LONDON (CP) — A United States contention that whisky can be risky is causing spluttering in- dignation among bibulous Britons. Page 12, The Herald, Friday, September 21, 1979 All good things seem harm The point of scorn is a U.S. Food and Drug Ad ministration report this summer that says six brands of scotch whisky contain volatile nitrosamines, 4 SATURDAY'S SPECIAL GUESTS beat substance that can cause cancer in laboratory animals. British scientists say there is no proof the whisky — nor alsosuspected beer — con- LARNELLE HARRIS « KIM WICKES CLIFF BARROWS AND THE CRUSADE CHOIR, GEO. BEVERLY SHEA, TEDD SMITH, AND JOHN INNES. GUESTS ALSO APPEARING THROUGHOUT THE TELECAST INCLUDE JOHNNY CASH; CAPTS. RICH AND CONNIE ENGEL; JILL BESHEARS; AND AMY ‘GRANT. SUBJECT: “HOW TO SAVE YOUR HOME" 7:00 pm CFTK-TV Gis CHG. Read Billy Graham's book, “The Holy Spirit" — available in bookstores. tains enough of the culprit to be carcinogenic in humans. FDA results were based on tests of single-bottle samples of seven whisky brands and the nitrosamines were found in Chivas Regal, Black and White, J. and B., Ballantine, Sandy Scot and Cutty Sark, Popular beers available in Britain and the U.S. such as Guinness, Neweastle Dark Ale, Skal and Heineken also were found ta contain nitrosamines of up to seven parts per billlon. _ HALIFAX’ (CB) . — Machinery accidents and polsons are the biggest Killers on the farm, says the Nova Scotia Safety Council, A case in point: One day last July a hired a man on a Cumberland County farm tried to use a large tractor to tow a truck, He hooked a tow chain around the tractor hitch and when he applied power, the loose chain was unable to hold the tractor’s front wheels on the ground against the engine's torque. The machine flipped over, and he became Cumberland County's fifth farm-tractor fatality in as many years, The accident could have been avoided had the recommended drawbar-type hitch been used, the safety council says. Recent figures are not available, but the safety council says 180 persons died ‘in machinery accidents in 1976. The second-largest cause of farm fatalities for that hear were accidental poisonings, which accounted for 12 deaths. Others were caused by drowning, falls, — The brewers’ society put - Life on farm sai é the lid on British feara im- mediately. “Average beer con- sumption in Britain is 209.3 pints a year per person,” the society said in a statement. “At this rate it would take: 250,000 years to consume a teaspoon of nitrosamines."’ Breweries have assured anxious Britons with an affinity for the stuff that they're likely to come down with an acute case of alcoholle poisoning before having a chance to get cancer. - fires, gun accidents and suffocation. The safety council says about 25,000 injuries occur on Canadian farma each year. Most accidents involving machinery or pesticides seem ta be caused by carelessness or lack of knowledge. . For example, most far- mers use chainsaws but few have been trained in their opecation. Many farmers use small chainsaws that lack the safety features found in the ones used by professional woodsmen, As a result, saw- related accidents are frequent, The safety council notes that a lot of accidents are caused by a lack of caution around machinery with rotating shafts, such as tractor power takeoffs, Workmen's compensation has been available to agricultural workers in Nova Scotia on a voluntary basis for several years but only about 150 of the province's 4,000 farmera subscribe to it, says M.J. MacNeil of the Workmen's Compensation Board. Ralston Ripley, president “panning London newspapers hastened to add whisky to the swelling list of “anything enjoyable being either illegal, immoral or fat- tening.” The Dally Express has little faith in the warning, saying theF'DA deatroyed ita credibility ¢wo years ago by artificial sweeteners, Rats were fed huge doses. of saccharin, the human equivalent of 14,000 saccharin tablets a day, the newspaper sald. ‘ of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, says the problem has been ignored because people don’t usually hear of farm ac- cidents. VSomething harmful in enormous doses isn't neces- sarily harmful when taken moderately.” London scientist Valda Craddock says that there is no cause for alarm. “Phe amount that humans are exposed to is very small. If you smoke cigarettes or breathe asbestos there would be a greater risk. ...” Almost all the good things in life have bean condemned, The Daily Mirror complains. In a short spoof on the fin- dings, it warns that tea and ful coffee cause heart attacks and sexual lethargy; the flickering television light can cause fits; pels promote allergies and processed foods can incite everythin from asthma to cancer. An although it seems safer just to stay in bed, even that is risky. A team of doctors has re- ported that bed can cause apathy, depression, thrombosis, bed sores, constipation, kidney stones and wasted muscles, risky “We've been left out over the years, largely because nobody knew what was happening on the farm.” Reporting of farm ac: cidents would improve if more farmers belonged ‘to the workmen's com- pensation plan, he says. But few join the plan because the board is regarded as “just another government bedy.”” Some say math is fun REGINA (CP) — Learning mathematics need not be drudgery — it can be fun with a pocket calculator. And, says one educationist, the use of the calculator is not a lazy way out that prevents any learning from taking place. “On the contrary, a student has to know the basics of mathematics before he is able to use a calculator,” says Dr. Ed Klopoushak, associate dean of education at University of Regina. Klopoushak recently com-’ pleted a three-month study of 16 Grade 8 students using ealeulators at an Edmonton school. . Because a_ calculator allows students to avoid the drudgery of the mechanics of mathematics, there ia more time to spend onhthe con- cepts and ideas, he says. “Tt can actually improve thelr mathematical skills." Klopoushak adds that calculators are a fact of life and can’t be ignored. With the price coming down, “kids have them, so they should be taught how to use them properly.” Some of the resistance to the use of calculators comes from parents who feel that learning should involve hard work devoid of shortcuts. Kiopoushak scoffs at this notion, pointing out that with . calculators students “have more time to go into depth in locking at problem-solving.” Calculators allow students to do more complex problems, exposing them to numbers too big to work out easily on paper. ; “For students it’s a highly motivational device. Kida love to werk with a calculator. It’s a Jot more fun than writing it down on per.” Caleulaters are not yet universally accepted in schools across the country; the decislon generally is being left to Individual schools. There stillis debate among provincial education of- ficials on whether the use of calculators supplements or substitutes. for learning skills. And, if calculators are ac- cepted for use in provincial examinations, there is the problem of students having equal access. Friday 5 p.m. toe midnight KING CFTK actv KCTS (NBC) 3 (car) 4 {CTV} (PBS) _ :00 Caro! 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