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Asbestos cance Snmp By Janet Gibson Q?m?cock Staff Wrft*r Potential dangers of asbesUx fibers in hand-held hair dryen have prompted "testing and ? tracking down of manufacturer* using asbestos in their products,' according to Carol Young spokesperson for the Consumei Product Safety Commission. "WE'RE (the commission; currently seeking information testing the hair dryers anc determining the size of fibers used but our list of dryers with asbestos is still incomplete," she said. "It's especially hard tracking down the imported brands." Young said findings from a nine month laboratory study conductec by WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. prompted the commission's meetings with well-knowr rptailprs and m a m if-j r?ti irorc ni . w MI?V< MlMtmtUVVUl VIO VJ blow dryers. According to Lawrence E Beauford, director of the USC Safety Services Division, smali asbestos fibers present a dangei because they cannot be adequatel> filtered out by the lungs. "The effects are long-term, anc it may take as long as 20 to 40 years for lung cancer to develop,' RpflllfnrH cniH Hie Hpnartmonf ic constantly looking for asbestos problems on campus. "ASBESTOS is actually a ver> necessary material because it does not burn, and it has been used quite frequently in automobile brake linings and gaskets," Beauforc Luce to speak Don Luce, a freelance journalis recently returned fron revolutionary Iran, will discus: that country's recent upheavals ai well as international human right* violations in a free public lectun at USC. The event will be held at 8 p.m Monday in the Russell Hous< Ballroom. Luce has travelled the glob< documenting man's inhumanity t< man, particularly in countrie* suoDorted bv the U.S. His appearance is sponsored bj the Ideas and Issues,Committee o the Russell House Student Union. Student increase The South Carolina Commissior on Higher Education, CHE, ha: released the 1978 statistical ab stract for all South Carolim colleges. The report has deter mined USC has increased it! --.f r..iu:,? ~ i... ? - IIUIIILTCI U1 Uilitllllt' MUUU1U) oy >].< percent although the total per centage of all South Caroline colleges decreased 2.9 percent | ATLANTIC I j Sweet Secret Love Airlines ATLANTIC II Joy of Fooling b',\ m. I Around In Sarah's Eyes ^ r linked hair dryer; said. Dangers develop when fibers be are exposed or suspended in the mi ? air. j 1 "At one time, it (asbestos) was Pi } used as an open insulation in co schools," Beauford said. "It's only an ? until recently that the effects of its tai * use have been made known," he re aHHPH lilt m; > Beauford said other flame- < , resistant materials may be used in no 1 place of the asbestos-wrapped coil pr , supports and heat shields dr s currently used in some hair ovv ? dryers. In the case of replacement thi ; materials, the price of the hair dryers would probably increase p0 IK A F YOl F U/wiiir?/~v iX : ueLdux: 11 y l | shown below at a S well let you in for ! price. That means 3 1 Screams and Drear | you don't have to b * know that's a prett) You set a co C J - O j money, too. Like Si , MindBender. the 01 > the United States. 1 only parachute clroj [ Great American Sc r??----i I ? 5 j j : I ^ I \ 5 g I ii ? I I 1 I I | I his 0)ii[xm may be ro I Main Gate admission ti : Georgia. Redeemable al Main (kite onlv. Nnf v;i J 11 with any other discount i j Good only on March 2 ' Additio I 'I L 3 U119Q cause asbestos is an ine: aterial, he added. AS OF April 6, the G oduct Safety Com mpiled a list of manuf d models of hair dry< ining asbestos fibers. E move these dryers fr arket are continuing b; anufacturing companies Several corporations h unced that they will ovide new asbestos-fr yers, give refunds to coi uiiig aaucsius uiuucib b asbestos models wil mlation material to e tential hazards. [ISl rsi: 1CA OR >11 nr<=^nt i 1%. 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