INCO blamed for major pollution TORONTO (CP) — A Tagazine says that sclen- tists believe the amount of pollution from the Inco Ltd. smelter In Sudbury, Ont, in the last 10 years equals that emitted by all volcanoea in the history of the world, A report on pollution dla- persat in the ctirrent isauo of Scientific ‘American magazine also paid that Inco — the largest single source om 5 lo of sulphur pollution in North America — accounts for about one per cent of the total annual emmisalons from all sources of sulphur throughout the world, The report cited Inco's A place to complain CALGARY (CP) Remember that genuine leather handbag you ordered through the mall for an astonishingly low price? The one that never came? Or the record advertised on TV that did arrive, but was damaged and scratched and couldn't be played? Every week, Calgarians are deluged with direct-mail advertising blurbs for every product under the sun. They come in the mail, on TV or in magazines. Send money and ” the manufacturer sends you the product ... sometimes, Other.times the item just doean't arrive. Or It doesn't work if it comes. -But for everyone who has known the frustration of trying to. rectify these wrongs with letter after letter to far-distant manufacturers, help has ar- rived. It’s called the Canadian Direct Mail . Marketing Association, a self-policing association of direct mail merchandisers. “This year we've been Averaging about 200 con- sumer complaints a week and I would estimate our success rate is around 90 per cent,’ saya association president Frank Ferguson of Toronto. _ “That still leaves about 80 unhappy consumers a manth out there, but we're trying to improve our record.” The association, which started its consumer -help:. line about a year ago,.deals~ with all complaint. t.. direct-mail adve He. show Direct mail is big business with some of the industry gi- ania, like K-Tel of Winnipeg, ringing up annual sales in the multi-millions. And it's particularly big business in affluent Alberta which has become a testing ground for- new direct-mail products, s - “Meat of the big com- panies are members of our association,” Ferguson says. “Of the {0-compantes using: ~ aldng' the “continental “slopé; zones: in. the Grand Hanks the mail for advertising: 60-iithit \toi“apart “the franc and..-the. morthern- Ap- to 70 are members of the t ‘ Fly-by-night - companies were smearing the reputation of the industry, so the association was formed to pollece the industry, he explains, == - “Most companies are honest, but we're talking about an incredible amount of business and there are communication breakdowns. “When the consumer can't get anywhere with the com- pany, they can complain to us and we step in. We cut through the red tape and go right to the top," Ferguson says the associ- atlon’s policy is, firat, to ensure that the customer gets his goods and, second, ‘find why the foulup oc- curred, “And we have a high suceess rate because we don't give up; we never stop. We just keep on pounding until they do something.” However, even the association president admits to occasional failures, “When that happens, we turn it over to the federal consumer and co trataesairs department cause they have the legal teeth we don't,’’ Ferguson notes that the association has had sur- prising success in dealing with United States direct mailers, . . “They want the market up here go they co-operate and if they don’t we get the U.S. Direct Mail Association on their backs,” But he still warns con- sumers against buying across ‘the border, because when it comes to the bottom line, customers have no legal recourse through the courts - or through government. Earthquakes remembered HALIFAX (UP) — A five- metre tidal wave.swent away numerous bul!di Newfoundland's Buriil Peningula, many with people atill inside, Some people were rescued by nelghbors who reached them in boats before their houses sank and some came wave, but in all 24 people et Wave,’ all 24 people loa 2 happened in Novembe ~. It happened in November, ° 1929, aot 2% hours after a major earthquake rocked the entire Atlantic region. The earthquake occurred In the: Grand Banks under the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland and was felt 1,400 kilometres away in eastern Canada and the United States. It caused landslides and cracked chimneys in Cape Breton, It set off landslides satlantic telephone cables the EMO Bulletin here - by recent study published says the frequency of major earthquakes in the Grand Banks area ia not known but ls probably not greater than one a century. Major earthquakes are rare in the Atlantic region but aince the area was firat settled, there have been several hundred minor ones, says the study by scientists of the federal department of energy, mines and re- BOUICES, The study by the earth- physics branch ysed scientific calculations and historical documents to compile the story of earth- quake activity in the region, Tt shows that the Atlantic region is most directly af- - fected by the earthquake Sud operation because it symbolizes the current. problem of tall atacks, which alleviate local pollution but turn the problem into a4 regional one, sometimes covering vast areas, Inco's 380-metre super-. stack is the largest of its kind, built on the orders of federa) and procincial of- ficlals who thought that high- altltude dispersal was the answer to the pollution that was turning the Sudbury area into a wasteland. The Inco stack followed a pattern set by industry in the United States and Britain, where tall stacks were an in- tegral of measures em- ployed to reduced the severity off life-threatening amog. “It is beyond argument -License -Used parts & = ee eel ee ei ee ‘ankle aS a 2 Riverside Auto Wrecking. € mechanics available to install parts -Used cars & trucks . -Motors & transmissions at reduced prices -BCAA affiliate 24 HOUR TOWING . 635-6837 4129 Substation Road 635-9983 = ee Ne = that such pollutants are transported over long distances through the at- mosphere," the report said. “Studies of the deposition of sulphur, lead and other materiala on the Greenland ice cap and in other remote places demonstrate such mechaniams of dispersal." The magazine sald that on an annual basis, rain and snow over large regions of the world are now from five to 30 times more acidic than what should be the case for unpolluted atmospheres; However, Stuart Warner, Inco’s vice-president for. oc- cupational health and the environment, said scientists have insufficient evidence to say Inco is the cause of environmental damage from acid rain, accessories h ry i ! m tickets ( oct. 17 and Oct. o4 WINSDAY palachian region of northern good for associationand we look after and generated the tidal wave New England and New complaints about them." in the Burin Peningula. *. Bronawiek, DFREALISTIC | Whal a deal ona radio/recordert make room lor a newer mod library by recording "olt-the-a Course, yau_can listen in to yo ite AM and FM stations. Opera (card included) or 4 °C" batt incl) . or plug tanto your car 830 6995. . Aealistic C7TR-45, our mast popular AM/FM radio and cassette recorders player combo, is priced to clear out and break for you, because it's loaded with super toatures, You can take it wilh you to record meetings, lectures. band concerts.. or whatever youlike. Youcan Hay pre-recorded tapes or tuild a tape g lighter adapter (Nol includad) A great buy! 14 / catalogue el. What a i, And of ur faygur- tes on Ac erieas {not with ¢ OC 9.95 with @-frack. AM/FM and phono steraa system ¢ _p eeP 37 Tapas nul netted 95 Rag. 979,95 “We can neither deny nor accept responsibility for acid rain,” he said. “Acid precipitation happens from such a variety of sources, it’s almost impossible to at- tribute damage to a single source,” . 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