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LISANSAS UR AR SRS FILE RAL YT PLES On LORE ET I BAAS SR FET FEAR ERASE DARN FAVRE RRA PR LSPS ASRS Lad arid x | PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1972 -- 21 Keeping it clean with Bill Dodds Put out the garbage . . . There are warnings printed on cigarette packages. In the U.S., they say smoking may be hazardous to your health. In Canada they say the danger increases with the amount smoked. There's nothing like that stencilled on your garbage can or on' plastic garbage bags. "But warning or not, the danger is there--to you and to the people who handle your garbage for you. If you like odd statistics, you might appreciate knowing that the amount of daily lifting done by the average garbage collector is equivalent to raising a full garbage for you. If you like odd statistics, you might appreciate knowing that the amount of daily lifting done by the ; average farbage collector is equivalent to raising a ; 2 x ¥ pL. full zarbase can weighing 35 pounds to the top of the - : - Empire State building. Studies of occupational hazards among garbage Shown above are the Cartwright High School students who received Secondary School Graduation Diplomas (Grade 12) in Blackstock last Saturday night. In the front row from left to right, Neil McLaughlin, collectors and workers in treatment and disposal Juanita Amos, Darlene Brien, Glenna Clement and Bob Ryan. In the back row from left, Murray operations show a high incidence of muscle and tendon # Carnaghan, Wayne Scott, Lloyd Jamieson, Stephen Tomchishin, Floyd Asselstine, Blair Martyn, disegse, Josten ely Piiee)ing the back. Hernia is ntjoy and Richard Gunter. / another risk of the job. Paul Mountjoy Courtesy Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville The hazards to garbage workers also appear to nN ' y : : include skin diseases, and a high injury frequence rate, 1 \ : especially involving hand injuries. But the threats garbage poses don't end there. The open dump is the most primitive and the simplest method of waste disposal. It's a breeding ground for rats, flies and other carriers of disease, and an attractive feeding ground in some areas for bears. To cut down its attractiveness to the carriers of disease, or just to cut down the bulk of the garbage, open burning has been practised at some dumps. At others, there is the result Of spontaneous combustion. And this can bring its own problems. Garbage is an incredible mixture of substances. Fumes from a burning dump can include sulphur, nitrogen and carbon compounds, aldehydes, organic acids and hydrocarbons to name a few. Analysis of tissues from wild rats living in dumps was compared in one laboratory to tissue analysis from laboratory-raised rats. Generally the wild ones showed higher lead content and a high degree of nuclear inclusions and carcinamas in the kidneys. This was ascribed to continuous exposure to smoke from smoldering refuse in the dumps. These are some of the reasons for phasing out open dumps as a method of waste disposal. The major alternative at the moment is sanitary landfill, which involves careful selection of a site, compacting refuse and covering it with clean earth at regular intervals, usually daily. - For a small school, Cartwright High has produced Janice Crawford, Mr. Paisley, Valedictorian Susan The Ministry of the Environment is studying a large group of promising students recent Grade 13 McColl, llene DeJong, Eleanor Wright and Stanley | refinements to improve this type of wast disposal. One graduates. Pictured above is Mr. Gordon Paisley, Kroekenstoel. method with a potential for wide application is arinding--reducing the waste to a common particle size which cuts volume and offers other advantages. Another technique under study is compacting and school principal, with Cartwright's Onatario Scholars. Courtesy Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville From left to right, Gary Mountjoy, Suzanne Knapp, : . 1 Ue it baling, which not only reduces bulk at the disposal site TE $0 ; 4 i but also can reduce transportation costs. : a. : X There are more techniques under study and hes experiments under way, all with one goal in view--to TNE dispose of your refuse in the safest possible way. » & Y "Somehow 1 just can't help laughing when they show that sort of thing." KEN P. MURRAY . --Ji- Electrical Contractor » ; CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES The 1971 - 72 Grade 13 students from Cartwright Fallis, Elaine Metcalf, Janet Turner, Suzanne ON COMPLETE ELECTRICAL High School who received Secondary School Honour Knapp, Janice Crawford, Eleanor Wright, Heather HOME HEAT Graduation Diplomas at the Recreation Center in Dorrell and Lynn Barter. In the back row from the ) Blackstock on Saturday night. In the front row, from jeff, Stanley Kroekenstoel, Gary Mountjoy, Bob Phone: 985 » 7005 , left to right, Linda McLaughlin, Karen Knapp, Swain, Jim Fowler, Mike Wheeler, James Kelly and = # Valerie Frew, Dianne Vanderheul, llene DeJong and Herb Vine. 274 ROSA ST. -- PORT PERRY / Susan-McColl. In the second row from the left, Suzie