Should Saccharin Ban ·Remain? by Alan Nilsson These Groups Question the Animals
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l Volume 33, Numbe' 17 UC an Diego Wednesday, February 15,1978 SYlllPosium set tonight Should saccharin ban ·remain? by Alan Nilsson These groups question the animals. Staff Wri&er validity of using animal tests to Many people are quick to Third College and the predict cancer in man. More point out that test animals Department of Community over, they criticize the absolu receive extremely high doses of Medicine will co-sponsor a tism of the Delaney clause, substances, so the tests seem symposium, titled "Saccharin, claiming that benefits as well unrealistic. Lijinski replies Delaney and the FDA" tonight as risks should be considered. that high doses are adminis at 8 pm in the Mandeville Aud Supporters of the clause tered for three reasons: that itorium. argue that it removes dis the doses must compensate for The symposium, an out cretion from FDA , thus the low sensitivity of 'animal growth of the cooperative effort insulating the regulatory tests to weak carcinogens or of Community Medicine and agency from those who have low doses of strong carcino Third College to educate economic stakes in regulatory gens, the short life span of the undergraduates about medical decisions. The clause only test animals, and the neces and health policy issues, will applies to materials deliber- sarily small number of animals that can be used in any test. "Both proponents and crlUcs have sclentlflcally Skeptics often say, .. Any thing can cause cancer if based argumentl. To evaluate the Delaney clau.. , administered in large enough one mUlt take a clo.. r look at the underlying Illuel. doses." Not so, replies Lijinski. Recently, 120 chemicals suspected of causing cancer concentrate on a discussion of ately added to food. Proponents were tested on animals. The the controversial regulations ask, why allow the addition of chemicals were fef! daily to governing food additive safety. potential carcinogens if they mice in the highest doses the Students hit TT's The Food and Drug Adminis are not essential? mice could tolerate. Only 11 of tration's (FDA) policies came Both proponents and critics the 120 compounds induced under fire due to its recent have scientifically-based more tumors in the test animals CIA recruitment ad decisions about the safety of arguments. To evaluate the than in a control group. Put saccharin, a noncaloric sugar Delaney clause, one must take simply, high doses may bloat or A group of about 40 persons gathered outside the Triton Times substitute. a closer look at the underlying kill animals, but most subs office yesterday to protest both the newspaper's printing of a A much disputed Canadian issues. tances do not cause cancer. CIA recruitment ad and the fact that the agency is again openly test on rats revealed that At the base of the controversy A second major issue in the recruiting students. saccharin induced bladder is the practice of using tests on controversy hinges on the The three speakers who addressed the rally emphasized that ca ncer to a statistically animals to predict cancer concept of a " no effect level." they were not protesting the Triton Times ad as much as they significant degree in male rats. dangers for man. Dr. William The FDA determines tolerable were demonstrating against the CIA 's past covert actions. These results were SLlbmitted Ljjinski. DJrec.tQr of th..e IeV81ii .of . unavoidable ~~ The protestors then marched to the Career Planning and to FDA, which then proposed Chemical Carcinogensls such as DDT and aflatoxin, a Placement Office. where the CIA applications are available. that saccharin be banned as a Program at the National potent carcinogen produced by The protestors marched into the office in single file, ~ach taking food additive. The ban was Cancer Institute's Frederick mold on peanuts. Why does a CIA application. They then walked out of the office; tore the mandated by the Delaney Cancer Research Center, FDA not determine tolerable applications in half and threw them away. clause, a 1958 amendment to discussed the validity of such levels for substances such as Career Planning director Gloria Liebrenz said a number of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic tests in a recent article. saccharin? Critics of the students have picked up CIA applications. Act that forbids the addition to When a substance induces a Delaney clause believe that The CIA ad, which was published in last Monday and food of any substance found statistically significant some allowable minimum can Wednesday's Triton Times, lists a number of " professional carcinogenic in man or animal. number of tumors in test be determined. The difficulty opportunities" that are available through the agency. The ad The FDA's proposal to ban animals, it is assumed to be a lies in developing an acceptable says, " Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply." saccharin met stiff opposition carcinogen for man. It should criterion for making such a At the rally, Emily Hicks said, "The Triton Times' ad has from dietary food firms, many be noted that nearly all known decision. Lijinski, for one, does .served to remind us that UC is once again being used to recruit consumers and some sectors of carcinogens for man induce not believe that a " no effect people for the CIA. We don 't really care about the TT. But it is the scientific community. cancer in some suitable test (Please turn to page 4) (Please turn to page 8) V-P, senior push more Wildernes~class: more than trees - Del Mar bus service Course a~alyzes -contemporary environmental issues by Andy Schneider university community, Hod- by Kitty Robinson wilderness-related subjects. The speaker - Associa&e News Editor skins pointed out that "They Copy Editor "top-flight intellectuals", according to Stewart "The bus doesn't run to Del (Del Mar City Council) figure Wilderness. - were chosen by a core group of students who Mar on the weekends or late in everybody's got a car. Students The word brings to mind images of alpine are going to be discussion leaders for the class the evening. It's unfair to leave need the bus just as much as we meadows, mountain streams and wild animals. sections. These speakers include: . students sttanded," com- (elderly) do . You can't get up to But to the group of students who are designing mented AS Vice-president the library for studying and you and planning a class called "Wilderness and - Herbert Marcuse, UCSD Professor Mark Sindler. can't go to weekend pro- Human Values", the concept of wilderness eQleritus of philosophy, on A Critique of the Sindler met yesterday with grams." . means a lreat deal more. Ideas and Values of our Technological Burt Hodakins, a North County Sindler agrees and intends to Through the medium of the wilderness, the Mercantile Society; senior citizen who has organ- ask for an AS Council RelOlu class attempts to analyze the environn'lental - Willie Unsoeld, member of the U.S. Everest ized a petition drive to push for tion he hopes "will draw problems that face society today. Many Expedition, on Positive Values of Wilderness the extended service. together a coalition based upon different subjects are encompassed in the Experiences; Reque.ting help from the (Pleue tum &0 page 8 lectures and discussion sections, including -Roger Revelle, DirectoremeritusofScripps literature, biology, bistory, anthropology and Institute of Oceanography, on The Oceans and vi.ual arts. the Threats They Face; And, incidentally, class members also go - Philip Schultz, M.D., on Rehabilitation of backpacking, rock ·climbing, scuba diving, Birds of Prey; sailing, canoeiDi and cross country skiing. -Frank Riseley. M.D., on Mountaineering "We want to explore contemporary human Medicine; values, where they come from, how they're - Hamilton Hess, USF Doctor of Theology, on fonned," explained Muir Provost John Stewart, The Wilderness in a Religious Perspective; and who is leading the class this year. "We are using - Will Wright, UCSD Professor of Sociology. the wilderness a. the subject on wbich to test on Wilderness Reflected in the Images and these values." Attitudes of Modern America. Started six years alo, the class is part of the Contemporary Issues proaram of John Muir In short, accotd ng to discussion leader Jean College. Tbe Contemporary Il8ues department Thomson, "The sp!akers will cover all aspects offers a variety of classes each quarter, each of of the :*ilderness - philosophical, practical, which deals with .ome important modern aesthetiC - to show how their fields relate to it... problem. Texts to be used for tbe class were also chosen The wilderneaa course is divided into three by the IJ'OUV ur dilK.'UI810n leaders. Novell by paru: philOIOphical iasues and cultural values; William Faulkner and Joseph Conrad, as well a realities and practical issues; and acting on a historical textboCSk , Wilder '" aDd tbe issue •. 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