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Pa&e4 LNONIA GAZETIE· HONEOYE LAKE COURIER' LIMA RECORDER· HONEOYE FAWl TiMES <Xtober 8, 1987 ;I]~tl~;>to thQ 'Edltor >i .< . Addr~ LeUers to: . . Heavy Metals in Workplace Linked to Multiple Sclerosis EditO~;DolffitolffiMagazine, Inc~ PO Box A, LI~onia,NYJ4487 Dear Editor, If there is one thing we can do wrong as parents, it is to assume that there is someone else who is going to ensure that our children have what they need to succeed. In our modem age, we have come to rely more and more on others to handle our pro- blems. We are doing this with our children as well. Few parents have accpeted the responsibility to see that their chil<lren receive the education that they really need to survive. From a small self-help booklet titled \The Way To Happiness,\ is this small piece of advice: \The child will NOT survive well unless he or she eventually becomes self-reliant and VERY moral. Otherwise the end product is likely to be a liability to everyone including the child.\ Here is the tragedy of our age--a failure to convey morality (the ability to know right from wrong) to our children. In our most cherished institutions this capability has been replaced by false notions of \anything goes.\ But if parents assume responsibility for conveying concepts of right and wrong to children, our institutions and future generations will be themselves strong and capable of surviving. Sincerely, Sharyn Runyon Concemced Businessmen's Association of America Los, Angeles, CA Don't Forget to Patronize Our Advertisers! Heavy metals in the workplace environment may be a factor in persons who develop multiple sclerosis, suggests a study conducted by University of Rochester Medical Center re- searchers. Results of the new study, reported in the October issue of Neurology. suggests that environmental factors-osuch as exposure to zinc and other heavy metals--should be given serious consideration as a cause of MS along with genetic and viral factors. The principal investi- gators, Dr. E. Carol Stein, assistant professor of preventive and community medicine, and Dr. Randolph B. Schiffer, assistant professor of neurology and of psychiatry, found a greater incidence of onset of MS within a 10-year period (1970-1979) in a manufacturing plant in Rochester that uses zinc as a principal raw material. Further, the investi- gators have determined that this increased incidence is continuing throughout the 1980s. The study, which involved scruumzmg plant medical records and other data, showed that 11 people who worked at the plant had developed MS during that time span, a number significantly higher than the two to four cases expected to arise in a comparably sized population not exposed to zinc. The study also showed that, compared with persons not working at the plant, current employees had elevated levels of zinc in their red blood cells. \This study is the first we know about that suggests a link between the worksite and'a cluster of MS cases,\ Stein says. \Most previous case clusters have been defined in broader geographic terms. Although upstate New York itself is thought to have a high incidence of MS, we believe that there is a significantly increased rate of occurrence of new cases at the plant and that this incre;l~cd rate is continuing. We do not know enough about the possible role of zinc in this disease but othcr previous studies have suggested FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING NEEDS I) II) \\V ~ 1\ II) \\V ~ ~\ A\ 1[, A\ Z II ~ If II ~ Ie 721 POWERS BUILDING ROCHESTER, N.Y. 14614 (716) 454-5400 36 MAIN STREET LIVONIA, N.Y. 14487 (716) 346-3191 ···gnvelopes • Letterheads • Business Cards. Billheads • Invoices • Memo Pads • Labels. • Books • Periodicals 0 'Newsletters. • J\jlenus • Booklets • Posters • Brochures. bber Stamps • Bumper Stickers • Post Cards. ' -Wedding Invitations • Thank You Notes. • Announcements of all kinds • ..• Much More· A SERVICE OF DOWNTOWN MAGAZINE INC TypeSet Quality GUA~ANTEED SUPERIOR QUALITY WE WILL FURNISH A WIDE VARIETY OF ,COMPUTER, GENERATED GRAPHICS that it may be important\ Multiple selerosis is caused by inflammation of white matter in the brain and usually develops in young adults. Symptoms include visual im- pairments, weakness, and sen- sory changes. MS is the major neurological cause of disability in young adults. \The study suggests that we should pursue research into a variety of facets of potential importance in MS and that environmental factors such as exposure to zinc and other metnls should be considered along with genetic and hereditary factors,\ Schiffer says. \The question is no longer, is the environment impork1nt, hut rather, ~ in the environment is impork1nt?\ Co-authors of tlle studl' arc Dr. W. Jackson Hall of the University'S Dcpartment of Statistics and Neal Young of Strong Memorial Hospital's Dc- parunent of Laboratory Medi- cine. Seats 011 School Bus for Every- body? asks PTA Once again the school year has started in New York with no legislative relief for students who arc standees on school buses. Everyone agrees that standing on a school bus is not a safe practice; but the Legislature still has not acted on the problem. New York is one of only 12 states that permits standees on school buses. The New York State PTA has identified the elim- ination of standees as its No. I legislative priority. PTA is gearing up to ensure that every student who rides a school bus to school will have a seat. Said Mary Ann Parker, President of the over 300,000 member statewide organization, \We are not going to wait for a dead child statistic on this issue.\ New York State law actually encourages standees, because the transportation aid formula allows full aid on the basis of three students per seat, regardless of the students' age or size, and allows as standees 20 percent of the seating capacity of a bus. Practices vary from school district to school district; some do not allow standees at all, others do on occasion, and else- where, standees arc routine. After watching the Senate and Assembly pass differing legislative versions in 1986 and 1987 resulting in an impasse, PTA asserts that standees are one of the greatest hazards to sehool bus safety. PTA estimates that 10,000 students are currently not provided a seat. That I1gure is based on data showing 6,000 standees in 1981, not including New York City students who stand. There are now 4,000 New , York City students who arc standees; therefore PTA believes that the Senate's statewide figure of 7,500 (2 percent) is too low .. Judy Thomas, ChaIr- person of the Legislative Acitvily Committee of the SUite PTA said, \We're at a standstill.\
