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H ealth matters
Toxins Endanger People, Fish, Wildlife
EPA report
calls for action
T h e f ir s t c o m p r e h e n s iv e
lo o k at to x ic c o n ta m in a tio n
th ro u g h o u t the C o lu m b ia R iver
B a s in , w h ic h in c lu d e s th e
W illam ette R iver in P ortland,
has been released by the U S .
E n v ir o n m e n t a l P r o te c t io n
A g en c y .
T he C o lu m b ia R iver Basin
S tate o f the R iv er R eport for
T o x ic sco m p ilescu rren tly avail
able d ata about four w idespread
c o n tam in an ts in the riv er basin
system and id en tifies the risks
they pose to people, fish, and
wildlife.
T he fo u r co n tam in an ts are
m e r c u r y , d ic h lo r o d ip h e n y -
ltric h lo ro eth a n e (D D T ) and its
b reak d o w n products, p o ly ch lo
rin ated b iphenyls (P C B s) and
p o ly b ro m in a ted d iphenyl ether
(PB D E ) flam e retardants.
According to Elin M i 1 ler, EPA
R egional A d m in istrato r in S e
attle, a team o f m ore than 20
f e d e ra l a n d s ta te a g e n c ie s ,
tribes, local govern m en ts and
o r g a n iz a tio n s te a m e d -u p to
draw this latest p o rtra it o f the
toxic threats.
“T his is troubling new s," said
E P A ’s M iller. " T o d a y 's report
Elin Miller, EPA Regional
Administrator in Seattle
A view o f lnterstate-5 as it crosses the Columbia River from Portland to Vancouver.
show s that to x ic s are found
throughout the basin at levels
that could harm people, fish,
and w ildlife.”
M iller said fed eral, tribal,
state, and local effo rts have re
duced levels o f som e toxics such
as PC B s and D D Ts, but in many
areas, they co n tin u e to pose an
unaccep tab le risk.
W hile several p o p u latio n s o f
im portant riv er basin species
like bald eag les and o sp rey s
have reb o u n d ed o ver the past
tw o decades, som e to x ics such
as m ercury and P B D E s are in
creasin g in w ild life and fish.
F o r ex am p le, m e rc u ry in
creased in both o sp rey eg g s in
the L o w er C o lu m b ia an d in the
n o rth e rn p ik e m in n o w in th e
W illam ette R iv er o v er the last
d ecad e.
A nother problem highlighted
For Your Health Why Oprah Can’t Lose Weight
by M akeisha L ee
A little over 52 per
cent o f black w omen
are “obese,” accord
ing to the Centers for
D isease Control. This
dismal fact is hardly
front-page news. However inquir
ing m inds do care to know why
Oprah W infrey, the richest black
woman in the world, can't seem to
stop yo-yo-ing. Yes, she is over
w eight again!
It w ould seem that with all her
riches, resources, and most re
nowned experts and master
chefs at her beckon - she
would be able to bury that
beast o f burden for good!
She has so-called top-notch
weight loss specialist like Bob
Greene, Dr. Oz and Biggest
Loser winning techniques at her
disposal. So why can't she lose
the weight for good?
Some actually already know
the answers. One thing that has
been proven over tim e for sure by
Oprah and even com m on folk is
that using fad diets is not the
H ealth W atch
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solution.
Even Oprah acknow ledgesthat
at one point she literally starved
herself for four m onths to shed
over 60 pounds o f w eight using
an all-liquid protein diet.
Anybody can lose w eight on
these extrem e diets, but what does
it do to your over-all health? And
overtim e, the weight is inevitably
put back on.
Perhaps now that O prah is
deciding to focus only on getting
healthy, she can obtain lasting
weight-loss success. To that end.
in the rep o rt is a g en eral lack o f
m o n ito rin g fo r to x ics in m any
lo catio n s, m ak in g it d ifficu lt to
know if to x ics are in c reasin g or
d ecreasin g o v er tim e.
“T h e s e in f o rm a tio n g a p s
need to be filled by m ore m o n i
to rin g and stro n g er ag en cy co-
MLK Blood Drive Saturday
hopefully more blacks w ould be
w illing to accept change that
can com e from unsuspecting av
enues so they too can start liv
ing their “best life.”
W e all ju st have to be willing
to stop thinking that we already
know, when there ju st maybe
som ething that we “don't know ”
- but that really does work for the
long-term.
M akeisha Lee is the author o f
"W hy Black People Can't Lose
W eight."
A nyone, even a m em ber of
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C om m unity m em bers can do
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Dr Billy R. Flowers
o rd in a tio n so w e ca n b etter
u n d erstan d the toxic effects on
the riv er eco sy stem and agree
on p rio rity p ro jec ts to reduce
those to x ic s,” said M iller.
T h ere are m an y o th e r co n
ta m in a n ts in the b asin, in c lu d
ing arse n ic, d io x in s, rad io n u
c lid e s , p e s tic id e s, in d u stria l
ch em icals, and “em erg in g c o n
ta m in a n ts" such as p h arm a ce u
ticals. T his report does not ch ar
a c te riz e th o se c o n ta m in a n ts,
but E PA p lan s to ad d ress them
in fu tu re w ork.
p r o b le m .
Phone: (5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 *5 5 0 4
Dwight A. Terry
Oregon License CO-3644
Amy S. Terry
Oregon License FS-0395