Panelists argue safety of herbicides
By STEPHEN KNIGHT
Of the Emerald
Forest managers defended
the use of phenoxy herbicides
while scientists challenged their
effect on human health
Wednesday night before a cap
acity crowd at the Eugene City
Council chambers.
In opening remarks at the for
um sponsored by Greenpeace,
representatives from the U S.
Forest Service, the Bureau of
Land Management and the
Department of Agriculture
defended the use of 2,4-D, a
controversial herbicide used to
control brush in Oregon forests.
Agriculture department che
mist Logan Norris said che
micals such as 2,4-D are
Exhibits grace
Collier House
Collier House, the University’s
faculty club, has become new
host to continuing art exhibits
by former University students
and local artists.
The decor of Collier House,
which is located across from the
EMU and next to Johnson Hall,
hasn’t changed in years, says
chef-manager Joan Mac
Donald.
“Some people have been
coming here to eat for 30 years,
and it can get kind of dull,” Mac
Donald says.
That all changed three weeks
ago when Mac Donald and
former University art student
James Lesan combined efforts
to bring local art to the faculty
club.
The first exhibit opens today
with a reception from 7-9 p.m.
Most of the exhibited art is for
sale, and prices range from $75
to $850.
Lesan and three other Ore
gon artists — Patrick Curtis,
Andy Johnston and Jean Laux
— are featured in the first
exhibit, which runs until April
15.
Collier House is open
weekdays from 8:30 a m. to 3:30
p.m. for exhibit viewing, and
lunch is served from 11 a m. to 2
p.m.
Lesan says anyone's art is
eligible for exibition in the
faculty club, but he will give
priority to University and local
artists.
Interested artists can arrange
for Lesan to review their art by
calling him at 683-1918.
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Scientists urge ban of ‘toxic’ 2,4-D
scrutinized closely by the Envir
onmental Protection Agency
and would be banned imme
diately if clear evidence linking
the chemical with health
problems could be established.
While 2,4-D may be toxic,
humans aren't exposed to
harmful levels of the chemical,
he said.
But biologist John Noel said
just because the EPA hasn't
found enough evidence doesn’t
necessarily mean 2,4-D is safe.
The difference between 2,4-D
and 2,4,5-T is only one chlorine
atom, Noel explained.
"And 2,4,5-T is the most toxic
substance mankind has ever
synthesized, down to parts per
trillion, and it’s still toxic," he
said.
The EPA banned use of
2,4,5-T last spring when its
application in the Siuslaw
National Forest was linked to a
high incidence of miscarriages
among women living in or near
the forest.
Noel said residuals of TCDD,
a substance found in 2,4-D,
have been found in elk, deer
and fish.
“(To say) herbicides affect
plants and not animals is
preposterous.”
Toxicologist Phillip Levegue
agreed with Noel. A substance
that is toxic to one form of life is
toxic to all forms of life, Levegue
said.
Levegue, who taught tox
icology to medical students for
22 years, read an account from
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a medical magazine claiming
railroad workers handling 2,4-D
had a cancer rate 15 times
higher than the national
average.
Levegue also discussed the
health problems from exposure
to agent orange in Vietnam
veterans. Agent orange is a
defoliant that contains dioxin, a
chemical compound also found
in 2,4-D. Some of the symptoms
of dioxin poisoning are diz
ziness, headaches, numbness
and depression, Levegue said.
However, John Lowe,
Assistant Forest Supervisor of
the Willamete National Forest,
said the forest service min
imizes health dangers by using
herbicides cautiously and only
after an extensive envir
onmental impact statement has
been filed.
The forest service also has
decreased aerial spraying to
keep the herbicides from drift
ing into watersheds, Lowe said
BLM Eugene district manager
Dwight Patton said of 317,000
acres of land in the Eugene dis
trict, only 4,500 acres have been
sprayed since 1977.
Herbicides are the only tool
available in controlling brush in
some problem areas, Patton
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