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What about air pollution? We breathe about 22,000 times a day and if we fill our lungs with junk our bodies do not need. and should not have, then what we are fooling with, is our survival. not just our well-being. Recently evidence has been piling up about the danger of asbestos to health, yet Roman historians recorded in the first century AD. that people who spun Asbestos into robes for the rich got a disease that sucked .iway their breath. Now that disease is known as isbestosis. Asbestos is an air pollutant which carries 9 uh it the potential for a nation-wide epidemic of lung incer, Polluted air‘s major effect on health appears to it. the results of irritants acting on respiratory tracts t ,lding to many health hazards. What comes up must come down and so there is hinting conCern over acid rain. This is caused by ~|lutants such as sulphide and nitrate from coalâ€"burn- mixing with rain clouds, and making the rain the. in Ontario the acid rain is killing the fish in the es. Pollutants are spewed into the air by factories -lTl tall smoke stacks. Water vapour picks up these nons which are carried by winds and fall as rain into us and streams having altered the water's alkaiine mm from mild alkalinity to acidity. This acid 'tipitation has the potential to cause widespread vets on forests and crops in the future. .i’ater Pollution? Water is a basic necessity for life i pollution of it is an offence against public property, - individual who empties garbage cans into lakes, - leaves bottles on river banks, vandalizes not only own amenities but everyone elses, is a pollutor. No vsr exists in an absolutely pure state but the danger l varies. Water that is unlit for human consumption r be fit for industrial use. On the other hand, water is safe for human beings may not be suitable for istrial use because of minerals which may have a nsive effect on insides of boilers, etc, :iil Pollution. It is associated with disposal of solid [es and use of fertilizers, pesticides. But these are usury in our farming operations and testing has vcd it is excessive use. that causes pollution of our increasing levels of nitrates and so damage to crops . desirable vegetation. ln careless hands they are - from. We have sewage disposal in soil rather than big sewage system because no material cleans i tents or disease causing microbes from waste water oil as earth does. :‘B'S may be the world‘s most widespread contami- 1. The PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) story illus- s effectively that humanity continually creates litions it cannot control. PCB‘S used to be manufac- 'l to be used as cooling fluid in electrical transform- They are toxic substances capable of destroying x r in vital body organs and inducing cancer and ii iii. Their stability and non-inflammable characterist- have led to increasing use in oils. plastic bottles. and JSl of other products, Proposed storage facilities are n welcomed although one burning operation at Kings- \ is under study. ‘ioise Polution. The world is a noisy place these days at 1 concern is mounting among researchers about the P‘Msible effects on humans. It can no longer be consid- wd a nuisance, it is a form of pollution. Its most nl-‘ious damage is on human hearing but damage does no: stop at the ear. Long term studies on rhesus “m‘lkei’s show the cardiovascular system may be effect- .-â€"vâ€"â€"â€" L ed. as well as elevated blood pressure. llncreasingly we find ourselves wondering about the direction of our 20th century progress. The choice would seem to be oursâ€"exploit and spoil our environment and resources. or preserve and conserve as much as possible. We must not forget that while we can shape and create our own physical and social environment. we travel together on this spaceship with other forms of life. So we must adapt our influence on the natural environment to ensure the survival of all parts of this complex web of life and the inner substance which support life. Special guests join Dame Raigh Rue. A ('WW President who silx between Dr. Carl Carriens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mayor More of Hamburg at opening ceremony â€" DIALOGUE SESSIONS “ This provided a forum for developing and developed countries to exchange views. some thoughts projected: KENYA expressed thanks for help in the water well project and said they hoped to have 2 million trees planted within 3 years. ZlMBABWE reviewed problems caused by war. now they face depleted resources. GHANA'S biggest problem is loss of volunteers. govv ernnienl pay its committee workers and volunteers now demand pay also. INDIAN women are receiving education in technical areas also money to help their families, so they no longer are willing to work on local level. PAKISTAN needs funds for nutrition educator to lessen malnutrition. FlJi are conducting training courses on “heallhy lami- lies.” â€" FOLK CONCERT _ Germany's culturc involved several hundred local people and some from far and near came to present a vision of their country in song and dance. Some of the baroque instruments used were originals. 3000 years old. Beginning with a village wedding, costumes had to be seen to be appreciated. Some of the girls worc aprons. while red handkerchiefs peeked from boy's pockets. There were farming costumes with colors representing meadows and woods with black for moors and violet for 9