18—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Feb. 9, 1984
Group questions Drake health study
By TRICIA WOOD
Collegian Staff Writer
A spokesman for a Lock Haven environmental citizens
group said the state Department of Health is not properly
conducting a health survey associated with two chemical
waste sites.
The health department is conducting a survey to deter
thine if health problems have resulted from exposure to
chethicals from the now defunct Drake Chemical Co. and
adjacent American Color and Chemical Co.
• "The health department seems unwilling to answer a lot
of questions that we've had," said Frank Furl, president
of Citizens and Laborers for Environmental Action Now
(CLEAN)
CLEAN was formed after Drake Chemical, 30 miles
northeast of State College, was cited for violations by the
Environmental Protection Agency and underwent a $946,-
000 emergency waste cleSnup instituted by the EPA in
February, 1982.
Furl said he thought the health department would be
back in touch with the group, but it has not been contacted.
But John Patton, an environmental health specialist for
the state health department; said he and Furl have been
keeping in contact about the survey "right along."
The health department's survey is being conducted in
three parts, Patton said. The first part questioned an
exposed group of about 200 people within half a mile of the
chemical plants. Now a control group of people living in
the area more than half a mile from the chemical plants is
being surveyed. After this second phase is completed,
former employees of the companies will be questioned.
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Furl said he is concerned that the control group, now
being surveyed, could be biased because former employ
ees and people indirectly exposed to chemicals are not
excluded from the second group.
Furl said he is also concerned about the way the medical
survey is being conducted because former plant employ
ees, those in the most danger of exposure, will be the last
group questioned.
"Classifying the control group this way doesn't make
sense," he said
Patton said the control' group could consist of former
employees or people with possible exposure because all
factors have to be considered in this group.
"If someone says he worked at Drake, does that mean
you'd leave out information that is useful," Patton asked.
Patton said he would contact Furl and that he was not
aware Furl questioned the survey.
Janet Luffy, EPA Region Three director, said public
meetings with Lock Haven residents will probably be held
in April concerning an EPA $475,000 remedial study of
chemical contamination from the plants.
At the meeting, alternatives will be explored, plans
drawn and bids taken for contracts for the cleanup plan,
she said
Money for the emergency cleanup and the remedial
study comes from the $1.6 million Superfund program. •
Luffy said one reason the Superfund was established
was to help provide a responsible party to finance the
chemical and waste removal.
Drake's owner, Ernest Dion, declared the company
bankrupt shortly after the EPA ordered him to remove the
hazardous chemicals from the site in 1982.
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Academic Assembly defends
literacy proposal
computer
By KIM BOWER
Collegian Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment's Academic Assembly.last
night voted to create a committee
to examine where it should send
student input concerning computer
literacy legislation.
Chris Reitman, faculty senator
from the College of Earth and Min
eral Sciences, said he thought the
computer literacy proposal that the
University Faculty Senate tabled
last week was misunderstood. The
proposal would not require setting
up more computer science courses,
he said.
Academic Assembly President
Frank Pogue said the senators only
want colleges to set up an objective
plan to define what their depart
ments should do about computers.
The assembly also set up a com
mittee to work on a new survey on
academic advising. The assembly
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will try to survey more students
than in its last survey so the results
will have more impact on advising
policies in the colleges, Pogue said.
Also last night, USG President
Emil Parvensky reported that stu
dent response to the organization's
Best and Not So Best survey was
not as large as it had hoped. Par
vensky does not know yet if USG
will get any conclusive results from
the survey, but in both categories
some specific professors were fo
cused on, he said.
Parvengky also told the assembly
that the USG Datematch was a
success, and students will receive
their matches in about the third
week in February.
Also, Tom Thompson, faculty
senator from the College of Engi
neering, said the committee exam
ining test preparation services
negotiated an agreement with Stan
ley H. Kaplan educational center.
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In other business:
e The curricular affairs com
mittee reported that the assembly
had received 22 calls about aca
demic questions. Beth Roman, fac
ulty senator from the College of
Business Administration, sug
gested making follow-up calls to
see if students have resolved their
problems.
• The Division of Undergrad
uate Studies committee said it will
talk to James Kelly, academic in
formation program coordinator,
about forming student representa
tion in DUS.
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