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i the Daily Sundial .A CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. NORTHRIDGE VOLUME 30 NUMBER 31 THURSDAY,OCTOBER 24. 1985 Inspector finds cracks in asbestos-covered pipes ByaARYYIM question are coated with asbestos mixed tests performed this year by having the CAL-OSHA safety logs and the on- StaffWriter with piaster and then covered with glazed j empk>yre^ breathe into a testing machine campus training program in wtuch Hie prriiminary results cA a safety cloth wrappings. "haver."-, i^and any exposure yet." employees leam safety techmques. He inspectioa revealed oacks in the Bums sakl he is confident that little, if The Environmental Health and Oc- also sakl emptoyees must wear apiMt>ved wrappings around asbestos-coated pipes any, asbestos is in the air because the cupatknul Safety Office encourages reqnmtors when handling asbestos. in a baaonent area cH the North Science asbestos on the pipes is undisturbed and empk)yees and faculty to report health However, Biuns sakl an emptoyee on Buflding, according to a_ Califwnia soUd. hazards. Farmer said, adding that tiie one or two occasions WOTC an unap Occupational Safety and Health Ad- In addition. Bums sakl, only a few office identified almost 200 hazards last proved dust mask when woiicing with ndnistnition inspector. workers use tiie basement areas and the year. asbestos. Bums said he does not know Devin Bums, an assistant industrial inspected pipes are not easUy accessible Farmer sakl the empk>yee who lodged how the Employee was handling the hygenist, said there was also a campus He sakl air samples from the rooms the complaint witii CAL-OSHA may not material or the level of asbestos exposure. emido)^ using an unapproved ma^ were not taken because the asbestos was have been aware of the on-campus safety Farmer sakl the employee had been while woiting with asbestos. not disturbed and the exposure potential office or may have preferred an off- throikgh respiratOT training and was Bums said he examined the basement was tow. campus agency to investigate the aware of the proper respirators to use on Oct 18 after a CSUN emptoyee Frederick Farmer, CSUN En complaint. when handling asbestos. lodfDd a oonq)laint with the Van Nuys vironmental Health and Occupational The wrappings have not been sealed Bums sakl the inspection is "in process" CAL-OSHA office. Safety Officer, sakl t mechanical room yet. Farmer sakl, and CSUN is waiting and that he is awaiting laboratory results ^ Ife said the emptoyee was concemed and a shop area that were inspected are for the report to determine where and analysis to determine if any citations libout damaged wraiq^ing around the also "knv-usajBe areas." ___, _^ _^ reinforcement is needed. wiU be issued, ^e sakl he estimates the asbestos-coated pipes ai]fd possible Fanner saki only tiiree dunpusi Farmer said that during the inspection report wUl be completed in six to eight aabestos exposure. He saki the pipes in anpk>yees handle asbestos, but air-intake he answered questions about the required weeks. City's water needs sewage cleanup ByALEXI«Efin>ER80N Senior staff Writer The City of Los Angeles has failed to sufficiently combat die proUem of coastal water pdlution, a panel ct enviranmentaUsts tokl CSUN students Wednesday. TUs problem shouU have been tackled years ago," nidNancy Taykxr, chair of the Sierra Chib Committee on Clean Coastal Watns. "The city is continuing to dump tons of shidge into the ocean." CSUN Earthwatch coordinate Dan Cooper sakl the city {does not adequately treat sewage that is dumped in theooean. Cooper sakl tbe city uses primary treatment even ttKNVh tiie Federal Clean Water Act of 1972 caUi tot secondary treatment. "Primary treatment is what Los Angeles uses now, and it doesn't do any good," Cooper sakl. "The sewage is not tivated to make it safer from diseases, such as typhokls uidch(deras." With secondary treatment. Cooper saki, sewage becomes 65-85 percent less dangerous. And with tertiary tiieatinent, he sakl, it becomes 90-95 percent inert. *It*s been obvious for some time that the water at Santa Monica and San Pedro MYUNG J. CHUNA}ally Sundial presents serious health problems. * C-S-U-N:FNIHT,FIOHT,FKWIT! —Tha CSUN Spirit Wadnaaday. CSUN PraaMant Jamaa W. Ciaary, I . ^ — Taylor Squad laada chaara for approximataiy 280 Man'a Athlatica Diractor Bob Hl^art«nd football atudanta who gathered for tha 1988 haad coach Tom Kaala ancouragad atudanta to Taykv sakl the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, Homacomlng Pap RaNy In tha Slarra Quad attend tha Homacomlng gama Saturday at 7 p.m. wluch uses two pipes to di^xise (rf the city's sewag!