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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1971 DOC TALC416 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article in C & EN - Asbestos in Talc Seen A bbe CONCENTRATESCONCENTRATES / | Asbestos in talc Two different Infant talcum pow- ~ contain from 5 to 25 asbes- ' fos says Dr. Arthur Langer profes_ sor of mineralogy of the Mt. Sinal School of Medicine Tromolita a form 3! asbestos can range up to 30 of Industrial talcs In calling for a federal program from HEW to check out the potential hogiin hazard of asbestos in talc New York City's environment pro- tection administrator Jeromo Kretchmer says that althoughthere is no evidence that Infant exposure _ to talcum powder asbestos con- tributes to later disease it is pru- dent to minimize exposures uniosa :Scanning a the pancreas | Radioactive fluorotryptophan may permit external scanning of the pancreas according to resulta of animal studies at Brookhaven - National Laboratory Upton N.Y. Dr. Harold Atkins Dr. Alfred P. - Wolf and coworkers quickly pro- pare the labeled amino acid half- ~ life of 110 minutes after preparation of fluorino in a cyclotron The amino acid concentrates prof- erentially in the pancreas unlike other radiopharmaceuticals that concentrate in the nearby liver as well Dr. Wolf says Schools in trouble | . . universities as well as { | private schools are having financial S difficulties Deferment main- ' 1 tenance elimination of now pro-of ot grams andfaculty freezes of in cutbacks are economy measures taken by 40 or more of the 78 uni- hu versities that responded to a survey ' by the National Association of fre State Universities and Grant Colleges Financial deficits oc- The curred at 14 of the Institutions dur- hon , Ing 1969-70 a ; of red Biology technicians E sing Biology senta gland they can be demonstrated con- - . clusively to be harmless Q Accelerator working Workers at the National Accelera- for Laboratory Batavia III havo - guided a proton through the entire accelerator systemi for the first time The beam was ac- colorated to 7 b.e.v. in the linear accelerator and the booster syn- chrotron then allowed to coast through the glant 4 miles in cir- cumference shaped main accelerator s . Bacteria detector os * A laminated card to detect bac- - teriacausing infectious diseases . In the digestive tract will be mar- ketod by Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Corp. Chicago III The : -card called Auxotab Enteric 1 con- tains 10 capillary tubes with ro- identifica- : agents that permit the : tion of a wide range =. Storie bacteria within sove ours from- pure culture the company saya . Color changes in the capillaries are compared with a reaction chart to Identify 10 enteric bactoria and . tised Pseudomonas The laminateddiscarde "1 card la once and discarded 24 EN HULY 12 1971 | Protecting pacemakers Sensitivity of heart pacemakera to electromagnetic radiation Inter- ference should be diminished when manufacturers the results of tests now under way The project is oporated jointly by the Society of Automotive Engl- noers and several Industrial or- ganizations The SAE project is aimed at determining the influence of such devices as microwave ovene and ignition systems for gasoline engines on the pacemakers g , Uses of straw An OregonState University prof - ect under the direction of Dr. O.. Chilcote has been funded by EPA - to find new ways to use straw residue from harvested crops | . Now beginning the second and final year the project has devel- oped a method for producing o paper and a process for the hydrol- ysis of the straw with hydrochlorio acid to produce a yeast protein Paper samples are now being tested against conventional pa- pors The food proteins are ex- " pensive but contain all the ma- - teriale required for human and . - anime consumption nan Project BIOTECH will develop and ome teaching materials a core cur- riculum for the training of tach- Kuuma nicians in the life sciences In in 1 the next four years the project will facen Wris edit and field the ma- resen terials under the direction of Dr. Jomer John H. Busser of the American arity Institute of Biomedical Sciences HIGH The materials developed will be land used in modular form for the vity training in formal academic Instruct Instruct tion and for some individual sell- tent Instruction Particular emphasis on the will be placed on training tech- emphasi al resp nicians for pollution abatement . The .. Industrial agricultural biotech project by funded NSF nologyand health sciences la Thoth hin 8.190 8.190 a quentia : AQ Law Dietary metals 7 trace ; Cablon atory in eted the Dr. K. M.Hambidge of the Uni- cience versity of Colorado medical cen my terhas begun a throeprofemple at to study the need for six trace oreover minerals in the diets of children loops Infants adolescents and pregnamepregndamed by women The scientists will utilizeine re- some of thenewer clinical at analy and Icalprocedures including autoCionngvsincDinrg to determine levels of analysis vincing vincing copper zinc iron chromium matal tissu |_ ganeso and molybdonum in# 29uitary ro - accessibio bodyfluids such asal~ gonad blood serum and urine D @ ^"ltory's } iH CRMC