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ID SUND ASBURY PARK PRESS PAGE AA3 THE LOCAL FRONT Submarine provides glimpses of life at the bottom rv il do not think it wise to carelessly dump wastes into the deep sea. We need to understand what we are doing, should ocean dumping truly become a necessity. There is really very little known about how the deep sea functions Cindy L. Van Dover BIOLOGIST From page AA1 would not hit the bottom because of the depths and dynamic currents. Stocks and other scientists, including Cindy Van Dover, a former Eat-ontown resident and graduate of Monmouth Regional High School and Rutgers, have not actually seen sludge on the bottom.

But research since the 1980s has demonstrated without a doubt that measurable' amounts of sludge reached the ocean floor, said J. Frederick Grassle, director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. The evidence, found in ocean-bottom sediments, includes: Clostridium perfringens bacteria, which is found in the guts of humans; about twice the normal amount of carbon, found in all organic matter; linear alkylbenzenes, found in detergents; coprostanol, a derivative of cholesterol found in fecal "I do not think it wise to carelessly dump wastes into the deep sea," said Van Dover, a biologist who's been on nearly 100 Alvin deep-sea dives, piloting 48 of them. "We need to understand what we are doing, should ocean dumping truly become a necessity. There is really very little known about how the deep sea functions "We know nothing about the fragility of the ecosystem or its ability to recover from (man-made) insults," she said.

"If we are to dump in the ocean, we need a mechanism that permits scientists to monitor the effects of the dumping and to curtail the dumping immediately if there is evidence of environmental deterioration that is unacceptable." On June's cruise, Van Dover and other scientists collected samples of bottom sediments, caught sea life and videotaped the bottom. Results probably will be ready by next June, she said. "It was very exciting," Stocks said. nities can withstand" over the decades, he said. The "good news" is that sludge dumped at the 106-mile site has not moved onto the Continental Shelf and does not affect commercial fisheries, Grassle said.

Some organizations have proposed getting rid of more sewage sludge and other wastes on the bottom of the deep ocean. Grassle said, "I do not think it is a good idea to dump out there because there are better alternatives for disposing of sewage sludge. The ideal situation is to have the sludge used" as fertilizer on land, he said. Van Dover, an associate research professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, is on a 45-day research cruise off the Azores. She responded via e-mail messages transmitted computer to computer to questions from a reporter about her recent dive on the Alvin, which is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.

waste; and silver, used in photographic processes. If anything, the density of life in the vicinity of the sludge dump site has increased because of the extra organic matter, said Grassle, who was chief scientist on the June cruise but did not dive in the Alvin. But it appears that the diversity of species has declined, while starfish and a few species of opportunistic worms not normally found in the deep-sea have grown in numbers. Sea urchins and sea cucumbers seem to be eating sludge as part of their diet, he added. Such changes in the natural environment are not desirable, Grassle said.

"Ideally, we want to maintain the deep-sea as normal as possible," he said. Scientists are very interested in studying: how long it takes for the organic matter in sludge to break down 7 Karen Stocks Research scientist on the bottom, and the fate of pollutants in sea creatures and the environment, Grassle said. "We think this has importance in a broader context," he said. Pollutants carried by rivers and falling from the sky are gradually building up in the deep ocean, he said. "What we want to be able to predict is how much the deep-sea commu "I was one of the few people to see that part of the world and there's a lot of ocean out there, but we really don't know much about the bottom." By Erik Larsen Gilbert, who can often be seen feeding ducks by the shore of the lake, brought the first mallards to the lake six years ago.

fibrosis for two years. He first jumped off the bridge in 1939 when he was known as a "madcap publicity seeker." This time, he was trying to bring publicity to the Neptune City "Door-to-Door Breath of Life Neil Haviland of Red Bank, who pulled Clayton out of the Navesink River in 1941 when the future chief was only 8 years old. Clayton, a police officer for 28 years, is leaving the department to become an undersheriff with the Monmouth County Sheriffs Department; Three-hundred well-wishers attended the event. 40 YEARS AGO 1956: MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Aug. 4 David M.

Gray has decided to give up his car-driving privileges. Mr. Gray voluntarily sent his driver's license to Morris Township Magistrate Serge P. Pizzi. The reason? Gray is 82 and feels he should quit driving.

He bought his first car in 1916. OCEAN GROVE, Aug. 1 An Ocean Grove resident conducted a one-woman crusade to clean up Fletcher Lake after many ducks died last week. Poison algae killed some mallards and drove others off the lake located near New Jersey Avenue, Ruth Gilbert said. The 94-year-old woman said directing fresh water into the stagnating water where the algae had flourished seemed to cleanse the lake, and the ducks were slowly returning.

"The ducks seem much more alive now and the water is much cleaner than it was," Gilbert said. SO YEARS AGO 1946: AVON, Aug. 5 Gladys Walsh, of Jersey City, dove into the surf at the Norwood Avenue beach and came up just a little too fast yesterday. Her head struck a rope and the impact broke off three teeth, which she said she swallowed. Patrolman John Murday took Walsh to Fitkin Hospital, Neptune, where she was treated and released.

20 YEARS AGO -1976: HIGHLANDS, Aug. 1 A 64-year-old man wearing a wet suit proclaiming "Happy Birthday USA" and "Give Cystic Fibrosis A Break" jumped off the Highlands bridge yesterday. Lewis Tortariello, of Neptune City, has been a volunteer worker for cystic 10 YEARS AGO 1986: RED BANK, Aug. 2 Among those who gathered at the Fort Monmouth officer's club last night to celebrate the career of retiring Red Bank Police Chief George Clayton Jr. was Only Yesterday, which appears Sundays, is compiled from the files of the Asbury Park Press.

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Medical INutnnon and preventive ivieaicine j. Voipe, md a De Tata, md ii. STAFF REPORT AREA HEALTH departments last week rated nine food establishments conditionally satisfactory for health code violations, restored 11 others to a satisfactory rating after a reinspec-tion, and rated one unsatisfactory. A restaurant, store or other food outlet receives a satisfactory rating if it is in substantial compliance with the health code. It gets an unsatisfactory mark and is usually asked to close if there are gross unsatisfactory or unsafe conditions.

One or more violations that do not require closure result in a conditionally satisfactory rating. A reinspection follows. The time lapse between reinspec-tions is determined by the health inspector and varies because it is based on the number and severity of violations. Following are the names and locations of food establishments whose ratings were downgraded to conditionally satisfactory, and others regained their satisfactory rating. CONDITIONALLY SATISFACTORY JACKSON TOWNSHIP: Freedman's Bakery, 400 S.

New Prospect Road. UKEWOOD: Shlolmy's Kosher World, 238 County Line Road. LITTLE EG6 HARBOR TOWNSHIP: Alkris Premium (Getty), Center Street Mathistown Road. LONG BRANCH: Portuguese Club. 191 Broadway.

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