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Show Goes! column Views U.N. core expenses r- as U.S. bargain the chance of a public re- - tenth of one percent of our cross domestic product .Thats $29 per capita. lationsfiasco.whentheohlythiniatstalieislOO.OOO of one with Soinalia, mightnot discern the 7. The international standard is seven-tentmeet dont ' .The United Nations may not be exactly tight ship, ...saintliness. that Other nations goal, major, percent : . ' we. come than closer all but think far if wed wont we V either, send even StiH troops, youd ; you have to admit its a bargain; M - Cot A million buys a passe! of ! V Above all, we dont like to donate through the U.N. expenses for the U.N. run about $1.25 bil- - send money. mere $100 We want all our recipients to be beholden directly to lion a yearorr as Kofi Annan likes to point out a bil- - Tanzanian or Bangladeshi Infantry. But tu.Jiere are Cis. Thats a shame.- -; to want who in dont send, money, fire plenty Congress; ; lion kss than the Tokyo y department r,. V U.ltias ettbetf U.N.'costs lepngenik In domestic terms. r After all, if the U.N succeeds in fomenting peace gether could come up with a total of $40 billion a cent of the budget of New Ybrk City. Many people in . health care, education, : the United States Congress, though, claim we cant without us, it undermines America's image as the .; year, it could provide basic ' safe water to the whole and nutrition, family planning Big Kahuna. afford even our 20 percent share of the figure, bdlion "... world. That $40 : We'd prefer to take our baseball and go home eguals 15 percent of the Pen- Peacekeeping, worse luck, costs more. About $4 ..; tagon budget. billion. America's share of the peacekeeping costs is .rather than let the pme, which we dont want to play, in appearing to have heard that a solution has real a may on. By now, in 1 percent but we dont pay. We gen- you Theres joy to 3 go be anyway, supposed been , proposed which would easily fund ati already erally dont send troops, either, unless the site, like be iridispensafle, y V, ' for like economic schemes the The U.N. does do other stuff, too, peace and prosperity. More than 20 Haiti, is on our own black. We prefer to promise sup-- ! ' Nobel if it a economistjames Tobin coinciden- years ago, port to braver nations like Canada, of closer nations development And you think has mixed record ft would be wjse to exercise some that on a it laid in fighting against war, hasnt yet tally thought glove like Nigeria, and then renege. ' Noover control world's wild capital flows. He the much best-knothe same. as- - i poverty, The reasons are very tiny Peacekeeping, iff course, is the ; minuscule tax. r a therefore cash. Jesus to their shell out proposed body wants peiict of the U.N;,. perhaps becausesomany people in- of one wanted percent .Tobin -; his have wved well only breath, ; might as get killed.' As Jesus suggestpd, Its messy and gentransfers, as a baby step toward restor-towa..Especially in this country, the opposition. to erilly thankless. Thats why it earns so many points ing financial sanity, As it turns out, today that tidbit laiithropy is profound. While we may be pleased to sainthood, balk would at and on we tanks generate $45 billion, just whatf needed by fixated giving c. away planes, give away (he press is understandably more the U.N.; while reining in destructive currency specuy .;X v jtwtrocity aspects than on the peace itself. Thus bucks. delators at the same time. ; enriches and tanks ; the that ones generous missions the are planes Giving go highest publicity But dont hold1 your breath. The whole scheme enriches bucks the contractors. fense the only Western Giving awry! This makes nations, especially : oneis much too much sense. next makes for ; aid Thus our about foreign soul, United States, queasy year budget helping oulr Why expose yourself to : : hs livetf-.Vbters.- . . y ; y.yi - y y VW TO ASK Hairr HJCH.W PHDMBUf fAFWRDlT. : y . . v. . hard-earn- ed . . one-tentif- of rd . :: . . ; . est coIddid Criticizes EPA for chickening out on dioxin source? By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN - .The Tides Center : : the United. States Environmental Protection assessment of dioxin Agency released its in June, the reports conclusions corroborated whatmany scientists have said for some time: that the chemical can cause cancar plus a host of othr effects ... When . chknek present y solid waste InciiH According to the EPA, municipal erators are the top identified source of dk&in air . 