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province will bantwo herbicides for -trial period
BY .IACD RIDDELL,
M.P.P.
The Provincial
Government has decided
to ban temporarily the
use of two controversial
herbicides (2,4,5-T and
2,4,5 -TP) which contain
minute quantities of
dioxin. _eyQn,.though. 4 -
government
government appointed
committee and the
federal departments of
Agriculture and Health
and Wel1are have
recommended that use of
the chemicals be allowed.
In an interview
following his an-
nouncement of the two
year ban, the Minister of
the Environment, Harry
Parrott, stated that the
herbicides are being
banned cj fe to public
anxiety over dioxin - the
most toxic of man-made
chemicals, traces of
which have recently been
fpund in two Lake Ontario
fish.
Both the suspect
herbicides are known to
be contaminated by small
amounts of dioxin, and
U.S. researchers have
stated that a mere 1-
1,200th of a drop of pure
dioxin would prove fatal.
To replace these two
herbicides (which are
d -nom iiia �a 1 I�r u -s ed to
control vegetation on –
Hydro rights-of-way and
along highways), the
government will allow
the use of 2,4-D, other
phenoxy herbicides and
picoram• These are
considered less toxic,
though less effective, and
contain no detectable
levels of dioxin, but can
control vegetation.
In the Cobourg-
Campbellford area, the
Northumberland and
Newcastle Board of
Education has angered
parents by voting to
continue spraying weed
killer on school grounds,
in spite of parents' pleas
for a moratorium until
You
and your health (unit)
BY DR. BRIAN LYNCH
Remember all the waffling about the date of our
present federal election? Most of us knew what was
coming but our good Prime Minister tried to make it a
surprise.
There is a sure sign though, more reliable than your
pet groundhog in February, that may help you
determine the next election, federal or provincial.
When you see this sign,, you know without a shadow of
a doubt, that there is hot stuff soon to gush forth from
Parliament.
It's called, "Doctor Hammering". Effective and
simple. Just continually manufacture legislative
debate, editorial comment, and irate statements to
tell the people in this country and province that the
only ones responsible for the demise of our socialized
health care system are the doctors_,.,:,..__
I have heard that most people like and are satisfied
with their own individual physician, but, as a group of
people, we suspect that there might be some truth to
what we read and hear. This is to be expected, because
if something is said and written repeatedly, year after
year, it usually ends up being accepted. Now, why
Doctor Hammer?
The most obvious reason to me is that there are
some 15,000 doctors in the province of Ontario which
means only 15,000 votes. There are about four or five
million other votes in the province.
Once any service comes under the protective wing
of government, it then becomes a numbers game. No
politician in his right mind would want to make 15,000
voters happy'^'when.he can excite the other four or five
million.
There are, of course, many other reasons : greed,
envy, scape-goating and political power, but I think
the main reason is that 15,000 doctors simply don't
count:
Why would a Medical Officer of Health stick up for
doctors? All elements of health care delivery have
only one purpose and that is to aid people. In doing this
the various kinds of health services are com-
plimentary to one another.
Public health does not work in isolation but with
hospitals,physicians, nurses, and all sorts of other
health related groups and individuals. Public health
concerns itself with the delivery of health services to
various population groups.
In Huron County, the population group is around
56,000 residents, and I am concerned, and have a right
to be concerned, that physician services to the people
of this county don't deteriorate.
The next time our elected friends begin Halo
Polishing and Doctor Hammering, you will be able to
recognize this activity for what it is. My doctor is the
best in the world but yours is a scoundrel and you think
yours. is the best in the world and that mine is a
scoundrel.
Crazy, isn't it.
Brian Lynch, M.D., D;P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health,
County of Huron.
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questions on the safety of
the herbicide 2,4-D have
been settled.
This confrontation
arose over an incident
last year, when a con-
tractor hired by the board
sprayed the grounds at
Percy Centennial School
in War-kw-or-th while
children were playing
outside during. recess.
The spraying contractor
arrived 10 minutes before
recess, and despite
parents' calls to the
board offices,- the prin-
cipal was instructed by
board officials to allow
the children outside for
recess while the spraying
continued.
After hearing from a
Provincial Ministry of
Environment official who
said he felt sure the
herbicide would be found
safe regardless of some
reports questioning it, the
board has voted to go
ahead with the spraying.
X-RAY RADIATION
A team of three
physicists and an
engineer have released a
report stating that ex-
cessive radiation from X-
ray machines is causing
some 20 leukemia cases a
year in Ontario.
The University of
Toronto's Dr. Kenneth
Taylor and his
colleagues, who have
been working on this
problem, believe that
these 20 cases' can be
reduced to two. Dr.
Taylor has been awarded
$300,000 over the next
three years for a
program to minimize
radiation levels.