&, has oonsistentiy delayed switching to secondary treatinent. "It's been obvious for some time that the water at Santa Story of first atom bomb drop Mofuca and S^ Pedro presents serious health problems. The fact that warning signs have been posted is evklence of that," T8yk)r said. "Mayor Bradley favors fiiU ^Hiroshima' recounts survivors' stories secondary treatment, but the City Council is hesitating. It wouU cost $2 biUkMi to upgrade Hyperion's faculties. By JONATHAN DERN Hersey's narrative is the result of interviews and first "The city has known since 1972 that secondary StaffWriter hand experience that commenced one month after tiie treatment is required, but they have been dragging their bombing. feet. They've had identy of time to do this, but they keep "Hiroshima," a Readers Theater presentation of "Not a single scene, character or event is invented," obtainmg waivers." journalist John Hersey's v/mk depicting the effects of the Logan sakl. Because (rf a waiver, she sakl, it may be five years or first atom bomb dropped on a dty, wUl be performed tiiis According to Logan, the orchestral musk and sound moie before Hyperion uses secotidary treatment. weekend in CSUN's Littie Theati*. effects for the show were recorded by National PubUc "Time is tite most important thing," sakl Jean Sponsored by the speech communKation department, Radk) on location in Hiroshima at tiie 1983 memorial Dmytryk, mother (rf one of the paneUsts. "I don't want to "Hiroshima" recounts the stories of survivors tiirough celebration in Peace Park. ^ wait five years for themlScIean up the water." oral presentiition. This production helps mark the 40th "We are presenting this document with two motives, Her daughter Bedcy Dmytryk, founder of the Aninwl y<5ar anniversary of the wartime destruction of otiier than the simple one of peace," Logan said. "To Rescue and Care Center in Thousand Oaks, sakl Sanu Hiroshima and Nagasaki, whk:h heraWed the beginning commemorate those whose Uves were tost or drasticaUy Momca Bay is unsafe for fish. __^ (rftheatomkage. _. changed in the dawning of the atomk age, and to pay Cooper agreed, saying, ^I don't eat any fish that come "This is a timeless, powerful and compassionate piece homage to the culture that enabled them to endure such from CWomia because I know what's in the water." that has beccxne a touchstone with lasting political and devastation with such dignity." Taylor sakl that to provkle adequate treatment of moral reverberations," saki Christie Logan, who adapted The prcxluctidn wUl ran Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., : NWpgB, taxes shoukl be raised. and directed tiie presenution. and Sunday at 5 p.m. Admission is free. >•«! f^ On the court Have the media pushed terrorists DIai fetes serve up into further piracy? .'professfonal tennis Paf»8 2 DaHy SundM, Thuraday, Octobar 24,1988 campus calendar Today find out what we 're atXMJt. ^ CoHtmumg WPE Faa — As of Spring 1986, the fee for the LMbtan and Oay ANiaiwa — Meeting at 7:30 Spaach 403 Pitta MgM — Fundraiser at Upper Division Writing ProficlecKy Exam will be NortlifMga Ravlaw — Now accepting sub- p.m. In USU Balboa Room. Round Table Pizza on Nordhoff to benefit the raised from $10 to $12. The exam will be ad misskms of poetry, short fiction, essays, Languaga and Cutturai Cxchanga — American speech 453 class, which win be putting pn a ministered once more this semester on Nov. 9 playlets, drama, artwork and photography. students and International students interested careers night for speech communication Deadline to register is Nov. 1. In exchanging language and culture meet in majors. Bring a friend. Submission guidelines available in ST 709. formally weekly from 3 p.m. at the Student KCSN S8.5 FH -^ Strauss' "Emperor Waltz " Deadline Oct. 31. Inatnictlonal Improvamant Pro|aet Funding *» Union patio. Students interested in learning a airs at 7 p.m. Recreation Majors Association — CSUN faculty, students and staff are en new language, meeting students from other Student Matatle Aaaodatlan — General Recreationmajors are Issuing a challenge to any couraged to apply for funds totalling $47,000 countries and making new friends are invited to meeting with guest speaker on army other student group on campus to play us In from the Instructional Improvement Projects jointhe exchange. More informatton, ext. 3923. dietetic internships. softball. If Interested, contact the recreation Commlttee.Applications and guidelines are CSUH SM Racing Team — Meeting at 7:30 p.m. department ext. 3203, leave a message and we availat>le in Adm. 506. Deadline Nov. 1. — AS/SPACE presents "Mask* in the Student Union. All team members urged will get back to you. Game days will be Fridays Studant Piu|act» Funding — The Stu&nt screenings at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Admission to attend. after 1 p.m. Projects Committee has funds totalling $1.50. Ba Part of Homacomlng — Wanted: CSUN Escort Sarvica — The Community Service $35,0(X> available for distribution and is students/facutty/staff with convertibles to drive Officers program operates the escort service CSUN Matador RopubNeans — Meeting 6 p.m.