European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a. The stars and stripes tuesday april 16, 1991u.s. Criticized for Vietnam embargo researcher says it Bangkok Thailand up the . Embargo against Vietnam is hampering studies of the wartime use of agent Orange that could help american Vietnam veterans learn whether they arc at risk from the defoliant a researcher said monday. A it would be difficult to do research in Vietnam in any Case but the embargo adds Many difficulties a said or. Arnold Schector a researcher from the health science Center in Binghamton n.y., who returned from a two week research visit to  embargo has both financial and administrative effects on research in Vietnam said Schecter who has conducted Small scale studies in Vietnam on the health effects of the dioxin that contaminated agent Orange. So far he said no . Federal funds have been allotted for studies in Vietnam. He said u.$. Administrators have told him that such studies were too Pohtio Cally sensitive to be approved.  month the United states outlined a detailed plan for lifting the embargo and opening full diplomatic relations with Vietnam. However officials said it hinged on vietnamese help in ending the conflict in Cambodia and accounting for american service members still missing in Vietnam. A Schector said he and his colleagues have had to undertake their studies meant to help . Veterans with limited financing from several non government foundations. A project intended to map out the areas where people show High concentrations of the agent Orange dioxin is Only 20 percent Complete and is expected to take another six years because of funding limitations. A with Federal funds of say $500,000 per year we could finish in two years Quot Schector said. Needed health studies which would Cost another $2 million per year arc beyond private resources he said. An official . Relaxation of the embargo would also reassure University and research administrators that there would be no Adverse Repco Cussins from Washington for supporting research in vietnam1, he said. A the embargo just puts a pall Over our efforts a Schector said. The assistance of key . Government laboratories would Speed analysis of tissue samples from vietnamese exposed to agent Orange and lower its Cost from the current $2,000 per Sample he said. A this research will enable us to assure individual veterans that if they were in an area shown to have Low Levels of dioxin then he does no to have to worry Quot Schecter said. Those who served in areas found to have High concentrations of exposure could take extra precautions against the cancers believed caused by dioxins. Under a Bill passed by Congress on Jan. 30, . Veterans Are provided with permanent disability benefits for two rare cancers a soft tissue Sarcoma and non Hodgkin a Lymphoma a and a skin disease called  said he Felt that the . Government has been reluctant of support agent Orange research in Vietnam be cause of fears it would document the possible damage done to millions of people in Southern Vietnam who were exposed to agent Orange and open the Way for massive compensation demands. Quot whether you think it was justified by the War or not if you Spray 12 million Gallons of a toxic substance on a country that you Are Allied with then there is a moral and ethical obligation to do something about its effects Quot he  claims chernobyl killed 7,000 to 10,000 London apr the most senior scientist at the chernobyl nuclear Power station told a British newspaper published sunday that the disaster claimed 7,00010,000 lives or thousands More than the soviet authorities have admitted ����.��. The Independent on sunday quoted Vladimir Cher Nusenko the scientific director in charge of the 30-Kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Power station As saying the fatalities included miners and military men who died frown exposure to radiation during the cleanup after the Accident. Chern Usenko 50, has himself been Given Between two and four years to live because of his exposure to radiation and. Said this was in part what prompted him to come Forward. A i expected some measures and some attempt to honestly Deal with the situation Quot he said. A now that i have seen Over five years that no such attempt has been made before i die i must make the world aware of what they Are  soviet authorities have said Only that 31 people died in the immediate aftermath of the april 1986 explosion they Haye failed to say How Many people have died since. / in a television interview to be aired thursday Cher Nusenko also accused the soviet government of mis informing the International. Atomic Energy authority on How much radioactive fuel was emitted from the re. Actor. A a damage controls at work an Oil worker prepares floating barriers in the port of the Arenzana a sea resort near Genoa Italy after the Tanker Haven Sank sunday winds kept More tar and Oil Slicks from reaching the italian Riviera on  but currents were threatening to push the pollution toward Monaco and the French Cote do Azur. The Tanker appeared to still be in one piece and holding most of the crude inside its tank.10 die 73 Hurt in clashes near Mandela s Home Johannesburg. South Africa up a two rival Black factions battled with Spears and rifles near the Home of anti apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela in weekend fighting that left 10 dead and 73 injured sources said monday. One police officer said dozens of the injured were Hurt by riot police who opened fire on the warriors in an attempt to Stop the factional bloodshed. The violence Between the zulus and xhosa came less than a month before expiration of an ultimatum made by african National Congress Deputy president Mandela to Pretoria on curbing factional strife. Fighting saturday night within several Hundred feet of the Mandela Home in Johannesburg s Black township of Soweto killed four people and clashes in the same area sunday night killed another six according to various police and broadcasting reports. Police it. Govin Samy mar Emu Thoo said 73 people were wounded in the fighting or by police riot police a intervened to try and Stop the fighting sunday and fired tear Gas and Bir shot at the crowds police spokesman col. Tienie Halpryn said. A a a seems like dozens of people were injured a one Soweto station officer noted. Soweto a Baragwanath Hospital reported receiving at least. 50 injured people late sunday Quot most with Shotgun wounds Quot one intern  of japanese cars being pushed by expos Canberra Australia up a former australian prisoners of War Are Likely to Stop buying japanese imported autos As Pari of a Campaign to collect $200 million in compensation for world War 11 atrocities the vice president of a pow association said monday. The threat follows a move by an american sex pow group to launch its own / Boycott until Japan agrees to recognize a United nations human rights commission finding that the atrocities represented Gross violations of human rights. The atrocities should also be the basis of financial compensation the commission found. A claim for billions of dollars was presented to Japan in August by the subcommission of the human rights commission on behalf of 170,000 expos from six nations a Australia Britain Canada the Netherlands the United states and new zealand. A 6-month deadline expired in february with no reply from the japanese. Peter Collas vice chairman of the Queensland sex pow reparations committee which represents 10,000 veterans said the proposal to Boycott japanese autos was seriously being considered. Quot the idea was put up by the canadians and personally i think it is a Jolly Good idea a Collas said monday. A a fair slice of our people already have japanese cars and i think a ban like this will hit Home Quot Collas said. A the australian expos Are seeking $20,000 each about the average Cost of an imported japanese Auto Collas said