The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 24

Pag 24 S.F. EXAMINER Feb. 12, 1980 T. Pat Montandon The great cosmetics rip-off I i about getting permission for 40 Indian runners to go to the Olympics, providing there will be Olympic games In Moscow this summer. Dennis is the chancellor of D.Q.

University at Davis. It Is a fully accredited university sanctioned by the Sobobo Indian reservation. They teach in addition to the basics like math and humanities, federal Indian laws and herbal medicines. Pauling, who won the Nobel prize In chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace prize in 1962, and has written "No More War" and "Vitamin and the Common Cold," said he had lectured In 35 countries, but his wife had lectured in 37. He also said that Russia Is always five years behind the United States, which Is why they are now having a war In Afghanistan.

That will be their Vietnam. Pauling does not think World War IP, Is Inevitable. If, however, we ere to use a small nuclear weapon, then the Russians would use one a little larger and the whole thing would undoubtedly escalate into a full-fledged holocaust "War is the last refuge of the scoundrel," he quoted. "War Js politics with bloodshed," he was answered. At the same luncheon Father Miles Riley was talking about his new book, "Set Your House in Order." It Is about death and dying.

"Do you realize that half the people in America do not have a will?" he asked. His book has, among other things, a section entitled Tell-a-Gift," wherein he advocates that one record on video one's hopes and values to pass on to the next generation. "Wouldn't you enjoy having such a living document from your ancestors?" Sacheen Littlefeather was talking about her studies In orthomolecular nutrition and how the study of herbs is of great interest "I had a lot of Indian nomad friends when I was growing up in eastern Oregon," said Pauling. They taught me to identify and eat the camus root" "We're calling the Jarvis Bill 'Jaws said supervisor Louise Renne. She had popped In late and had to leave early, "for a meeting about the sewer system," she said.

Doris Thomas, who is Rep. Phillip Burton's aide, was talking about how much pride could be instilled in black families in-Hunters Point for Instance, If they could own their homes instead of renting. "We all take more Interest in something we own," she said. Doris really has her finger on what's happening in San Francisco. First of two articles By Tonl Stabile As cosmetics are marketed today, the public sru as the cosmetws industry's 2iW million guinea pies.

Leonor K. Sullivan, retired I'A representative, Missouri In upstate New York, a 21 year-old girl suddenly eollapsed while mnninc for a bus and died a few feet from her home. She had just finished combing, arranging and spraving her hair and was on her way to work. The coroner was "puzzled by the death since the girl seemed to have been in good health. The only cause he could find was in the can of hair spray she had left in the bathroom.

Had she inadvertently inhaled more spray and propellant than her respiratory tract could handle? In a Denver hospital, a physical therapist and her roommate were both found to be suffering from lung damage. Their doctors diagnosed Jhe fibrous lesions in their lungs as sarcoidosis, but the cause'baffled them until they learned that the two young women had used the same brand of deodorant spray. Later, 10 otherwise healthy men developed similar symptoms after using two brands of deodorant spray, one of which was the same as that used by the women. The deodorant sprays were sprayed at guinea pigs and all the animals developed lung lesioas. In Virginia, a oman sprayed her hair, then lit a cigarette.

Her hair was ignited, severely burning her face and neck. Tests showed that, after being sprayed, the hair was covered with a residue that left it highly flammable for eight to 10 minutes. In a small Southwestern tow a 2-ycar-old boy mistook for a toy his brother's Christinas cologne in a bottle shaped like a vintage car. The screw top apparently came loose and spilled a trail of cologne. It as charged that a space heater, a distance away, ignited the fumes and whipped a bolt of flames to the boy, burning his feet and legs so badly they had to be amputated.

In St. Louis, a 21-year-old girl accidentally scratched the cornea of her eye with a mascara brush while putting mascara on her lashes. Within hours, she as blind. Chemical analysis showed that the preservative in the mascara broke down at temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees and allowed the dangerous pseudomonas bacteria to SKIN GAME develop. According to Dr.

William J. Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Bureau of Drugs, "Pseudomonas Infection ts highly resistant to therapy. The literature reports approximately a hundred cases of pseudomonal infection of the cornea resulting in loss of the eye. Statistically speaking, this figure is but the top of the Iceberg." To paraphrase Evans; the injuries and death cited are not isolated cases rather, they are representative of many that never surface to public attention. The common bond shared by the cosmetics that may have catapulted the victims into tragedy was that, legally, all could have been marketed without preliminary testing for safety, quality or purity and without giving the consumer a warning of hazard.

This privileged status has been afforded any product classified as a cosmetic. This includes everything the entire family uses daily throughout life to cleanse, groom and beautify the body except soap. It is this privileged permissiveness, unique unto the cosmetics industry, that prompted retired Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan of Missouri to dub the entire population "200 million guinea pigs" who pay in dollars and, too often, in pain, to test blindly the hundreds of thousands of products classified as cosmetics after they've been rushed to the market There's little doubt that Americans, who've made grooming a daily routine and ho look, smell and feel better for it, will exceed the current $9.5 billion they annually spend on cosmetics products.