Based on a survey of 20
hospitals during 1977 and
1978, some 5 percent of
hospital X-ray machines
emit exceptionally high
doses of radiation
because they are not
adjusted properly. This
figure is a statistical
estimate based on
preliminary findings. In
addition, the president of
the 2,700 member Ontario
Society for Radiological
Technicians has stated
that in this province
anyone is permitted to
run an X-ray machine
without specialized
training or a licence.
She also stated that
Ontario was warned at
least ten years ago that
some hospital patients
were being exposed to
dangerously high
Dear
Editor..
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farmers immediately
whether or not they can
expect your support on
the development of
agriculture in Eastern
Ontario.
Yours -impatiently,
Peter Hannam,
President.
radiation levels when
having X-rays.
MEDICARE
Provincial medicare
continues to be a
widespread topic of
discussion. The Federal
Minister of Health has
stated that Ontario's
contribution to health
costs has "dwindled down
to close to nothing" - a
statement denied by the
Provincial Treasurer,
Frank Miller.
Meanwhile, the
Provincial Minister of
Health, Dennis Tirnbrell,
has said that Ontario
residents don't have to
worry about a reduced
standard of health care
due to the federal threat
to cut health care
payments to the
Province. He considers
the threat an election
move, while his
colleague, the Provincial
Treasurer, says such a
cut in funding is un-
thinkable.
The United _ Auto
Workers union has said it
may ask for a private
-health plan in contract
negotiations if doctors
continue to drop out of
OHIP. -
POLICE WEEK '
Each year at this time
"Police Week" is
celebrated all over
Canada. This special
week to promote police -
public co-operation is
traditionally the week
which includes the 15th of
May, running from
Sunday to Saturday.
This practice was
established in 1969,
ound'n'
About
Election Day and
sunshine - should be some
kind of an ,omen - by the
time you read this, I hope
it was a ggod one for you!
It is great to be home
even if the cold weather is
still jabbing at us. We had
a good winter, very little
cold but hated to turn our
backs . on the wild
panorama of colors of the
trees and bushes of the
Sun Country.
The Jacuaranda Trees -
large trees of blue to
mauve flowers and the
Gold Tree - like purest
gold, are just breath-
taking. They're unreal.
Then, there is every
color of the rainbow, but
much more vivid, in the
lower growth. My
poinsettias, including a
beauty from my Sorority
Sisters at Christmas,
were still blooming bright
and colorful - outdoors. I
hated to leave them, but
they will probably still be
nice in the fall.
largely through the ef-
forts of the Canadian
Association of Chiefs of
Police. There are opening
ceremonies, special
exhibits (for the most
part in plazas) and the
public are welcome to
tour police stations.
It's a wonderful op-
portunity to pay tribute to
our police forces, and to
become more
knowledgeable about
their work and their
problems.
APPEAL BOARD
Harry Parrott, the
Minister of Environment,
introduced a bill in the
Legislature that will
eliminate the Pesticides
Appeal Board and in-
corporate its respon-
sibilities with those of the
Environmental Appeal
with Martha
It was wonderful to see
the lilacs when we
arrived in Windsor. I've
not seen lilacs in Florida,
but they certainly have
lots of flowers.
•This seems to be the big
year for the fruit and
ornamental trees.
They're just gorgeous
wherever you look.
Outdoor activities are
officially on the go -
especially digging and
raking.
The Lawn Bowling Club
is raring to go and all you
folks who have talked
about coming out, had
better start coming out.
They have the lawn bowls
on hand - you don't need
to buy your own, now -
and there will be someone
there most every af-
ternoon and evening.
This is a great game for
everyone from 16 to - well
ANY age - it is not just a
"seniors" game any
more, there's just more
seniors- who realize what
a great game it is. You
are young - this will keep
you young and you'll be
glad I said so!
In case you don't know -
the greens are on Picton
St. just off Waterloo St.
(near Britannia Road).
The weather will be
nice now to go painting
our great countryside.
Goderich area has SO
much to offer those who
like to paint. Get your
stuff ready - and your
camera and if you don't
want to paint alone, call
me - I'm usually in the
mood and want to do
some scenes - ANY time.
Don't throw away those
papers ANY paper. Some
people are very faithful in
tying up their bundles - or
putting papers in a large
-brown grocery bag for
the Rotary Club pick up.
In a small way, we can
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Board. The members of
the Pesticides Appeal
Board will be appointed
as members of the
Environmental Appeal
Board.
Under this amendment,
the Environmental
Appeal Board will hear
appeals -from decisions of
the director under The
Pesticides Act, , which
normally relate to
matters of licences or
permits concerning
pesticides.
The procedures for
these appeals will remain
unchanged, at least for a
period of time. At some
future date, these
procedures may be
amended to parallel other
appeals to the
Environmental Appeal
Board. '
D.B. PALMER
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
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announce the opening
of a
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