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jpiTpi" EDMONTON JOURNAL CITYPLUS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 B5 Emergency call A high-performance car requires expert handling Group wants toxic chemicals gone STUDY Continued from Bl But there are certain things that would tend to limit someone's body burden, Solomon said. "The lower you eat down on the food chain, the better off you are." Fish that eat other fish tend to carry lots of mercury. So eating one meal offish could be the equivalent of hundreds of days of breathing mercury-contaminated air, he said. Other kinds of meat fat can also be high in chemicals. Health Canada says it will lookat the study, although the department notes the sample size of 11 people is not statistically significant.

Next fall, the department will begin a more extensive health survey of 5,000 Canadians, said spokeswoman Carolyn-Annik Sexauer. The project is expected to last 24 months and will measure indicators of chronic disease, infectious disease, environmental toxin exposure and physical activity and physical fitness levels from a nationally representative sample of 5,000 Canadians aged six to 79 years. But Environmental Defence says the federal government can draw on test results already obtained in the United States and Europe to justify quick action. The group thinks the government should establish timelines to virtually eliminate toxic chemicals and wants it to regulate toxic chemicals in consumer products and make companies prove the safety of their chemicals before introducing them to the market. Henkelman plans to take some action herself to safeguard her own health.

"I do read labels," she said. "I will just try to educate myself better and buy more organic food." hbrooymansthejournal.canwest.com SIMONS Continued from Bl It's a high-performance car that demands expert handling and expert maintenance, Lose control of a such a vehicle, even for a minute, and it becomes a deadly weapon. It's like a Rottweiler of the road: lethal in the wrong hands. No one "needs" to drive a car like this anymore than anyone "needs" to drive a Hummer or an Escalade. They're all fashion choices, a chance to parade your wealth and power.

But when someone opts to drive an especially powerful vehicle, they oughtto assume ahigher duty of care. Make the most innocent mistake behind the wheel of a super car and you can do a lot of damage in a frighteningly short time. Sadly, there often seems to be a correlation between drivers who buy such pit-bull cars and those who drive dangerously. In just the last two months, I've witnessed two different Hummers being driven extremely aggressively through busy city-centre traffic. In one case, the Hummer driver ahead of me was behaving so erratically, swerving from lane to lane, cutting people off, yelling at them out his window, that I pulled over and called his licence number into police on my cellphone.

If I were Queen of the World, Yd give serious consideration to banning such cartoon vehicles from city streets. That, of course, is just fantasy. But would it be too much to dream of the day when we might institute a special class of licence for especially big or powerful vehicles to require drivers with cars of unusual size or horsepower to take extra driver training and to pass a more rigorous test? If we must have these cars on the road and in a free country and free market, we have no choice in the matter surely we should take steps to make sure the people behind the wheel are competent to handle them. Obviously, Ricky Richardson never meant to hurt Irene Nicholson. But he made a choice to buy a very special car, a car that required a high level of experience, skill, and care to drive and maintain.

Maybe that car made him feel young. Maybe it made him feel virile and fleet and powerful. Maybe he just liked the special sense of community and camaraderie that came with owning a collector's item. But his fantasy came to a screeching halt that August night when Nicholson died. Now, he has to accept responsibility for his choices.

psitnonsthejournal.canwest.com 'I--. 1 i a All LARRY WONG, THE JOURNAL A man who was repeatedly stabbed Wednesday afternoon makes a call on his cellphone while being assisted by medical personnel on the corner of 109th Street and 106th Avenue. The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made. 6 G3(B0(3 Night club fined $4,000 for overcrowding Journal Staff EDMONTON 1 emu JmL Owners of an old Strathcona nightclub pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of exceeding their building's maximum occupancy.

On Sept. 24, the Urban Lounge hosted approximately 323 people, although its allowed occupancy is 279 people. The operator of the 105th Street and 81st Avenue club, Massimo Strathcona was fined $4,000. The Right Stuff Lome Gunter Fridays and Sundays in Opinion CITY OF EDMONTON NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT R.S.C. 1985, CHAPTER N-22 The City of Edmonton hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Navigable Waters Protection Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.

Pursuant to section 9 of the said Act, the City of Edmonton has deposited with the minister of transport, and in the office of the District Registrar of the Land Registry District of Northern Alberta, at Edmonton, Alberta under deposit number 052-5525 a description of the Low Level Bridge Northbound truss painting and member repairs over the North Saskatchewan River at NE 33-52-24-W4M. Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation may be directed to: The Superintendent, Navigable Waters Protection Program, Transport Canada, 1 00 Front Street South, Sarnia, ON N7T2M4. However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing and are received not later than 30 days after the date of this notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent. Dated at Edmonton, Alberta this 10th day of November, 2005: Carole Cej, Project Sponsor City of Edmonton 8th Floor, Century Place 9803 102A Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3A3 SALE IK SOFPCnT CF THS COWBOY BSIIEFIT FUNS CANADIAN PRC RCCSC 5PCRT MEBI8INE TEAM BE! Id IEQUIPMENTI II monfon TRANSPORTATION AND STREETS visit our website at: www.edmonton.ca 1 a nri a ft i ai mm IIIIIMHMIVJI CFTJ 95 The Home Depot has 'actph woes Installation Services you can trust gMyt.

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