted the place is because the old communist government banned readings anywhere in the country a he said. Quot private citizens risked six years in prison for possessing any Type of pollution measuring  a amp map Dallmann a 44-year-old father of four children has been in the forefront of the protest against the areas pollution. He has organized several environmental Church services and has led petition drives directed at the East German government in Berlin and the local govern ment in Leipzig. The efforts have produced Little results. There Are Days in Mol Bis when a mixture of Hydrogen sulfite and carbolic acid covers the town Dallmann said. The chemical concoction causes the villages few sickly Trees to lose their leaves and its plants to Wither on the Vine he said. A when it Rains the pollution turns to acid and eats through Metal roofs and Copper wires a he said. A a swedish journalist making a documentary Here was called away for a week by his to station. He left his new car Here a week ago. It was Cream coloured. Its now  on other Days pollution Falls Down on the Village like some sort of dirty Snow and people who walk through town leave their footprints in the residue. Such pollution has taken a toll on residents. They Are plagued by headaches bronchial ailments asthma and glandular problems Dallmann said. A the children Are particularly endangered a he said. A the state gives them free summer vacations in the North but that a not Good  Dallmann suffers too. He has the habit of taking shallow breaths because deep breaths set off a burning sensation in his Chest when he climbs stairs or exerts himself in any other Way. A we also done to notice the burning eyes anymore a he said. A a we re used to it. In a ashamed to say. A the pollution and ailments have proved too much for Many villagers. After world War ii there were 1,200 inhabitants. Today there Are 360. Dallmann said the Only real Hope for the Region is that a democratic government supporting free Market principles will shut Down the Brown Coal Industry the Backbone of the country a Energy Supply. With that Hope in mind Dallmann will remain in the Village and continue his fight which began after he received an assignment from his Church Headquarters. A i come from a very Green part of the country a he said. A it took a year to decide to come Here but i figured i owed my Church something and volunteered for one year a its become More than  Dallmann said his wife and children get out of the Region As often As possible. They recently crossed the Border to visit the West German town of Mark Redwitz 30 Miles from Hof in Bavaria to get a breath of fresh air. Dallmann said he recently had a body scan performed in West Germany and a amps Scott a. Miller a resident of Mol Bis East Germany takes a break from cutting Wood in his front Yard As his son works on the family s truck in the background. Was glad to learn that neither his lungs a a it a just this cold i have that i can to nor other organs had been affected by get rid of a he said. A but. Then everyone the pollution. Here has Runny eyes and noses a that. But he still insists that everything Isnit and the sour smell of our clothes Are the right with his body. Trademarks of our  says Man made molecule attacks aids Washington apr a molecule created in a California Laboratory has shown in a test tube Experiment that it can ambush the aids virus and keep the deadly disease from spreading according to a study published Friday. Or. John j. Rossi a researcher at the Bachman research Institute part of the Gay of Hope in Duarte calif., reports in no journal science that his Laboratory has Ade a synthetic i Boyme that can be Cupple the aids virus and pre vent it from reproducing. Hij Hinr Jay me said Rossi a is inside his a us Waing there like a sol r waiting for the enemy to  Ini eventually could be use infjr0atin6 aids and other viral still a a Nso sad it but technique is in Paucar Way from being ready to use r a iphone interview said and first developed the i Boyme cells to l13 l a a ene at instructed ecu to the molecule. The synthetic Gene then was placed in living human cells in test tubes and the cells were exposed to the aids virus. Rossi said the i Boyme was Able to Block the aids virus from reproducing inside the cells. The i Boyme works like a molecular scissors that slice the ribonucleic acid of the aids virus thus blocking the virus from making copies of itself. Ribonucleic acid or rna is used by the virus to Force cells to make More of the virus. By cutting the rna said Rossi the virus is permanently crippled. The i Boyme itself is a copy of an rna that other scientists found in a Plant virus. The researchers discovered that a Small part of the Plant virus rna acted like an enzyme and was capable of selectively cutting any part of the genetic pattern in a target virus. The term i Boyme refers to an rna that acts As an enzyme by permitting a reaction to occur within a cell. Rossi said a major advantage of the i Boyme is that after it attacks and cuts the rna in one virus the molecule then releases itself freeing it to attack other virus particles. A it can do it again and again and again a said Rossi. A it is like one Soldier cutting Down 10 or More of the  the i Boyme can be designed to attack any part of the viral rna leaving other portions alone. Rossi said he believes the i Boyme also could be used to combat virtually any kind of virus including those that cause colds and flu. A it could be used to treat any virus at All because they All use rna a he said. A by destroying the rna you can inactivate the viral  Rossi said two other laboratories now plan to test his i Boyme in combating viruses in Laboratory animals. Even if it proves effective in animals Rossi said the i Boyme cannot be used against aids until some Way is found to introduce the synthetic Gene clinically into humans a technique that could take years to develop. He said researchers must find a Way to assure that the i Boyme Gene goes directly to the proper place within the target cells. He said there Are several theoretical ways of doing this but none is ready for tests. A we Don t have any scientific proof yet that a genetically engineered cell in a living animal will do anything a said Rossi but in test tube experiments the technique appears to be  in addition to Rossi scientists who took part in the study were Nava Sarver of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases a part of the National institutes of health Pairoj s. Chang of Loma Linda University calif., and four others from the City of Hope medical Center. The journal science is published by the american association for the advancement of science