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Tothe-=editor :
Otterhearing some youngsters ,:discuss-
ing :their .mothers' ,seeming ability to
foretell -their miadoings,brought back
memories of when I:was.achild. I was aura
thatmyanother=had eyesnthebackafher
headandthatinygrandmothen°,'because off
Mr age, probably had eyes tithe side of
her head as well - there was simply no
other explanation for their always "mow-
ing when 1 was Thinking about .doing
something I shouldn't, when I was actually
doing something 1 siioouldii't ..and when 1
had .actually done something I shouidia't.
Thatmademe think about mothers and
grandmothers -and children and eyes, how
I felt when I _first saw my new son and my
baby.daughter,the spark1einmyinother's
eyeswhen her first :grandchild ..:actually
looked at her and smiled. 1 can see my
grandmother with my small ,son on her
kneeas she read iimrhis favourite book
:and how they exchanged .glances of love.
Graduations, -marriages, so many special
occasionsetchedin ourmemories because
we could see.
Whatwould it be like if I.:had never had
the :chance to see? As a mother, 1 would
have missed so •much. My family .history
would ;have been so Rznuch poorer without
.the stories :handed :down by mother and
grandmother and all the others who :had
actuallyseen the events.
.Cataract,operations in Canada tor-estore
sight are 'commonplace, but there are
plaeesinthisworldwhere such operations
:aremore precious than we can imagine.
Iowever,iinlliirdWorld Countries, where
eye theease is common-- ;there a.glimree �""
ding infant=disease of trachoma costs less
than 75 cents? 'How .lucky -we are 'to have
access to medical facilities, to have clean
water and most a all to be able to con-
tribute to the well-being ,of others.
We all .think of our mothers and grand-
mothers on Mother's Day. On this
Mother's Day, please think .about the
mothers and grandmothers of Third World
Countries, who do not have their sight, who
have never seen their -children or .grand-
children and who cannot live a -useful :life
because they are blind. A gift to Operation
Eyesight universal, P.O. Box 123, Stn. 'M',
Calgary, Alberta, 1'2P .2H6, or Operation
Eyesight Universal, No. 202, 1719
Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough, Ont .
M1RZX7.
God .bless you -all for seeing what has to
be doneand caring enough to do it.
Esther Bird
11 WestwoodTerrace S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T3C 3T7
To the -editor :
A very successful skip -a -thole was held
last Friday afternoon at Lucknow Central
Public School, on behalf of the Heart and
Stroke Foundation.
On behalf of the ,68 students who col-
lected pledges and skipped for two long
hours, I would .like to thank the families of
L c'"'i and _area for their generous
. pledges.
Many others partiap ted 9 by being
volunteer book workers, providing snacks
to keep the students skipping, decorating
the gym, providing music and the staff
who donated as well.
These skippers did a great job !
Sincerely,
Ruth Bell.
ofhope.fihroughtheauspices of Operation
Eyesight Universal,:sight is=beingrestored
at mobile eve clinics, clinics paid for by
donations of ordinary Canadians from
children to pensioners. Can you believe
that the gift of sight in the Developing
World can be purchased for only $25, or
that ophthalmic cream to prevent the blin-
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to the editor.
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EIMTOWt'S Non: At the request of a
subscriber, we are reprinting the following
from Ontario Soybean Growers' Associa-
tion April '80 Newsletter.
"Recently, we have been flooded with
news that portrays the hazards of pesticide
use. Well here is some information that the
media are not quick to pick up on. Du.
Bruce Ames, Chairman, Department of
Biochemistry, University of California,
and world relmowned cancer specialist
has published some work ranking -possible
carcinogenic hazards of normal exposure
to pesticides compared to naturally oceur-
ing carcinogens in food and our environ-
ment. The study, also evaluated by the
American Medical Association and Na-
tional Cancer institute says that Diet Cola
is 200 times more toxic than DDT given
normal 'human exposure to both products
with respect to cancer risks, and similarly
the normal use of beer is close to 10,000
times more toxic and comfrey herb tea is
100timesmore toxic than normal exposure
to DDT.
The substances under review by Dr.
HERP 96
Ames are compared based on the extent to
which people are likely to be expo to
therm in the normal course of their day to
day living habits. The seale is called the
Human Exposure dose/Rodent Potency
dose or. The values are not risk
assessments but they do provide a way to
compare the possible hazards of normal
exposure levels.
Farmers know that the judicious use of
crop protection materials can exist -safely
in agriculture and is essential to meet the
demands of consumers for high quality
food products at low prices. Dr. Ames'
researob indicates that the carcinogenic
hazar one most 'pesticides are trivial
compared to some common food products
and we may be diverting too much of our
attention to pesticides and away from im-
portant public health concerns such as
smoking, alcohol, saturated fats and
AIDS. There are enough problems infarm-
ing right now and protection from and
positive reaction to completely biased,
one-sided reports against crop protection
materials is required.
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