Wood proposes scrutiny
of Lane spraying practices
By KEVIN HARDEN
Of the Emerald
The frequent use of pesticides
in Lane County and the potential
danger they pose for Lane County
residents have prompted Lane
County Commissioner Bob Wood
to propose the establishment of a
county-wide Pesticide Review
Board.
Wood, making his proposal at
the Wednesday meeting of the
county commissioners, explained
that such a review board could
monitor pesticide use, provide
educational programs for pes
ticide users and test the accumu
lation of pesticides in the tissue of
meat producing animals.
“We've missed opportunities
in the past to apply the money av
ailable to study the pesticides
used in the county," Wood said.
The board, if approved, would be
operated solely on county re
venues with no outside financial
help.
The board, Wood said, could
monitor and analyze those pes
ticides and herbicides now being
used and work more “aggres
sivety" to minimize the need to
use herbicides in certain areas.
“I don’t wish for this to be a
witch-hunting venture,” Wood ex
plained. “I’m concerned that we
minimize the convenience-type
spraying in the county."
Nearly eight people at the meet
ing spoke on the proposal. Sev
eral of the speakers were con
cerned over the economic impact
of discontinuing the use of pes
ticides and herbicides would have
on local agriculture.
“I think that we need to ask our
selves if we need a county oontrol
office,” one Springfield woman
said. “The state and federal agen
cies should be used to do this, not
another county office. We’ve paid
for them and its our responsibility
to use them to solve our prob
lems.”
Another speaker, who praised
the proposal, called for the study
of the long-range health effects
that extensive herbicide and pes
ticide use may have. "We've got to
concern ourselves with the chil
dren who will soon be adults,” he
said. “The Department of En
vironmental Quality is hampered
by a limited budget and staff and
can t look into this very effec
tively.”
Wood, explaining that a
county-level agency could do a
better job of controlling the use of
pesticides and herbicides, pointed
out that the board would be made
up of people from all occupations
and all economic groups.
“I don’t want to set this up and
then let it be someone’s emotional
outlet,” he said.
Archie’s still mad
There is still no morale problem at the Lane County
Courthouse. At least that’s the way County Commissioner Archie
Weinstein sees it.
While opening the regular Wednesday meeting of the
County Commissioners, Weinstein said much of the “problem”
lies in the news media’s slanted coverage of the board’s proceed
ings.
While several spectators waited their turn at the microphone
Wednesday morning to discuss Commissioner Bob Wood’s
proposed county Pesticide Review Board, Weinstein, noting the
presence of the local news media, took an opportunity to chide its
members for allegedly deficient news coverage.
“I’m just not going to comment on their views,” Weinstein
said, motioning to the members of the press. “Some of them slant
their news coverage of these meetings and say that the commis
sioners aren’t doing a good job.”
Two weeks ago, at a similar meeting, Weinstein took the
opportunity to point out that no morale problem existed within the
ranks of commissioners. Much of the problem was the depart
ment heads’ and not the commissioners’, he told Commissioner
Jerry Rust.
“I don’t know why they are slanting the news about the
commissioners,” Weinstein said. “All I know is that when some
one says there is a morale problem, they smear it all over the front
page.
“They try to tell us that the commissioners aren’t doing a very
good job, but I say that we’re doing one hell of a good job here.
We’ve put in long hours and we've worked hard for the people of
Lane County, so when they say the commissioners aren’t doing
anything we just don’t pay any attention to them.”
The Plague
hits woman
in Coos Bay
PORTLAND, (AP) — The
Oregon Health Division says it is
investigating a suspected case of
the plague on the Oregon coast.
It would be the first known case
of the plague in the state s coastal
region.
The plague is an infection
caused by a specific bacteria and
usually is transmitted by fleas that
contract the infection from ro
dents.
The patient, a woman from the
Coos Bay area, was treated for
pneumonia last July at Coos Bay
Hospital. However, laboratory
tests were compatible with three
different diagnosis of the same pa
tient. The three diseases were
Legionnaire’s disease,
pneumonic plague, and parrot
fever.
The plague was once known as
the "Black Death" and was re
sponsible for decimating the popu
lations of Europe in the 1600s
The woman had a temperature
of 105 degrees and was given an
tibiotics. She recovered without
complications, the health division
said.
Lab samples were sent to the
Center for Disease Control in At
lanta and to other laboratories in
New York, Colorado and Oregon.
The results of those tests indicate
that a plague organism caused
the ailment.
Results on an additional con
firming test should be available by
Friday, the health division said.
There have been 16 cases of
plague in the United States this
year, two of them fatal. Most in
stances of the plague occur in
New Mexico, Arizona and Califor
nia.
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