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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Wednesday, January 22, Page Five Volunteers without training can help research projects scientists and experience the greater The Utah Museum of Natural History is offering an opportunity for volunteers with no prior scientific training to participate in natural history research projects all over the world. Project subjects include: blue w involvement with nature that comes from being part of a research team. Most of the expeditions last about two weeks. The Australia dinosaur dig begins hales in ian Mayan stone tool workings in Yucatan, singing humpback whales in Hawaii, endangered sea turtles in the Caribbean, archaeology of ancient settlements in New Mexico, and an undisturbed rain forest in 581-692- 7, Mass. Fees range from $690 to $ 1 ,690, and they include food, lodging and instruction, but not air fare. The fees include a donation to Panama. "Explore the secrets of nature as a participant," said Mary Gesicki, curator of education at the museum. "The trips are a Read all about it Friday in A Chronicle Special Issue the research activity itself, and to the museum. The full cost of a trip is chance to work with distinguished Gesicki said. le, and previews of the better dining establishments around the CI and Salt Lake City Reviews Contraceptive causes sterility from page one Most HID strings have a single strand, but the Dalkon was made of several strands enclosed in a plastic sheath. The string acted like a candlcwick, pulling infectious bacteria from the vagina into the uterus. . Most women became sterile because the infections that were introduced into their uteri by the string. The symptoms of the infections were similar to the flu and doctors often treated them as such. "You had to be in the hospital near death" before it was understood what was wrong, Kyriopoulos said. The infection could remain low-graor could develop into an pelvic inflammatory disease ,(PID), de but either could cause scarring of the organs that leads to sterility. "PID is 10 times more common in users of Dalkon than in other women," she said, "and just last year a woman died from an abscess that burst, and that's 10 years after Robins took the IUD off the market." Even though Robins took the device off the market, it did not recall it until 1984, and all of that time the company insisted that the IUD was "safe and effective if properly used," Kyriopoulos said. o ru And eveiything you wanted to know about them. in February, and the others follow in March, April , June and July. The museum's education department, will provide a brochure on The expeditions arc planned and request. coordinated by Earthwatch in Belmont, the Sea of Cortez, fossil dinosaurs in Australia, archaeology of pre-Columb- ESS The Dalkon Shield was promoted to the FDA as a device, not a drug, which meant the testing procedures were not as stringent, even though other devices containing copper were considered drugs. "Somehow Robins convinced the FDA it didn't have enough copper" to need the stringent testing, Kyriopoulos said. She noted that the inventor spent one year testing the device. By the end of that year he had tried it in 640 cases. The deuce was promoted as being safer and more effective than the pill. But at the time it was marketed the company was still testing the "wicking" tendencies. When Robins took the IUD off the U.S. market in 1974, they sold the rest of their stock to Third World countries. From fast food to fine dining, to caterers and private clubs You'll find it all in Friday's Chronicle Special Added Attraction: The wisdom of "Food Guru" Kyriopoulos said any American woman who may have worn a Dalkon Shield, or is close to one who has, should write A.H. Robins company by April 30, 1986. After that no more claims will be taken. A lawyer is not needed to make a claim for compensation. "I hope nobody ever buys Robitussin or Chapsucltgamsh Dominican Rep. Costa Rica Mexico Spain STUDY ABROAD THE PIE PIZZAMA W 3 O WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM c(0 O I N CO s 0) 3 Q. GO 3 o New York Style Hand Thrown Pizza DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS Served 7 days li:00-5:0- 0 a week. CD i 3 o 3 T3 C An opportunity to enroll directly in one of some 50 foreign SOUP and SLICE 16" Pizza Slice and Soup universities. Pizza Slice and Salad Africa, Asia, South Pacific, British Isles, Canada, Latin America, $200 SALAD and SLICE 16" WHILE PAYING U. OF U. TUITION! u 200 Western Europe. 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