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Show Page A12 Thursday, May 15, 1986 Park Record (CimtranmiiflM IIimttiieil Lum Ply Supply is Now Open Located in Old Summit County Lumber Yard Frontage Rd. off 1-80 Full Service Lumber Yard & Contractors Supply Call for Quotes Lumber - Sheetrock - Plywood - Fencing Garage Doors Sold and Installed And more to come. . . Compare our prices: Cedar Fencinz Sheetrock Supplies 1x4x6 no. 3 "Dog Ear" .29 1x4x6 no. 2 Flat top .45 1x6x6 no. 2 Flat-top .75 2x4x8 std. Grade $189 4x4x8 Post $4.59 Bag of Post Mix $198 Roofing Supplies 15 & 30 lb. Felt $9.95 20 year Shingles $24.95 sq. Roll Jiffy Seal & Water Shield $79.95 roll 2x4x8 Econo Studs .79 12x8 FurinfiT Strips .39 2 x 2 x 7.5 ft. Ftiring Strips 649-8190 Jim Rasmussen Maynard wants a Place to R Have your Park Record advertising representative explain how you can save $ by reaching more people 12 4x8 Sheetrock $3.79 4 Gal. Box Joint Compound $6.49 4 Gal. Bax Topping $6.49 8 ft. Outside Corner .79 Subject to stock on hand .49 Delivery Bob Fabrizio new dog. . . so he's using the Park Record classifieds to find one. (Plus find a new frisbee.) Get results! your ad today! 649-9014 each Moie For Less 3 Guides Special Park City Events! 1st Annual Festival of the 50s' The start of something June 20-22 Autumn Aloft End of season lift. . . Sept. 12-14 649 - Air pollution inside 'sick buildings' can cause respiratory ills in workers submitted by American Lung Association What some environmental scientists scien-tists call the "sick building syndrome" syn-drome" poses a health threat to millions of office workers. A newly recognized problem, "sick buildings" contain high levels of air pollution that can cause increased in-creased complaints of ill healtl., most often respiratory ailments, that can usually be traced to inadequate inade-quate ventiliation. The most widespread problems include in-clude nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing, headache, fatigue, chest tightening, nausea and eye irrita-. irrita-. tion. The cause of these ailments has been attributed to heavy concentrations concentra-tions of contaminants, such as tobacco tobac-co smoke, formaldehyde gases from foam and furniture, airborne viruses and bacteria, hydrocarbons from office of-fice copying machines, solvent fumes from paint and varnish, and carbon monoxide from building garages, loading docks and outside traffic. Most of these contaminants have been present in the workplace for a CHIROPRACTIC By Donald A. Cofer, D.C. PREVENT JOGGING INJURIES Jogging may bring sprains and injuries, cramps, lower-back pain, breathing difficulties, muscle-aches -all penalties for plunging into any exercise program without a chiropractic check-up to clear up blockages along nerve-muscle pathways that c ould trigger injuries. Joint stiffness, tingling, swelling, irregular heartbeat are a few warning signs that you've forced your body past its limits. Pain is often caused by sublaxations that produce nerve pressure or irritation . good Art Festival An old favorite Aug. 2 and 3 X7 9014 long time, but they have become a greater problem in recent years, because newer buildings are sealed and do not have windows that may , be opened. At the same time, building operators, in trying to hold down costs for heating and cooling their buildings, recirculate increasing amounts of interior air rather than mix in fresh air from outside. Scientists have warned that the unavoidable act of breathing indoor air may cause or significantly aggravate ag-gravate many illnesses and may contribute to thousands of deaths a year. Indoor air pollution, in turn, results in reduced productivity, absenteeism, and contributes to the constatnly increasing cost of health care. Garages and loading docks in office of-fice buildings are a significant source of indoor air pollution. Car and truck exhaust containing carbon monoxide gets into the bildings, because parking areas are often underneath office areas. It is very important that the air flows from the office area to the garage and not the OUTLOOK Your chiropractor can realign your spinal vertebrae, restoring your nervous system to normal function. Muscles, bones, and joints are structurally adjusted to give you greater flexibility and protection against jogging injuries. Presented as a service to the community by Cofer Chiropractic 'Js y ana oporcs ; Injury Clinic 649-1017 . 7 reverse, which can occur with inade-quately inade-quately designed ventilation systems. Of the building related illnesses, the most talked about is legionnaire's legion-naire's disease, first recognized in 1976 among convention delegates at a hotel in Philadelphia. Several people peo-ple died. The gram-negative bacterium that causes the disease dubbed Legionella pneumophila is usually found in stagnant water from cooling towers, shower heads and ice machines. What can private citizens do about indoor air pollution? There are three basic steps to restoring "health" to sick buildings : 1. Eliminate as much tobacco smoke as possible ideally, all of it. A firm no-smoking policy is the best way to protect the health of employees. 