'. V8V-124 , Legislative Library re ie a seers Parliment Buildings “ Victoria, B.c,. _ yourself, Comp, Serving the - Progressive | Northwest — Tuesday, May 15, 1984 Terrace motorists experienced a_ slight | delay Monday afternoon, as this Depart- ment of Highways crew moved through _ town pantine! the centre line on Highway: 16 and Keith Avenue. They will be. in this area for another two months, -painting from, i Prince Rupert to Burns Lake. " - ' ‘Inereased placement. . Medium-range, nuclear missiles in . Moscow have « U. S. official says Canada’s protest over oil premature ’ WASHINGTON. (cP) — A US. - _ Unpasteurized | milk ‘blamed for return of by RALPH RESCHKE Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— How many of you have enjoyed the taste of fresh, unpasteurized milk, either from a cow or a goat, and thought to “This milk sure tastes good, and because it’s un- pasteurized, ‘I’m -getting all the nutritious food value out of it.” Well, you're certainly getting all of that ‘and more, perhaps more than you bargained for. Do the words salmonella and campylobacter mean anything to you? "Salmonella symptoms can show up within 12 hours after ingesting raw milk," said Russ Seltenrich, _ chief public health inspector for this region. He.continued, “The normal incubation period for the disease is between 24 and 36 hours, but that all depends on the number of organisms in the milk and the health of the person drinking the milk." Symp- toms include diarrea, vomiting and abdominal pain. He said that the game holds true. for another bovine disease, cam- pylobacter, which is a bacteria that attacks the digestive system. of ita . host. Both these bacteria, - salmonella and campylobacter, are Bese DF hea very common in nature and In- variably end up being found in the milk of cows and goats, and therefor transferable-to humans, should the raw milk be consumed. Not niore than 100 years ago, the “classic” diseases of ecarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid diptheria, typhoid fever: were still common ailments that could be contracted from public drinking water supplies, cow or goat milk (actually any animal that had been infected with the typhold bacteria), or other sources that allowed these organisms to grow. However, due, to the treatment of public water supplies, through the pasteurization of milk, and through the immunization programs carrled on by the various health ministries across Canada, almost all of these diseases are no longer prevalent in _ this country. It is belleved that because these once- prevalent disease diseases are no longer “running rampant” throughout the country, that a level of complacency and ignorance regarding consumption of raw milk has developed. Put quite simply, no amount of intermittent inspection or attention to hygenic practices by a raw milk producer can fully ensure that the ’ final product is safe for con- sumption, says a ministry of health report, . Milk is a highly perishable food and an excellent medium for the multiplication of bacteria, including a wide variety of pathogenic organisms, It igs mainly for this reason that milk products are under more intensive control than any other Item of food. And what about the supposed nutrious benefits of drinking un- pasteurized milk? According to provincial ministry of health brochures,, there is no ‘evidence that raw milk is more nutritious than pasteurized, milk. Although pasteurization results in a loss of vitamin'C (10 to 20 per cent), thiamin (3 to’ 20 per cent), and vitamin B12 (a slight amount), milk ~ is not ‘considered. an. important source of these nutrients, literature states. However, pasteurized milk does ‘contain vitamin D, a federally regulated addition. As well, there is practically. no effect. ‘through pasteurization on the levels of milk fat, .carbohydrates, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, riboflavin, - pantothenic acid, niacin, vitamin ’ Bé, blotin, vitamin E and vitamin K. ‘And although it has been Suggested that raw milk may be nutritlonally superior to pasteurized milk because of its lecithin content, milk actually contains very little lecithin. |... Most lecithin is found in foods such as ga whites, liver, unrefined ‘vegetable oil, wheat germ and soy beans. ; There is only one farm selling raw milk in ail of B.C. It-is located on Salt Spring Island and is controlled ‘by the ministry of agriculture and ofed. 