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: ! Population explosions Oil-eating worms thrive in spill areas Arenieola Black Duck cove at the rim His studies showed that had lower hydro-carbon The study showed that in probably suffer heavy toxicity the speices comes appears to contain some Imarlna is a common carine of Chedabucto Bay supports the worm's casings'the content than the polluted heavy concentrations of oil casulties when the oil first back faster than any other enzymes that are capable of worm that looks almost the largest population of the excrement it heaps at the sediment on which the many worms die or leave comes. But when species and has a population breaking the oil down, Dr. identical to its smaller worms he has ever seen in mouth of "its burrow-always animal fed. their burrows, so they weathering reduces the oil's explosion. Gordon said. terrestial cousin, the ear- the Maritimes. thWOl'm.But the underwater aoangtheheavilypolutedThe sheltered cove was -- e ~ er a f Weaih ~ wormDr..rdon.idlaterthe does not appear to in However,aninterviewhedidnot Dr. Gordon.id burrower hasa areas when the tanker ih -]I !d 'I er actually fed on the oil but its foresee the worms ever charachteristic that is Arrow sank in 1970 and it | Unstable air along the west [ body does absorb much of being deliberately planted arousing scientific interest remains heavily polluted [ coast will bring slightly [ the hydrocarbons in the to break down oil pollution. at the .Bedford Institue of with bunker C. [ better weather over the [ sediment it takes in. Arenicola marina and its Oeeanol1~raphy here. Dr. GORDON'S TEAM [ next few days. Cloudy with[ Hydrocarbon content in marine relatives are It thrives on oil pollution. STUDIED WORMS FROM | occasional showers and a | the worm's bodies common throughout the Dr. Donald C. Gordon Jr., Black Duck Bay and from Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons,Stew,~L ~ .... •,IF@ ~M ' [ withfew the sunny high periods at 12 degrees, today[ | sometimes exceeded that of world, he said, and their theinatitoe, tolda scientific an unpolluted bay, Pet- seminarnorthern onwaters oil polutiontoday that in frompeswick Halifax. Inlet about 5 miles VOLOME 7~ NO.~q" [] ~} Price: 20 cents T~. ~~, ~9..77 /.| ~night's low four degrees.J the wormsoil,probably also takes becausein some populationsnaturally in willoil pooutedsincrease - oil from the water. Its body areas. I TankesinisterrSa , " ' In lulry" will defy evil VANCOUVER (CP) -- 'The head of the Unionof federal secrecy order British • Columbia Indian DIGGS ~gt. Fernand Tanguay, who Chiefs told the West Coast B•NTLEWREAL (CP) -- The wrote the report, to produce oil ports inquiry Wednesday head of the Quebec com- an RCMP document on Oil partner pulls out that oil supertankers are "a mission of inquiry into an which he based it. But Paul SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Kitimat oil pipeline sinister evil with the illegal police break-in in objected, saying it might be potential to destroy our re- 1972 threatened Wednesday proposal has lost the support of a major Minnesota +. covered by one of Fox's refinery, whose spokesman say the firm is tired of sources. to make public secret = forthcoming affidavits. George Manuel told the RCMP documents against delays and red tape. i~Aulry into the possible the wishes of federal LETTER FROM CUBA The Koch Refitting Co., which operates a 125,000- effects of coast oil ports that SolictorGeneral Francis barrel-a-day refinery in Minneapolis, held a"sub- Earlier, Tanguay and stantial interest," estimated at between 30 and 40 per native people believe they Fox. Det.-Sgt. Claude Marcotto of own B.C., including the cent in the Kitimat proposal. Jean Keable told Fox's city police testified about Company spokesman say they are abandoning the marine life, which he lawyer, Rujean Paul, that their personal involvement described as an integral Kitimat plan in favor of a shorter pipeline in the the documents will be in the breakin, conducted by Midwest. part of Indian existence. presented at the com- a combined federal Ifoil destroys our fish, are " i mission's public hearing to- provincial and city police Shoresaid Koch has devised its own pipeline plan -- we expected to eat oil?" he day unless Fox supplies squad at t~ offices..of th.e a 2g-inch, 200 mile-long line from Wood River, Ill., to asked. • affidavits contesting the ~Agepee oe t'resse ,.lore au Minn.eapolis with the ultimate capacity of 230,000 Manuel called for greater move by 10:00 a.m. EDT. quenec. na~,srre s a clay. autonomy for Band councils Fox had already filed two Tanguay's report says one The Illinois end of the line could be supplied by by which Indiana govern affidavits with the com- of the goals of the raid was barge or pipeline out of Gulf Coast ports supplied by themselves. He said Indian mission objecting to the to hbtom a letter from Cuba foreign cride of. The