European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes Friday May 29, 1992 genetic foods could have problems later critics say new York apr new genetically engineered foods touted by the Bush administration and the biotechnology Industry might turn out to be a mixed Blessing critics said wednesday. They questioned whether the foods might Lead to unexpected problems Down the Road. And they doubted whether Farmers and Consumers would Sec real economic benefits from the new crops. A this is a whole new Type of food that a right out of science fiction a said Jeremy Rifkin president of the foundation on economic trends which has monitored the biotechnology Industry for the past decade. About 30 companies Are developing dozens of crops including tomatoes melons potatoes celery carrots and cucumbers that contain new proteins enzymes or other substances that the biotech Industry says improves the Quality of these foods. Scientists will be Able through Gene splicing to produce food that is tastier More nutritious and longer lasting said Richard Godown president of the Industrial biotechnology association. Gene altered foods Many resistant to certain pests disease and drought also will require less fertilizer and pesticides cutting costs for Farmers and increasing crop yields he said. That eventually could mean lower prices. Bui while Gene altered foods arc at first glance Revo baby illness blamed on herpes Strain from wire reports babies who suffer unexplained High fevers and bouts of irritability May carry a herpes virus scientists report in thursdays new England journal of Medicine. Researchers at the University of Rochester . Medical Center screened All babies brought into their emergency room suffering High fevers in Early 1990. Of 243 babies 14 percent were infected with herpes virus Type 6, a Distant Cousin of the virus that causes genital herpes research director or. Caroline Breese Hall said. The illness cannot be treated and it typically goes away within a week. But it is a major concern because it is often confused with serious bacterial diseases such As meningitis. Because of this children brought to the Hospital with herpes virus 6 illness often Are Pul through an expensive tests to Rule out treatable bacterial infections. A this is a ubiquitous infection that All of us get a Hall said. A it is a major cause of children arriving in emergency  in most children the disease boils Down to seven Days of some mix of fevers irritability ear infections diarrhoea and rashes followed by rapid recovery and lifelong immunity to the virus said co researcher or. John Stewart. No Quick test exists for finding which youngsters with fevers have this virus. The virus was first isolated in people with aids in 1986. Two of its better known cousins cause cold sores and genital  Supply found bos ton up1 a an investigation into reports of people contracting the aids virus from transfusions of screened blood indicates the risk is very Low . Researchers said wednesday. Investigators at the centers for disease control in Atlanta said they could confirm Only 15 transfusion related aids cases in the United states since blood centers began screening for the human immunodeficiency virus in March 1985. The findings correspond with those Quot of two recent studies that report rates of his transmission through screened blood of about 1 per 60,000 transfused  or. Scott Rohnberg and tots Conley said in a let this is a whole new Type of food that s right out of science fiction a Jeremy Slifkin foundation official Luti onary groups representing Consumers said they had serious questions about the new technology. A when you take a Gene from one species and place into another that is completely unrelated you have no idea How it will Combine a Rifkin said. A there is nothing in human evolution that serves As a  Rifkin noted that a tryptophan a genetically engineered diet supplement was not regulated by the food and drug administration but was eventually ordered off the Market after hundreds of people who used it became ill some fatally. Rifkin said he and four Florida Farmers would file suit in Federal court to Stop any genetically engineered food from coming to Market unless the Fra goes through a formal Rule making  Safe from his Ter to the new England journal of Medicine. The researchers said their results also a do not support the conjecture that his infection from screened blood is More Likely in areas with a High incidence of aids rather than a Low  the Issue was widely publicized last month w Hen Tennis great Arthur Ashe disclosed that he contracted the aids virus from a transfusion he received nearly nine years ago before screening began. An american red Cross spokeswoman said an average of 5 out of every 100,000 pints of donated blood lest positive for the virus and Are discarded. A treatment for Eye infection or. Jay s. Duker Points to the spot on the Eye where a Small implant would be placed to treat a blinding Eye infection suffered by Many aids patients. The doctor at Bostons new England medical Center said a Small plastic Pellet containing the drug Gancic Ovir can be placed in the Eye. The drug would then be released directly into the Eye and would not enter the bloodstream where it would compound the anaemia caused by the aids drug  judge rejects . Hospital surcharge from wire reports Trenton . A a Federal judge wednesday struck Down the states system for paying the Hospital Bills of poor people by adding surcharges to the Bills of those covered by Union or company insurance plans. The ruling a absolutely collapses the states health care funding system said Brenda Bacon an aide to gov. Jim Florio. Under the new Jersey system a 19 percent surcharge was placed on the Bills of people covered by insurance to cover the Cost of providing health care to uninsured people who cannot pay. A lawsuit was filed on behalf of 14 labor Union insurance plans. The ruling by . District judge Alfred m. Wolin also affects any company funded  found guilty White Plains . The jury in the fatal attraction murder trial found Carolyn Warmus guilty of killing her lovers wife in an evening of violence and passion where she later made love with him in her car. The 28-year-old Michigan heiress stood without emotion As the verdict of the seven Man five woman jury was read wednesday before judge John Carey in Westchester county court. The jury deliberated into its seventh Day to find Warmus guilty of second Warmus degree murder and illegal gun Possession in the shooting death of Betty Jean Solomon 40. Sentencing was set for june 26. Warmus faces a minimum sentence of 15 years to life. Her attorney William Aronwald said he would  of Noriega jury Miami a attorneys for Manuel Noriega will be allowed to question three jurors about a hotel prayer session the night before the panel convicted the deposed panamanian Leader a judge ruled wednesday. The decision raises the possibility that the judge May throw out the conviction of the former panamanian Leader. Defense attorneys charged a juror leaning toward acquittal May have been unduly pressured to switch her vote for drug and racketeering convictions because of the prayer session while the jury was  May be tested Washington sen. Christopher j. Dodd d conn., asked the government wednesday to study the health risks posed by police radar guns saying there have been a a widespread outbreaks of cancer among officers using the devices Dodd made his request in a letter to the National Institute of environmental health  explosives found Seattle a an austrian Man has been charged with transporting plastic explosives into the United states says the . Attorneys office. Oliver Petrykiewicz 31, a machinist and former austrian Soldier was arrested tuesday at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Customs agent Steven Bond said a Brown envelope found in Petrykiw Vicze a Luggage contained c-4 plastic explosive which appeared to be a Doug like substance and a 7-foot length of  jury selected White Plains . Six men and six women were chosen wednesday to serve on the jury at the trial of a Swiss Nanny accused of killing her infant charge in an arson fire. Olivia Riner 20, a native of Wettinger Switzerland was charged with murder Ana arson for allegedly setting a series of blazes at the Thorn Wood Home of William and Denise Fischer on dec. 2. The couples 3-month-old daughter Kristie was killed in the fire. Riner was hired to care for the infant about a month before the fire