I R
esearch Firm
lets Grant For
esticide Study
A federal grant of $59,500
has been made to Midwest Re
search Institute to establish
the first national monitoring
system for measuring the
amounts of pesticides in the
general population. /
The six-month study grant
was from the Public Health
Sendee’s Office of Pesticides
Intelligence System, a medical
information center on pesti
cides and other toxic contam
inants, which will be responsi-
STOP SUCKERS COLD
LANCASTER
Farmers Supply Co.
215 E. Fulton St.
Landis Bros.
Manheim Pike
Martin’s Farm Market
2282 New Holland Pike
Organic Plant Food
Grofftown Road
BAREVILLE
Martin's Hardware
BLUE BALL
J. B. Zimmerman
-DENVER
German’s Feed Mill
ELM
Bomberger’s Store
EPHRATA
Martin’s Feed Mill
P. L. ROHRER
SMOKETOWN, PA.
ble for the network’s opera- be asked to cooperate in pro
lion. ' vlding samples of fatty, liver,
MRI will establish the oper- kidney, and brain tissues and
atlng criteria for the system, blood and urine to be used in
Ten urban center stations will the analyses. A history of
be chosen initially by the re- those persons sampled will be
search institute to collect hu- kept and correlated with oth
man tissues and body fluids er toxocologioal research find
for pesticide analysis. Eventu- ings to identify any existing
ally, 135 such stations will be or potential dangers,
established throughout the Dr. J. Earl Barney 11, head
country. of analytical chemistry at MRI,
said the study is designed to
The primary objective is to provide a basis for determin
provide continuous scientific ing better and safer uses of
data on the kinds and amounts pesticides,
of pesticides retained in the
tissues and organs of persons “In -view of the large and
from both the food they eat increasing use of pesticides in
and the air they breathe. agriculture and around the
Physicians and hospitals will home, and the possibility that
with
AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING DEALERS
FARMERSVILLE
Farmersville Equip. Co.
GAP
J. C. Walker & Sons
GORDONVILLE
Gideon L. Fisher
John J. Hoober
HONEY BROOK .
M. D. Kern Hardware
INTERCOURSE
Plant Food Store
KIRKWOOD
Kirkwood Feed & Grain
LEOLA
Roy A. Stoltzfus
LITITZ
Eby’s Mill, Inc.
MORGANTOWN
Ira Nissley
DISTRIBUTED BY
MH-30
NEW HOLLAND
Kauffman’s Hardware
Earl Sauder, Inc,
PARADISE
John J. Hess II
QUARRYVILLE
Lancaster Bone Fertilizer
M. B. Gregg, R#3
STRASBURG
J. B. Zimmerman &, Son
Weaver’s Farm Equip.
WEST WILLOW
West Willow Farmers
Assoc.
white horse
E. D. Kurtz
LEBANON
Lebanon Chemical Co.
& BRO.
Ph. 397-3539
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 6, 1966—7
Skin and scuba divers are
reminded that for every 33
feet they descend there is an
extra 14 pounds of pressure to
each square inch of the body.
Most serious and fatal acci
dents occur when divers fail
to consider this law of
physics.
human body concentrations
might under certain conditions
be detrimental, health author
ities believe it essential to
conduct a broad study of pes
ticides in people,” he said.
Feeder Steer Chart
Issued By USDA
Charts showing the vanous
grades of feeder steers are
now available fi om the US,
Department of Agriculture.
Feeder cattle grades were
designed by the Consumer and
Marketing service to cories
pond closely to the official U S,
grades for slaughter cattle.
A feeder steer that grades U S.
Choice, for example, would be
expected to produce a Choice
slaughter steer after a normal
feeding period.
Just Arrived!
Truck Load of
MH - 30
Available in one and
five gallon cans and
30 gallon drums
R - MH-30 is the U S Rubber leg.
trademark for its growth legulant US.
Rubber Co., Chemical Division, Nauga
tuck, Conn 06771
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