European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Epa criticized Over chemicals on Foo group wants Many carcinogens banned Washington apr an environmental group said sunday that the government should gradually Haft the use of Many cancer causing chemicals on food because it cannot measure How Many of the substances a person May consume. In a report the non governmental . Public interest research group said that As Many As 60 cancer causing pesticides can legally be used on the most commonly eaten foods under environmental Protection Agency rules. But the Epa does not adequately account for the accumulated exposure to such pesticides through consumption of various foods the report said. Critics also maintain that some Levels Are based on outdated health and medical information. A rather than ban a chemical the Epa uses the inexact science of risk assessment to set very politicized standards for carcinogens and declares the asks a negligible a a the report said. An Epa spokesman a1 Heier said the report reflected nothing new and that the Agency three years ago published a list of cancer causing chemicals in foods. He said that the Epa is reviewing the status of hundreds of such chemicals that Are used As Long As residue Levels remain within specific limits. Rick Tinsworth director of the Epars review efforts said the direction in which the Epa is going a parallels what they the environmentalists Are  he said the Epa Hopes by 1997 to have reviewed the status of some 400 pesticides and determine whether they should remain in use. The research groups report documents to what extent cancer causing pesticides Are being used on a variety of commonly eaten foods from beef and pork to vegetables and Dairy products. A ten of these commonly eaten foods surveyed Are allowed to contain 20 or More of these carcinogens a said the report. It noted that 32 different types of cancer causing pesticides can be used on beef 30 types on pork and 20 or More types on poultry peaches grapes eggs tomatoes apples milk and Corn. The report acknowledged that a Farmer would not use All of these pesticides on a single crop perhaps choosing one or a combination of several instead. Quot the Point is that if it did occur it would be Legal a wrote Rick Hind the research groups environmental director in the report. Hind said the Correct answer to protecting health is the a systematic and orderly phaseout of the cancer causing chemicals. He noted some supermarkets already Nave suggested a phaseout. The report suggested that the most menacing of the cancer causing pesticides be banned Over the next eight years. So far it noted the Epa has banned Only 11 pesticides for All uses on foods. The research groups report also urged that pesticide manufacturers be required to develop better monitoring procedures and that the companies be required to prove that a chemical is Safe instead of the government proving it unsafe for it to remain on the Market. It noted that farm legislation before Congress would require Farmers to keep records of their pesticide use and would ban the Export of pesticides prohibited for Domestic use. There Are numerous cases where imported foods contain pesticides that Are not allowed on foods produced in this country according to various recent studies. Wonder wafer research scientist Paul Suchoski holds up a three Inch wafer containing 500 optical devices at United technologies photonic in East Hartford Conn. Any one of the optical devices could be used to transmit the entire text of the encyclopedia Britannica from Boston to Washington in one second. Photonic is a laser based technology that manipulates and transforms signals with Light rather than conventional electronics. Violent property crime hits one in four Homes Washington apr a violent crime or property crime hit one in four . Households last year virtually the same level As the past five years a Justice department report said sunday. A in 1975, when this statistical series commenced about one in three households was struck by crime a said Steven Dillingham director of the Bureau of Justice statistics which produced the report. The actual percentage of households that suffered a violent crime or property crime was 24.9 percent up slightly from 24.6 percent in 1988, the report found. The figures include attempted As Well As completed crimes. A total of 23.5 million households suffered from one of the crimes checked rape assault robbery personal theft household theft burglary and motor vehicle theft. The bureaus figures come from the National crime Survey which annually interviews members of 49,000 households nationwide to determine crimes to household members who Are at least 12 years old. The Survey does not Check for murder because it compiles its information from surveys of victims. A total of 4.9 percent of households experienced a violent crime with 3.9 percent suffering assault 1 percent robbery and 0.1 percent rape the Survey found. The year before violent crime had hit 4.8 percent of Homes. Meanwhile 17.8 percent of households suffered from some kind of theft including 11.2 percent personal theft and 8.1 percent household theft 5.1 percent suffered from a burglary and 1.6 percent motor vehicle there. Among the surveys findings were that like previous years households headed by Blacks Urban households and households with higher incomes suffered a higher percentage of crimes than other population segments. A total of 29.1 percent of All Black households suffered from an pcs crime a a slight increase from 29 percent in 1988. And 6.4 percent of them suffered from a violent crime a decrease from 6.6 percent in 1988. As for households headed by caucasians 24.3 percent suffered from a crime listed on the Survey up from 23.9 percent the previous year. And 4.7 percent were victimized by a violent crime a slight drop from 4.6 in 1988. Meanwhile the percentage of Urban households that have been victims of crime increased from 30.3 percent to 31.2 percent. A greater number of suburban households also were victimized a up from 23,8 percent to 24.2 percent. At the same time Rural households experienced less crime with Only 17.2 percent suffering compared with 18 percent in 1988. The portion of households with incomes of $15,000 and above that suffered from a crime edged downward last year while crime hit a larger portion of households with lower incomes than it had in 1988. Still the households with the highest target rate a 27 percent a were those with incomes of $25,000 or More. Cents less Battle rages on . Subways new York not a Ever since the $1.15 fare started new Yorkus subways have been afflicted by Long lines and a Sharp Rise in the underground guerrilla warfare known As fare beating. Now there is a new and growing problem people Are paying with pennies. Token Booth clerks Are being flooded with about a million of them a week a so Many in fact that the transit authority is now the largest depositor of pennies with the Federal Reserve. The problem began in january immediately after the latest fare increase when passengers who had used Bills for the old Dollar fare started using spare pennies to make up the added 15 cents. Then sensing the pain the pennies caused Token Booth clerks Many new yorkers began using them to protest conditions in the subways transit officials and clerks say. The result was a sudden three fold increase in the number of pennies used to pay for tokens from about 300,000 a week in december to 950,000 a week in january. And it Only grew worse. From March through july the transit authority received More than a million pennies a week. Pennies Are particularly troublesome for Token clerks who like Bank tellers Are responsible for balancing their tills and therefore must account for each Penny. To take an extreme example if a person buys a Token with two 50-cent Rolls of pennies a dime and a Nickel the Token clerk must open the Penny Rolls and count the 100 pennies before issuing the Token. The laborious counting of pennies makes lines at Token Booths Only longer. A 10-minute wait at Rush hour is not uncommon at some stations. An average Token Booth transaction without pennies takes about five to seven seconds Token clerks say but a transaction involving pennies requires about a minute and 20 seconds. The situation has grown so bad that transit officials have posted signs at Token Booths that read a no  but because the Booths cannot refuse pennies the signs add  since the transit authority started posting the a no pennies please signs this month the number of pennies received has fallen to about 800,000 a week the Agency said. But that number could increase when people return from summer vacations and the fall school term begins the Agency said. Pennies Are also apparently the weapons being used in a kind of underground protest movement. Many passengers Are using pennies to buy tokens in retaliation for the fare increase and for what they see As poor subway service say transit officials and Token clerks. A lot of people pay with pennies just to get Back at the transit authority Quot said Sydnye Thomas 31, a a the 34th Street seventh Avenue station. You can Tell because they come Down the stairs with a smile on their face shaking a fistful of pennies. They put the handful of pennies in the Slot and turn their head and