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Show Campus Heating Plant Emits Black Smoke when one figures winds and other factors." "From measurements taken recently," re-cently," Treshow stated, "the air hasn't really been too high." He also said, "All this air pollution pollu-tion does is aggravate diseases, especially es-pecially respiratory." "It would certainly take more than this one source to cause a true problem," he added. He concluded, "The coal smoke just makes the air more obnoxious." Billowing black smoke each morning swirls and disperses down through the University campus. The acrid air causes red eyes, gasping and choked coughs among students. This condition has resulted from the burning of coal in the campus heating plant, whose smokestack has emitted volumes of smoke. Heating plant workmen stated, "The smoke is just a result of the coal we burn to heat the campus. It settles on campus both in the morning and at night." Nat A Major Danger Also, this smoke has not been considered to be a major danger either health-wise or to air pollution. pollu-tion. Dr. Michael Treshow, associate associ-ate professor of botany and member mem-ber of the air pollution lab which is carrying on studies, told Chronicle Chron-icle reporter, "It's not likely to be dangerous. The concentration of poisonous gases is not high enough to harm anyone." Dr. Treshow stated the coal smoke contains sulphur dioxide as its main contaminent. Air Content Low "To be really dangerous," he continued, the air content would have to be about one part per million mil-lion for an eight hour period. . And this figure is pretty debatable |
