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stpvsv vivaytftf ft wwwaw san h mm wpw yr aiw jwriabmww health contaminated crayons can cause learning problems bruce stapley correspondent photosjoero mtwveev that time of year bill reld and ted tindall on truck fill potholes along albert st in stouffville wednesday color us cautious that was the mood expressed by regional and federal health officials after 11 brands of bar gain priced imported chinese crayons were pulled off the shelves in the united states due to excessive lead content the crayons which have been coming into the us since 1990 were recalled by ameri can consumer safety authori ties tuesday after it was dis covered they contained enough lead to pose mild or in some cases severe health hazards to young children who might eat or chew them lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities in chil dren when alerted to the situation by the tribune wednesday officials at the york region public health office attempted to contact provincial and feder al health departments to see if there was any potential danger to consumers in canada and more specifically in york region we havent heard anything from the province as of yet philip august of the york region public health office told the tribune wednesday it would appear that this is a problem in the us only but officials from health canada suggested that while there have been no reports of toxic crayons causing health problems in canada they may have found their way onto canadian shelves there have been no incidents in canada up until now but we have a good indication there are some of the crayons in canada said isobel sauve regional manager of product safety health canada ontario branch sauve said all crayons sold in canada must meet toy regula tions set out by the hazardous products act however she conceded the inspections are not fool proof it does happen that products are found on the shelf that are noncompliant i wouldnt say the regulations are 100 per cent effective sauve said it was important to note that eight of the 11 brands of crayons fingered in the us contained very low lev els of lead and that it would be necessary for a child to eat or chew many of the crayons over a long period of time to experi- police undertake town investigation from page 1 utes as far back as 1988 and to view cheques invoices oaths of offices and any other information deemed pertinent project 80 investigators have also been known to check into public officials personal real estate holdings as well as any conflict of interest declarations while serving as an elected offi cial project 80s move to civic avenue follows about five months of preliminary interviews with dozens of former and present politicians concerned citizens community activists and regis tered complainants in a press conference on thurs day morning after receiving a call from the tribune two days earlier the mayor said not all councillors had yet been formally notified of the impending police investigation because of the long easter weekend ward 6 councillor ken prentice expressed disappointment that fellow councillors and staff werent briefed on the matter before the mayor called a press conference town cant pay for share of water improvements now from page 1 budget discussions next week last week minister of environment and energy moee bud wildman urged wmtchurchstouffville to commit to the project in order the people who have had to endure this problem for so long and be dependent on bottled water will have safe clean irinking water for their communities wildman addressed his queens park col leagues after oconnor asked for reassurance that the ndp government is addressing the drinking water quality problems in the bal- lantraemusselmans lake area were looking forward to the municipality taking advantage of this grant wildman said when oconnor asked wildman about the time frame for installation of a communal water supply project the minister said stouf fville council will be given time to consider the nature of its contribution wildman also encouraged local interaction if ratepayers are concerned they should be encouraged to attend a stouffville council meeting and make their views known he added oconnor concluded by offering to work closely with stouffville politicians to ensure that water purification facilities can begin serv ing the communities in the near future stouffville council has already sent its opa90 to the municipal affairs ministry for approval and maintain the towns plan regarding a water supply system is the next step thieves hit shortcircuit a ring of thieves that tossed unwanted computer parts into the rouge river has been shortcir cuited the owner of a cardico dr business in stouffville told police that one of his vans was being borrowed without permission after an investigation police arrested two men in the van and another in a car following a search of two scarborough homes turned up computer equip ment stolen from a mississauga school over the weekend any equipment with a serial number was tossed into the river police said all the computers valued at 125000 to 130000 were returned four men have been charged including a former employee of the cardico dr company ence symptoms of lead poison ing she acknowledged the poten tial for fear among canadians and said her department was undertaking a complete inves tigation and would release its findings for the canadian con sumer since the us release hit the media people are wor ried well release our findings and if there is a problem the stores will be notified mike gvildys a product safe ty officer with health canada advised parents against overre acting feople shouldnt be panicking said gvildys but if they think they might have one of the products that were pulled off the shelves in the us just put them away until we finish our investigation a tribune survey of local bar gain variety and grocery stores found none which could confirm selling crayons import ed from china one bargain store manager wasnt certain of the country of origin of crayons sold over the past christmas shopping season while others said they would check their shelves for suspect crayons after being notified of the us recall by the tribune some residents suggested people in stouffville should still exercise caution i think everybody should be alerted said liz troyer of childrens house nursery school and day care on church st there are a lot of people buying crayons from dollar stores troyer said her centre uses crayola crayons which were found to be safe in the us studies most stores contacted by the tribune carried crayola which account for 50 per cent of the us crayon market dr patrick wat of the stouf fville medical centre said he was unaware of any problems involving toxic crayons in this area he said a child would have to ingest such crayons on a regu lar basis to experience the symptoms of lead poisoning which include severe stomach cramps and headaches there would have to be a fairly high toxic level said wat i would imagine a child would have to swallow a lot of them for it to be serious but with minimum exposure the symptoms will go away one town takes province up on offer at least one ontario munici pality is grasping at the provinces offer to bring its residents a communal water system the municipality of st clements locatedin the lon don area was thrilled to receive 269 million 600000 more than expected from ontario under its clean water agency fund the same deal offered to whitchurch- stouffville last february for the ballantrae mussleman lake areas in 1991 the st clements project carried an estimated cost of 35 million with the province paying 21 million the region paying 875000 and the township paying 525000 st clements sent an appli cation for a provincial grant in late 1993 focusing on the health risk problem posed by an already ineffective existing system thats the only differ ence between the two situa tions st clements would replace an aging system whitchurchstouffville would be 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