North Bay Nugget from North Bay, Ontario, Canada • 7

II I IHqpJlMli The North Bay Nugget Thursday August 28 1975 7 a star in the sky for each person on earth Aerosol can responsible for death inquest determines STEPHEN DODSON MSc Militant bead of icince EcoleSecondalre Algonquin Jury recommended that cautionary labels of a uniform color be placed in a prominent position on the containers Inhalation of such a product an aerosol pan spray called Pam led to the tracheobronchitis (inflamatioii of the wind and Duhnonarv attain in theiunapaces) which resulted in the death of the Toronto boy last April the first known death of its kind in products mediately i opment programs towards the elimination of freona by alternate means of packaging Freon 11 ran freon 12 which have been used in many aerosol sprays are produced by Du Pont of Canada Ltd of Montreal and are only two kinds of a general category of gases called fluorocarbons The Jury also urged stricter control of manufacturing and of aerosols by gov- Need a Desk at Home or ike Office? 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By LE8 WHITTINGTON Ffouctal Times News Service TORONTO An Ontario provincial coroner's Jury in-vestigating the death of 13-year-old Grant James Pearson recommended Tuesday that all manufacturers of aerosol spray products should be required immediately to find substitutes for fluorocarbon propellants The Jury of three women and two men which concluded that the boy's death stemmed from inhalation of an aerosol spray called Pam also recommended stricter government control of aerosol manufacturing and labelling The Jury wrote: manufacturers marketing aerosol The recommendations closely followed the suggestions of Dr David Fagan senior pathologist at file Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto A and the the in dustry of a safer spray noale For products containing the fatty substance lecithin in combination with freon the AAr AW 41- Single Pedestal Wool Dak 24" 1 54" Double Pedestal Steel Desk Black wHh Walnut Top 5 14" 1 45" Single Pedestal Steel Desk Black with CAA Walnut Top fl The above heading ii both an understatement ana an overstatement you my find out lor yourself on the next really clear night For the next two weeks the moon'a glar win not blind the eyes to the seemingly countless specks of starlight that crowd the summer sky This incomparable view now overhead and towards the south la worth a trip beyond the city lights to where your eyes can become fully dark-adapted Thua situated boundaries of time and geography slip away and one becomes a citizen of the universe standing on the shores of an infinite sea of apace It is hard to believe that at these times the average person sees only about 2000 stars! You will notice that the wide band of sky which follows the Milky-Way from the northeastern horizon to straight overhead (through the summer triangle mentioned in the Aug 14 Nugget) and on to the southern horizon is far richer in stars than the rest of the iky This is because the Milky-Way Galaxy our local universe" is a disk-shaped object and quite thin in corn- 179 All Walnut Special Spray can contents can be toxic pathologist suggests even a quarter of the way to the centre of the astronomers are saying that it contains at least one hundred trillion stars! This is about 25 stars for each man woman and child in the world today! So if you do want to pick a star to call your own you will have a lot of choice! In a much more important sense however the sky and all that can be seen in it Is a vast treasure that belongs to all mankind Regardless of national boundaries regardless of wealth or poverty the same sky looks down on everyone offering to all a source of Joy and absorbing entertainment There is something in the Ay to appeal to the poet the scientist and the adventurer which lurk in all of os In order to take advantage of this it is important not to wait until some special event such as the appearance of a comet or an eclipse By waiting one not only misses the continually chiglng spectacle which plays every clear night from dusk till dawn but one also fails to have the familiarity with the sky which is necessary for full enjoyment of the special event Be prepared and enjoy preparing! Similar articles will appear regularly to help all interested readers to enjoy becoming familiar with the sky and to give advanced notice and explanation of events to crane in apace It will be helpful to blip date and save these articles future reference Ddivered ttyivloM (iitkia city Suits) Doa't Miss Oat these Crut