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Friday, June 2,2000
International Coffee Hour, sponsored by the International Students Association, begins a 4 p.m. in Gerlinger
Lounge. Call 346-4387 for information.
Women’s Open Mic, sponsored by the ASUO Women’s Center, begins at 7 p.m. in the EMU Ben Linder Room. Call
346-4095 for information.
Cultural Forum sponsors the 3-D movie “Revenge of the Creatures" (sequel to “The Creature from the Black La
goon”), featuring Clint Eastwood in his first-ever film role. Film begins at 9:30 p.m. in the EMU Amphitheater.
Oregon Ballroom Dance: Spring formal, with live music, themed decorations and refreshments. Dress up or casu
al; leather-soled shoes advised. No partner needed. Lessons during the first hour. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Ballroom, Erb
Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave. $7 general public, $5 students and UO faculty. For information, browse
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~ballroom/ or call (541) 346-6025.
Humanities Work-in-Progress Talk: Kevin Donald, Anthropology, discusses "A Crisis of Modernity-A Possibility of
Hope: Anthropological Interpretations of Case Histories in the American Criminal Justice System." Noon-1 p.m.
Room 159, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, 1415 Kincaid St. Free. For information, browse http://darkwing.uore
gon.edu/~humanctr/or call (541) 346-3934. •
EPA to put ban on Dursban
WASHINGTON — One of the
most commonly used insecticides
around homes and gardens will be
banned for household use, sources
said Thursday.
In line with a 1996 law that low
ered the acceptable exposure lim
its for such chemicals, the Envi
ronmental Protection Agency
concluded that chlorpyrifos, sold
under the trade names Dursban
and Lorsban, can no longer be
safely used where children are ex
posed to the residue, said an offi
cial familiar with the decision.
Farmers probably won’t be al
lowed to spray apple trees and
grape vines after they bloom, but
other agricultural applications
will continue without new restric
tions, said the official, who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
The chemical is most heavily
used on wheat and corn crops, but
it’s also been used for years in
doors and outside to kill termites,
roaches, ants, fleas and other
pests. Some 20 million to 24 mil
lion tons of the chemical are ap
plied annually nationwide.
The ban targets applications
around the home because they
represent a more direct and there
fore higher level of exposure, the
official said.
The chemical’s maker, Dow
AgroSciences of Indianapolis, said
in a statement that it stands be
hind the product’s safety but “the
additional restrictions that the
agency will require will be man
ageable” for the company.
The chemical is used on 75 per
cent of the nation’s apple crop, so
EPA’s decision will force growers
to switch to alternative pesticides.
With the new restriction, “the di
etary risk issue is well under con
trol,” said Allen Jennings, who
manages pesticide policy for the
Agriculture Department.
The restriction on the chemi
cal’s use with grapes is unlikely to
have much impact because chlor
pyrifos is generally applied when
the vines are dormant, he said.
The agency is to release new es
timates of the chemical’s hazards,
based on experiments showing the
substance can cause brain damage
in fetal rats. The agency conclud
ed the compound poses no imme
diate threat to public health and
won’t order a recall of products
containing it.
Normally, the EPA sets the limit
at one-one-hundredth of the ievel
at which there are no detectable ef
fects on an animal. Under the 1996
law, that level must be 10 times
lower if children are exposed to
the chemical.
“The rules have changed, but
the safety of chlorpyrifos products
hasn’t,” Dow’s statement said.
Environmental groups have
been pushing EPA to ban home
use of Dursban and restrict its use
on fruit.
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