These range from toothpaste, shampoo, baby oil, deodorants and shaving cream to the latest shade of nail polish. If the trend continues, the figure will double in a decade. Approximately $7 billion more is spent In beauty and barber shops, raising the annual national cosmetics expenditure to $16.5 billion. Add to this miscellaneous products hich are thrown into the cosmetics category because they don't fit into others such as bathroom tissue, hich an FDA spokesman said the agency was investigating because the practice of adding fragrance to the tissue was causing rashes and other allergic reactions and one realizes the formidable array of products intimately used by every member of the family, young or old, sick or well, rich or poor. The connotation that cosmetics are powder and paint for ladies ho want to fool the world is shattered hen one examines the bulk of cosmetics products which have become as much a part of the family shopping list as salt and aspirin.

As staples constantly used in and on our bodies, cosmetics should meet government standards, safeguards and checks similar to those applicable to food and drugs. The astounding fart is that they are not required to, and they don't "The problem today," according to former FDA Deputy Commissioner Winton B. Rankin, "is not so much the products that are known to harm, but the cosmetics that are not know to be safe." Ironically, the problem was the same when the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Art was passed by Coneress in 193a Four decades have proved that the mere addition of the word "Cosmetic" to the Food and Drug Art Marmaduke 'At $75 per, Maryon Davles Lewis deserved better than she got at "her friends" birthday bash in her honor. The atmosphere at the Great American Music Hall was gloomily created with black balloons in an effort to emulate storm clouds, and indeed all that was needed to make It more dreary as rain. With the exception of the guest of honor and, for some unfathomable reason, this reporter and AI Wilsey, all the guests were requested to wear white tie and black dresses.

That look can be wonderfully chic when played against a light or glamorous background, but in this case merely added to the caliginous aura. And to make bad matters unendurable, the speakers, with the sole exceptions of Daphne Greene and (Catherine Rush, were Inept, boring and tacky. The people who put this turkey together (at $75 per, yet!) owe Maryon an apology. Other than that it was a marvelous party, my dear. Dick and Cissie Swig celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with an understated little dinner in the Squire room of the Fairmont Hotel recently.

You do think it's understated to have champagne with pate and caviar for hors d'oeuvres, followed by crab legs on ice, followed by an individually lighted ice carving of a swan which held, in addition to the light an orange carved out and filled with sorbet to clear one's palate for the veal with truffle sauce, which was accompanied by a pomme souffle and a French-fried bird's nest filled with fresh vegetables. And then of course, there was an endive and watercress salad with cheese, and then are you still with me crepe suzettes with strawberries, andor your choice of fresh fruit and candy, and naturally all kinds of wines and champagne. I'm stuffed Just writing about it Some of those who attended and are swearing at the scales today are Frannie and Bill Green, architect Goodwin Steinberg his wife Jerri, Andrew Delfino and famous Gino Macropodio, who is the head gondolier In Venice. And that was one hell of a distance to row even for a sumptuous dinner. Indian rights leader Dennis Banks looked regal in his native costume sitting at my Round Table luncheon exchanging views with Nobel prize winner Dr.

Linus Pauling and his outspoken wife Ava. Dennis was going to the Russian Consulate as soon as lunch was over to talk hasn't solved the problem. I from Vv boox Tttt CopvNjhf 19Wi, Vj9. itr3ana 1 W9 tv Ton. St Bv watmm Resc'ved, by htt UviirtK ConwKutons, Hq Ai 'But we can't afford to have steak EVERY 1 Expensive nostrums for gullible customers .1 1 At a department store counter, a saleswoman with a network of lines around her eyes blithely assured a younger woman with fewer wrinkles that a minuscule jar of cream would "get rid of those lines" for her.

As she watched the customer reread the price tag, she added, "Of course, if $10 is too high for you The customer quickly assured the saleswoman that she could afford $10 for an ounce of cream that would take away her lines. So the saleswoman ith all the telltale lines put the ounce of cream $10 worth of hope in a small bag and the customer made her way to a supermarket, where she decided she couldn't afford a pound of steak, and settled for hamburger and a disgruntled husband. No one, in or out of the cosmetics industry, has ever seen an age line disappear except through surgery. This customer was no exception, even though she faithfully used the cream and stared at the lines in a magnifying mirror. Yet, the transaction was typical of the cosmetician-customer relationship.

Blind confidence in the pastel-smocked oracle and her revelations is demanded and received. Even the most beautiful customer can be intimidated into believing she's marred and in dire need of several preparations unique unto this counter. Men are no less vulnerable. The scene of the bald barber selling a customer "special" hair tonic is a constantly recurring one. Although "baldness cures" are an area in which the Federal Trade Commission has been active, men concerned with receding hair still are willing subjects for the various "treatment academies." 1T 05 W0B fon EVtmUNE' I If VISIT THE OPTICAL DEPARTMENT Soft contact lenses are affordable.

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