and see som! By LES WHITTINGTON 1 News Service month Freon-12 one of two fluorcarbon propellants uaed in the product previously has been dropped end two other In- parison with its diameter An the star She direction of the Dsncake-like disc You will also notice that the soft glow of the Milky-Way Itself due to millions of stars our galaxy bid too far away to be seen individually does not form a continuous ribbon of light along the band of sky mentioned above Instead it seems like separate broad I of light in and around as an activating agent and a propellant using fluorocarbons which are known to be harmful if inhaled However in summarizing hia report Dr Fagan says: certain circumstances toxicity of a combination of fat and flu-orcarbon propellants can be much more lethal than the toxicity of fluorcarfaons The health protection branch of the Department of National Health and WeUUv which was sent a copy of Dr Fagan'a report has done studies using aerosol pan-coating sprays and concluded that the product la harmless if used directed However a spokesman for the health protection branch aays that the teats did not include spraying the product in the face of the test animal as did Dr teats Donald Sanderaon president of Boyle-Midway (Canada) Ltd of Toronto which haa manufactured and sold more than 10 million cans of Pam in recent years told Financial Times News Service: "It la a problem of abuse rather than a problem with the The health and protection branch report! that Pam haa been re-formulated in recent TORONTO A report prepared by a doctor in con-Jinction with an Ontario provincial coroner'a inquest beginning here Monday Bays that Pam an aerosol spray -on coating for kitchen pans may be lethal if used improperly The inquest will look into the death last April of a 13-year-old boy alleged to have inhaled Pam from a paper bag for purposes of intoxication A UJ5 government agency the Consumer Product Safety Commia-akm has reported 32 similar 8kOTMi Dr David Fagan senior staff pathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto suggests that and related aerosol preparations such as Dry Fry and Mazda are quite startingly and unexpectedly The report says that a rabbit after exposure to a spray of approximately one second at a range of 12 inches in an open laboratory died within 90 seconds Pun contains a fatty sub BURIED ALIVE BRISBANE Australia (AP) After spending almost a month buried in sand up to her neck 33-year-old aboriginal woman was flown to the Cairns Base hospital recently According to aboriginals at the Edward River Mission the trial had been advised by her husband a local witch doctor as a corrective measure for a hip injury she suffered in a fall at the mission located 1400 miles northwest of Brisbane the summer triangle and patches of light looking something like balls of cotton further south' Time-exposure photographs reveal fiat the patchy appearance of the Milky-Way is due to the Mocking of our vision by great clouds of interstellar dust which only radio-telescopes can see through If it were not for this dust the glow of the Milky-Way would be for brighter Nevertheless without being able to A polar Friday Aug 29 to Saturday Aug 30 An ideal personal portable for the den or bedroom Now you can watch those ball games without upsetting the rest of the family TWO DAY SPECIAL 1 00 Solid State Automatic Controls Factory Warranty A molar Javelin SWIVEL BASE INCLUDED PHotograohefl at the Motto Toronto on 100 Solid State Our best value In a 26" screen with deluxe walnut cabinet All automatic Delivered Price with Service at Your Door New Kodaklblc-Instamatic 608 camera MNormal and telephoto lens results at the flick ofa switch The first pocket camera with a built-in telephoto lens Its two lenses let you choose between regular or telephoto picture-taking at the flick of a switch Fast drop-in cartridge loading for big beautiful 316 4V4-inch prints and crisp 110-size slides For flash pictures just snap on the new 8-shot flipflash See the new Kodak Tele-lnstamatic 608 camera with the new three-year warranty at your photo because there's more than one way to look at everything Camera price from less than $45 TWO DAY SPECIAL 749 Berwick 0r -jfWf A Kodaklfclc-Instamalic 608 camera Kodak Products Are Available at POLAR CAMERA CENTRE STUDIO LTD BLBCTROHOMB The Finest All- I Canadian Made 1 Of I VS Shop with confidence where excellent service is a tradition 1 08 Main St East 472-0460 191 LakeshoreDr 472-1621 mwfw Kodak Products Available at RAILTON CAMERA SHOP CHAKGLX fHMBBBl 143 Main St North Bay 474-5710.