'dont take in toomucti . : The ERAS laissez fairs approach lb dioxin has car--; j j ; Desoiption:' Ht: . .. . Aaare- According Airborne :y; .thousands of miles; where It falls on pashms and is. breast milk oft...... eaten by grazing animals. It is stored jn fat and when ;X- Several U.& communities Have been particularly we consume animal products like ice cream or hani- - hard-h- rt tqr dioxin exposure: Children in Mossville ,La4 stimulate dramatic reductions in dioxin emissions from many manufacturing industries.; .; Unfortunately theEPAisbehayjrgktethesycophaiv, .. tic servants in The Emperot's Clothes fairy tale. Rather: : than challenging the Industries that create dioxin to stop., producing N the federal agency is sending behind a charade of toothless sotutions that will 60 little to pro- -; tact human health. v. Jhwfirst draft of the EWs dioxin reassessment be- -. " -- ... ' c twrgei;we are eating dioxin, too. Other cement Include kilns that bum majorsourpes ; hazardous waste, medical waste incinerators, and sec- ondary steel smeiters, ; . - x Hair Sex.. Eye; ss - Motor Vehicle: Make ... - .., . Color Year License j '."..'.x 'S I .'r: I.-.;- (. ' ' ! : of Method ; . 8 . . . I I ' I, of dealing, Locatkm j I Dms) beine dlt: . I I v -- : .;Ylce;. ; List any odwr suspected illegal setivities: six-ye- ar . V I I I I I I I I I I I ' ; -- ; . J I ; vherethensaretMolarBePVCfactones,arebeingtrWtBd forattention deficit order at twice the rate (rf youngsters 1 .nationally. Dioxin levels in Mossville residents are two to three times the national average. mills that use chlorine to make white paper pro- Cancer rates among membereof ttkPenobscNa- I . Pulp duce dioxin; So do manuUcturers'fliat produce polyvi-- .. tion in Maine are twice the state averagoLIne chloride (PVO plastic, pserfto make everything from Penobscots traditional dietrefies heavily on fish, but thechlorene-Weachin- g home siding to childrens toys to medical supplies. I paper millsupstrram have con- canie public in June 1994. laminated the fish with dioxin. a stronger EPA dioxin policy, ft is clear why the federal V. Fortunately, there are lag, the International Agency for to reduce .During the Research on Cancer in 1997 designated TCDD, the mrt dioxin iightixm.' agencys evaluation is such a political hot potato. , a toxic form oT dioxin, as a known human carcinogen., , Powerful industry trade associations such as the, Forexample, about 8Spercent of hospital wasteie-.- J. Cases of spina bifida in children bomto Vietnam vet- - Chlorine Chemistry Council and the Vinyl Institute have V somite household trash thatdoesnotneed to be burned , J y: ins exposed to Agent Orange have been linked to di-- - fought hard and paid dearly to prevent S crackdown to be rendered V. .: for while dioxin, Intravenous advocating voluntary measures , ; against bags,patientlDbracarelfilefold- -' : . ... Dknin exposure has been found to alter glucose tol- claiming that dioxin isnt all that bad. ersdonotneedtobemadeoutofPVCL'; erance and thus may be associated with diabetes. At times, the trade associations tiave been joined fay . Already, major manufacturers such as Ilea, Nike, ,1 In bet more than 5,000 studies on dioxins health Lego and Mattel have promised to shift from PVCpIas- I ; :. impacts have emerged during these six yean f products are stigmatized.1 , x . tk to safer alternatives. ' The EPAs new. assessment has identified food as ... .Thus flu; the EPA has created the eqinvalent of the Paper can be made white witii ozone or peroxide, I the primary dioxin exposure to humans and, through its emperor' Invisible suit in the federal agency's max- i- rather than cMorii 1 policy recommendations places the responsibility on mumachievableomtralliBchnolQgy (AUCDrwgulatioiis. By focusing on food for solutions, the EPA unfairly 1 consumers to reduce risks by eating a v .The rules are meant to manage, rattier than elimi- -. ptacesiesponsibilHyfbrdiasunexposurws withconsum- - ! a variety of fbodi ; . nate, dioxin ermssions. MACT regulations mean less di- - era and farmers. - But the. EPAs approach ignores the most important oxin goes directly Mo the air or water: .. . , Instead, the EPAshouMweaveasuftofwhohcioth: ' ; questions:. Why is dioxin in our food? a instead, dioxin is trapped by pollution controi devices strategy to efiminate dioxin production " And what td must be done dioxin or eliminate ; at its ; ui sludge from sewage treatment plant! . at the sources. v. v NKatname . I of suspected drogdealcr Name 1 , a heaVy cost emis-ri- ed I I I: : dioxin y dWnfrornthese incineratDroErnlibvBlWt:y;:. jflhe Ndod$tn menu of the US. population have UhliAousiyh'igi Xy-vx-yposure levels, y ; from the EPAwouM recommendations policy X Strong . 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