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The ministry of health. will be releasing an information brochure on the home ‘pasteurization of milk on May 28. If you would like more information before that date, con- tact the local health unit ‘at 688-0311. * Moscow (Reuter) — The Soviet : Union has announced it is deploying “nore nuclear-tipped missiles in East Germany, . inaintaining — its- latest move was in response to the -ofF U.S. “western Europe... * Soviet military . mits began manning nuclear weapons in East Germany and Czechoslovakia in _Sanuary as part of a response to the deployment of U.S. cruise and Pershing 2 missiles in western European countries, The official Saviet news agency . Tass reported briefly in English on Monday that East Berlin and Moscow have agreed. on stationing “an additional number of Soviet enhanced range theatre missile complexes” in East Germany. ‘Tass called. the “enhanced range operational technical rocket units”. - ‘Western’ military experts in said the Tass government. : ‘official says Canada was premature i in-lodging an official . protest Monday. against the possible ; sale of oil and gas exploration leases. «disputed territory between ‘the Colunibia. Department accused: the United States :of :“encroachments on: our sovereign rights” and demanded withdrawal of disputed territory from the lease sale. Thomas DeRecco, chief of in- formation at the U.S. Interior Department's Office of Minerals Management, said the protest was premature because. “we have not issued a proposed notice of sale.and - the areain question may not even be in the'sale area.” He‘said Canada is “misreading totally”: the official U.S, public notice that resulted. in the protest. note, The notice had been merely a call for comment by ‘interested Phillipine opposition MANILA (AP) — Opponents of President Ferdinand Marcos led ‘with 53 per cent of the National Assembly races for which unofficial © returns had been counted today, An opposition leader said the results are “beyond. our hopes and wildest: imagination.” - The count was based on official Oil tankers ablaze in ‘Persian Gulf waters MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuter) — New missile attacks in the Persian Gulf teft four oil tankers either ablaze or in distress today as the * fran-Irag conflict flared anew: At the same time. both Iran and Iraq reported groutd fighting seemingly concentrated along southern sectors of the front iri the | - 44month-old struggle between the two countries. The flareup at sea triggered a sharp increase in insurance rates for ships using gulf ports. Marine insurance brokers London said premiums for seven- day cover for ships using the Iranian ~ ports of Kharg and Bushire were increased to three from two per . cent. And insurance rates for the other gulf ports, apart from fran and Iraq, were doubled to 0.075 per cent for 14- day cover. News of the move followed reports from the state-owned- Kuwait oil tanker company that another of its ships had been hit in an air attack in the waterway, the second in: two - days. me 18,012-tonne Bahrah was attacked well outside the one that Iraq has ‘barred to shipping in the gulf war with Iran. Fire which broke out on board was rapidly extinguished, but the Bshrah's owners reported it was badly damaged with a massive hole in the starboard side. The Kuwaiti-owned $5,620-tonne Umm-Casbah had been hit earlier in roan ren eae as See in a missile attack, but it was not seriously damaged. ‘ Shipping sources said Monday the Panamanian-flag cargo ship Esperanza 2 and the Iranian- registered tanker Tabriz were on fire south of Kharg, Iran's main ail terminal. This was ‘in the zone whererescue -' . teams were already battling a blaze aboard the Saudi-registered tanker al-Ahood, hit by a missile a week ; ago. ATTACKS TARGETS Iraq said Monday its aircraft had attacked two “large naval targets” south of Kharg, suggesting it was responsible for the blazes on the Esperanza and Tabriz. But Iraq denied it had made any strikes in the gulf on Sunday mor- ning, when the Umm-Casbah was hit. The Iraqi news agency INA carried .a statement late Monday from -Information Minister Latif Nassif al-Jassem, who said there had been no fraqi naval or air ac- tivity in the gulf throughout Monday. Shipping sources said beth Kuwaiti tankers were hit on the western side of the gulf, closer to the Saudi coast than to the Iranian seaboard, The chairman of the Kuwait oil .tanker company, Abdul-Fattar al- Badr, told the news agency KUNA that the Bahrah