Kitimat line would ship Alaska oil undmployment of between production of certain RCMP to agency journalist Louise from the West Coast to the Midwest and northern tier 57 and 82 per cent is a intelligence documents Vanffelac. refineries. product of the fact that relating to the break-in on native culture does not pre- the grounds that national pare Indiana for the white security might be threat- man's wage economy. ened. PCB a deadly poison Manuel said an oil pert Keable ruled last week the would threaten, the wording in theaffidavitsdid traditional food gaihering not prevent persons other (hunting and fishing) than RCMP members from says federal expert economy which underpins revealing the contents of the the native people's con- confidential papers, per- BY DoNNA VALLIERES ,.levels in that area. nothing wrong wi~ letting cop.riga of land ownership. witting commission lawyers HERALDSTAFF WRITER Another witness testified the lmSlic know mat area is Mam~p4, sbare~ a panes tovresent them. that there is no PCB level ' A tqxic chem~ial found in confaminated.":CanCel had "more" witli'~df'"re~ F~dl~, h i~aida , Fox.,S lawye.rs.then asked . that;iS st~e .for:aq.smtic.life. .been. "from: ~::-~n Charlotte •iu~uay !or a .he.Laymomer Porpoise-~-Harbour near Otto Lan]ger, a biologist that willLqg" to C~rate laknds,' Dm~las Sanders, a to allow me sodckur-genera| Prince Rupert may be as iifcleaning up "the PCB, to p,r/~pare a new, anti with the federal government UniverSity of B.C. law .pgs~y more sweeping, set deadly as DDT In terms of and currently in charge of a Gadner said, but Langer professor; and Michael Ol alllOavHs. its lasting effect on the water contamination study disagreed with that Jackson, !special counsel to 'CAN'T WALT' environment, Terrace for the Environmental statement. Thomas Berger during the provincial court was told Protection Service, stated Porpoise Harbour is Mackenzie Valley pipeline jeopardizing the c~hi- during the second day of a that even one molecule considered an estuary of the hearings mission's work schedule and trial in which Canadian could cause damage. Skesns River, Langer said, MeanWhile, inquiry head he would table the Cellulose Company faces "All PCBs relea~,d in the and the entire area is "a Dr. Andrew Thompson was documents in the com- pollution charges. environmnet are very important and to fly to Ottawa today to mision's possession unless Chris Garrett, a biologist damaging," he said. essential nursery ground for confer with several cabinet his deadline was respected. for the Environmental Langer said that all forms fish" and "very sensitive to officials about the timetable His threat was tbe latest Protection Service, testified Of~CB will eventually he pollutants." for his hearings. development in the sim- as a Crown Witness and .an phased out by the federal LaMer said he considered The inquiry is taking mering federal-provincial expert on the effects of the government. Already all PCB levels 1,000 parts per longer than first expected, dispute over the com- chemical,peluchlorinated non-essential uses of the million dangerous. ,~.~.~ , ,~,...... • and Thompson said federal ~)0.,i'"'. ' ~ ." .. ~' mission's power to examine b.~e?enyl (PCB) on aquatic chemical have been banned "Ten parts per million is officials want to discuss how ~< ""'~Sb~~:~;" ~'' ~ ~e ~ """ the RCMP papers. by law, he stated,. extremely contaminated", far into 1978 it can be ex- Keable's threat came PCN is "very persistent in When cross examined he said. pectt~d to ~o. It was sup- after lawyer Paul insiMed the environment," Garrett about different findings by Langer sited examples of posed to fimsh by the end of ,.,..~, , ~.'~;'- ~ ,,,.)~ , ,., ;,. ,.. that certain sections of a explained and will ac- independent researcher~ fish sampled from the this year. (:'~C,I.:~I~':~,~ :';" :,~'.' ... Montreal city police report cummulate in organisms taking samples from the Fraser River which con- Thompson is to confer on the break-in, tabled by within the food chain. area, Langer testified other tsinod two parts per million, with Transport Minister the commission, should be Garrett also testifited on researchers may have the maximum allowable • :>,< "~: • Otto Lang, Fisheries marked out with a black the "excessive con- missed areas of con- concentration for human Minister Romeo LeBlanc, pencil. tamination" of Porpoise tamination. This would consumption. and Justice Minister Ron David Power pratlees tightrope walkinl on the Hbrary. Commission mwyer Jean- Harbour and cited teats account for CanCers Although he admitted that Basford. Pierre Lussier asked Det.- which showed high PCB statements that there were Porpoise Harbour was a only 12 parts per million ~. "harsh environment" and while Langer released that only Small crustaceans :To prevent oil oil losses figures of 50,000 to 100,00 live ther, Lauger stated that parts per million earlier this thelower animals would fee summer.