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Show Wednesday, May 2, 1990 THE SIGNPOST 3 Fishing can be dangerous to your health USAACIN) WASHINGTON Fishing downstream of a paper mill can be dangerous to your health. That's what the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday in recommending tougher regulations of pulp and paper plants. The report came after the agency found relatively high concentrations of dioxin in fish caught downstream of paper manufacturers. The agency said, however, that exposure to the cancer-causing chemical through tainted paper products isn't enough to cause a health hazard. Fish, however, accumulate the chemical in their fat. EPA figures released Monday showed fish usually had only a few parts per trillion, but some had more than 50. The dangers are particularly acute for people like John Banks of Maine's Penobscot Indian Nation, who often fishes for food near a paper mill. Conference for family relations May fourth By Colleen J. Olsen Staff writer of The Signpost Weber State will host the annual conference for the Utah Council on Family Relations on May 4. The Utah council is a chapter of the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. S.Craig Campbell, of the department of child and family studies will chair the event. "The theme is 'Children, Adolescents and the Family','' Campbell said. "We want to blend presentations from students, faculty and community professionals." Registration will begin at 11:30 in the student union building. After registration, the conference will include a luncheon and a choice of several sessions in which papers will be presented. The conference will conclude with Dr. Randy Chatelain, a marriage and family therapist and professor at Weber State College. Chatelain will present The Marital Dance: Impacts on the Family." Students may pre-register for the luncheon by contacting Campbell at the department of family studies in the education building. Registration fees for students are $5.50 which includes lunch. "I believe the student will benefit by meeting faculty from other institutions, receiving current research updates and experiencing applied presentations in family issues and trends," Campbell said. "My experience has been that paper companies go to great lengths not to spend money to clean up environmental matters," said Banks, the natural resources manager for his tribe. Long-term daily consumers of carp, catfish and other non migratory fish who fish within two miles of a paper plant face a 1 in 1,000 chance or even higher of developing cancer as a result, the EPA said. The agency uses the risk of 1 in 1 million as the level at which it will impose regulations to limit pollution. Most Americans face a 1 in 10,000 risk of developing cancer from dioxin from all sources. "For ... people who eat significant quantities of fish downstream, there can be cause for cancer concern," said EPA Deputy Administrator Hank Habicht Monday. The wide-ranging study of dioxin a byproduct of the chlorine bleaching of wood pulp began in the mid-1980s, when the link became evident after studies at five mills. Dioxin is created in the production of certain pesticides and when municipal andhazardous wasteis burned incompletely in incinerators. Despite earlier studies showing dioxin is present in paper towels and plates, coffee filters and milk cartons, the EPA said Monday that such levels are so small that they pose little health risk. But the study found that an angler downstream from a paper mill risks developing cancer by consuming an average of 130 grams about 4 1-2 ounces of fish daily for 70 years, Habicht said. Among the groups the EPA says are at risk are American Indians and Asian-Americans in the West and other regions who catch and consume enough fish to be called subsistence fishermen. Despite estimates thatstate-of-the-art technology might cost $20 million per factory, American The Signpost -Editorial Advertising Production Spring Quarter, 1990 The Signpost is published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during fall, winter and spring quarters, and weekly during the summer quarter by the VVSC Department of Communication. The Signpost is distributed free of charge and is available by subscription for $9 per quarter. Signpost offices are located in the Union Building in Room 267. Mail correspondence should be sent to: WSC Signpost, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 84408-2110. Editor In Chief Brett Hart Managing Editor Paul Park in son News Editor J.P. Nielson Aist. Newe Editor Sandra D. Chapman Arts After Hours Editor. .Paul B. Johnson Asst. 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