was attacked by an , unidentified plane. He said the tanker, not carrying oil, was headed for Kuwait before the attack. weapons © askin: Panhandle _ and: . British | “The: ‘protest note delivered by an-. : nibassy official to: the V.S...State . description best fits the SS-22, a new missile with a range of about 1,000 kilometres miles. Tass said Warsaw Pact member countries are ‘compelled to adopt retaliatory measures” because of continuing U.S. deployment, which began last December. It gave no ‘details and. did not ‘say. when the decision had been taken. TALKS HELD. ‘ Western diplomats said it could have been discussed in March when East German Defence Minister Gen. Heinz Hoffmann. was in Moscow for talks with his Soviet counterpart, Dmitry - Ustinov, and President Konstantin Chernenko. Moscow has not disclosed said how many missiles it | has or plans to have in East bloc countries, . Tass said Tuesday that Warsaw Pact member countries would respond to further U.S. deployment in future “strictly within the limits necessary for maintaining the ‘parties on whether a sale should be proposed and where. Canada has apparently jumped the gun in ‘protesting something that hasn’t even .been delineated yet,” he said. Based on‘ public comment: from the notice, the U.S. government is to decide whether to issue formal notice in August of a ‘prbpdsed sale‘ and the public would have: another 60: ‘days ta respond i ; :- eoyers: four: .runuing disputes: the after that. In describing the contents of the note, a Canadian embassy official said: “The government of Canada cannot accept encroachments on our | sovereign rights under international law and we formally protest against them.” ; The protest note said Ottawa expects Washington to withdraw ‘from the sale any areas that are subject to Canadian claims of - jurisdiction under a long-running dispute over the Canada-US, water | boundary between the Alaskan Panhandle and British Columbia, An embassy spokesman said the tabulation of about one-third of the votes cast in Monday’s election. Authorities said 91 people were killed and 24 wounded in election day violence, most of them by rebels. Salvador Laurel, president of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, had projected only a Soviets announce missile. placements i iy, AS Si aa Volume 78 No.95 balance of forces: and neutralizing the concrete threat against us and _ our allies.” The Soviet Union announced last October it would take coun- termeasures ‘once began placing its new missiles in western Europe in December. The late Soviet president Yuri Andropov elaborated on this on Nov. 24, soon after Moscow walked out of the arms talks on medium-range missiles at Geneva, Switzerland, saying. work on Soviet bases in Czechoslovakia and East Germany would be stepped up. Soviet officials have said -in private the Kremlin was dismayed at the lack of response inthe West to these measures. The Kremlin's position since November has been that it will only resume ' the disrupted arms negotiations if the United States removes. it nuclear-tipped missiles from western Europe. protest is based partly on what Ottawa officials say is “‘a verbal understanding” between Canadian and U.S. officials that no petroleum exploration leases would be granted by either country in any disputed territory at least until after set- : tlement of a dispute over Georges Bank in ‘the ‘Gulf: of Maine on: the Auantic:co Pt aah te They say ‘the “widerstanding Georges Bank, the Dixon Entrance belween B.C. and the Alaska Pahhandle, the Juan de Fuca Strait _and adjacent waters between B.C. Washington - and Washingtor'state and part of the , Bedufort Sea inthe: Arctic. The Georges Bank dispute now is before the International ‘Court of Just ce in The Hague, and US. of- ficials say they expect a decision in late August or early September. Some officials say the decision is, likely to establi hn legal precedents that could’ ‘help’ settle the other disputes, “including counterclaims over the Dixon Entrance, leading 30-per-cent opposition success rate, saying he expected government cheating. - ‘Today, he said the early results are “‘beyond our hopes and wildest imagination,” but warned against ‘monkey business’ changing the results. Winner of a trip for two to Australia, Terrace resident Geoff Straker (right) accepts congratulations from Safeway manager Gary Quadros. Geoff Is one of three B.C. winners. This is the first timo « Terrace resident has won the contest.