2. Provide adequate ventilation. Guidelines for office buildings set by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeratin and Air Conditioning Engineers require circulation of a miniumum of five cubic feet of outside out-side air per minute per person. This miniumum is for office Measles endangers visitors to Expo submitted by Utah Dept. of Health If you plan a trip this summer to Expo '86 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Col-umbia, Canada, you should be aware that the province is experiencing a major outbreak of measles. More than 5,200 measles (rubeola) cases have been reported in British Columbia this year. In contrast, only 1,845 cases were reported in the entire en-tire United States through the first 16 weeks of 1986. No cases of measles have been reported in Utah since April 1984, and Utah Department of Health officials of-ficials would like to keep it that way. "The extensive outbreak of measles in British Columbia, and the potential poten-tial for exposure to the disease at the World's Fair (Expo '86) in Vancouver Van-couver this summer, pose a real threat to the measles-free status that Utahns have enjoyed for the past two years," said Rich Crankshaw, coordinator of the Utah Immunization Program. Expo '86 officials anticipate that the Vancouver World's Fair will be twice as large as the New Orleans Exposition, attracting an estimated 16 million visitors. Measles is a very contagious disease, considered by many to be the most serious of the vaccine-preventable vaccine-preventable childhood diseases. Pneumonia, encephalitis, hearing loss, mental retardation, and even death can result from measles infection. infec-tion. It is these possible complications complica-tions from measles which are so serious. Although no deaths have been reported from the British Columbia Cancer scare sours sweetener claims by DENNIS HINKAMP consumer information writer Utah State University The television station helicopter flew in that afternoon and landed on the university quad ... the Security and Exchange Commission called the USU researcher to see if he owned own-ed stock in the product, radio stations sta-tions from Los Angeles to New York wanted interviews, the manufacturers' manufac-turers' stock dropped enough to get special mention in the Wall Street Journal. What kind of research was this? A cure for a cancer? A way to convert water into gasoline? A way to erase the national debt? Would you believe the research involved NutraSweet (the brand name for the low-calorie sweetener aspartame) causing brain abnormalities in laboratory rats? This is not to say that a product being be-ing suspected of causing brain abnormalities ab-normalities isn't a matter of great importance, it is. The point that needs to be considered is that we are talking about a low-calorie sweetener ... a modern-day Holy Grail and the next best thing to the Fountain of Youth. After cancer scares about cyclamates and saccharin, the public was ready to welcome the discovery of the mythical "free lunch" or at least the calorie-free lunch. buildings with no special problems and is strictly for carbon dioxide control. The minimum requirement is higher for buildings in which equipment, furnishings, or activities may generate indoor pollution. For example, where smoking is permitted, permit-ted, the minimum may range from 20 to 30 cubic feet per minute per person. To assure adequate ventilation in a modern building, adjustments can be made to the ventilating system. In older buildings, windows can be opened, ceiling fans installed to help circulate the outside air, and humidifiers or dehumidifiers added, as necessary. 3. Regularly clean and disinfect every part of a ventilating, heating or cooling device or system, in-cluding in-cluding humidifiers and dehumidifiers, air filters, air circulation cir-culation pumps and blowers, and duct work, to avoid the build-up of biological pollutants. For more information on indoor air pollution in the office and how private citizens can help in the fight for clean air, call the American Lung Association of Utah at 484-4456. outbreak, three cases of encephalitis have occurred in measles victims, and one of those three has developed permanent complications. The good news is that measles vaccine is simple, sim-ple, safe, and very effective. In the United States, measles vaccine, vac-cine, preferably in combination with mumps and rubella vaccines (MMR vaccine) should be administered to all children 15 months of age or older. However, the age at vaccination should be lowered for children traveling to areas where measles cases are occurring. Children 12 to 14 months old may receive MMR before their departure, without need for revaccination. Children 6 to 11 months old should receive a dose of separate measles vaccine (without rubella or mumps components) before departure to known areas of infection, but must be revaccinated with MMR vaccine. -; The optimal age for revacciation may be as low as 12 months if the child will be remaining in a high-risk area. ' Most persons born before 1957 are likely to have been infected with measles and, therefore, should be considered protected. Persons born in 1957 or later should review their immunization status. To allow time for proper protection protec-tion to develop, measles or MMR vaccine should be received at least 30 days prior to traveling to British Columbia. For more information, call the Summit County Health Department (649-9072) or the State Bureau of Epidemiology (538-6191). Ooops! Somebody found the possibility of something being wrong with NutraSweet. The public's hopes are crushed. However, there were just as many people out there who were glad to hear that there was something suspect about aspartame because they were suspicious from the start. Heart-wrenching letters began coming to USU telling of mysterious personality changes and debilitating migrain headaches they were sure had been caused by NutraSweet. These people were glad that someone so-meone had finally confirmed their suspicions. The sad truth is that nothing has been confirmed one way or the other. It is unlikely that NutraSweet will disappear from supermarket shelves or carry warning labels in the near future. It is also unlikely that the scientific community will stop investigating possible side effects ef-fects of the sweetener. The bottom line? Eating carries with it risks. Not as much risk as not eating, however. While many of us applauded and contributed to "Live Aid" and "We Are the World" food fundraising efforts, just as many of us are worried about the effects of too much food on our own plates. Our preoccupation with eating without gaining weight will continue to make us vulnerable to advertising gimmicks and scientific horror stor-' ies about no-calorie sweeteners. V |