AR-NEWS Digest 522

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) [UK] Rabies alarm as fox bites five people
     by David J Knowles 
  2) [UK] BAAS:Sunbathing saves caterpillars
     by David J Knowles 
  3) [UK] BAAS:Pregnancy 'kit' for rhinos
     by David J Knowles 
  4) [UK] BAAS: 50 per cent are eating less meat
     by David J Knowles 
  5) Vegetarianism in Britain
     by Andrew Gach 
  6) (HK) Thalidomide for leprosy victims
     by Vadivu Govind 
  7) (IN) King cobras bred in captivity progressing well
     by Vadivu Govind 
  8) (CA-TW) Hog industry moving to Canada
     by Vadivu Govind 
  9) (AU-TW) Sisterhood pact between Brisbane and Kaohsiung
     by Vadivu Govind 
 10) ROC concludes agricultural accord with Argentina for WTO entry
     by Vadivu Govind 
 11) Important!! Upcoming Anti-Fur Actions
     by Jun1022@cybernex.net (Student Abolitionist League)
 12) Hunter Fatality
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
 13) Korean company develops drug for Cholesterolemia
     by Vadivu Govind 
 14) FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION 
     by Lawrence Carter-Long 
 15) Doris Day, Sen. Kennedy Oppose FDA Cosmetics Pre-Emption
     by Lawrence Carter-Long 
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:35:35
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Rabies alarm as fox bites five people
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997

Rabies alarm as fox bites five people
By Sean O'Neill 

ANTI-rabies injections have been given to five people bitten on the legs by
a fox.

Last night two veterinary surgeons, two Ministry of Agriculture officials
and an animal biologist equipped with dart guns and nets were helping
police search the area around the village of Mousehole in Cornwall.

The fox has attacked two people in shops, a fisherman, a woman in a car
park and a German tourist. Tim Clark, 17, said he was trying to chase the
fox out of a shop when it
nipped him. He said: "I looked down and it was right by my leg so I went
over to the door and it followed me like a dog. But it was scared by
someone outside and just went for my leg. I went to casualty and . . . had
to have anti-rabies and tetanus shots."

Jean Webb was working in another shop when the animal bit a customer. She
said: "All of a sudden a gentleman who had been looking at the postcards
outside ran in and said he had
been bitten on the ankle."

The country around Mousehole has a thriving fox population. The incidents
happened on Sunday and Monday and it is thought that the animal might have
been fed by tourists during the summer but now feels abandoned.

A police spokesman said: "We believe this fox has been handled by humans .
. . and then released back into the wild. It is now confused, disorientated
and hungry."

A MAFF spokesman said: "There is no evidence that this fox has got rabies
and there is no cause for anyone in the area to panic. But we are certainly
treating this incident seriously
and have despatched one of our wildlife units to try to apprehend this
animal as quickly as possible."

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:55:04
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] BAAS:Sunbathing saves caterpillars
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997

British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger
Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin 

Sunbathing saves caterpillars

A LACK of opportunity for caterpillars to go sunbathing may be why the High
Brown Fritillary is in decline.

Efforts are now under way to improve opportunities for these insect sun
seekers, said Dr Martin Warren of Butterfly Conservation.

The High Brown Fritillary has declined by more than 95 per cent this
century. Most of the 50 remaining colonies are in areas of dense bracken
and Dr Warren and colleagues are
beginning to understand why.

Dr Warren said:"The caterpillars spend a lot of time in late spring
sunbathing and that is why they like the bracken. It forms dead litter in
the spring that gets very hot so that, for the caterpillars, it is like
being in the south of France."

There is plenty of dense bracken but it needs to be managed in a
traditional way, Dr Warren said. "We are rediscovering the need for
traditional management through the scientific
process," he said.

The butterfly is surviving in moorland around Dartmoor and Exmoor where
there are cattle and ponies grazing among the bracken, breaking down the
litter so that the caterpillar's
favourite food plant - the violet - can grow through.

The caterpillar needs a certain temperature to digest its food, similar to
human blood temperature. Because it is unable to generate its own heat it
must rely on sunbathing to keep warm enough, Dr Warren said.

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:58:46
From: David J Knowles 
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Subject: [UK] BAAS:Pregnancy 'kit' for rhinos
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997

British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger
Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin 

Pregnancy 'kit' for rhinos

A PREGNANCY and fertility testing service for elephants and black rhinos in
the wild has been introduced by London Zoo, conservationists revealed
yesterday.

It is one of several programmes, including an attempt to clone northern
hairy-nosed wombats and track confused Canadian cod, pioneered by the
Zoological Society of London.

The new technique allows rhino-watchers in Zimbabwe to monitor the
fertility of threatened animals without having to take samples. Scientists
are currently wandering African plains, collecting rhino and elephant
droppings and flying them to London Zoo where they are analysed for hormone
content.

Dr William Holt, who leads the programme, said: "We can tell if the animal
should be left alone or moved. It lets us determine if females are
pregnant, infertile or clinically abnormal."

The test service also enables conservationists to build a picture of the
natural dynamics of the wild black rhino, an endangered species.

Dr Holt is also working on a scheme to develop cloning technology to
protect the last 50 hairy-nosed wombats, which live in Queensland,
Australia. "All they need is a fire and they will be wiped out," he said.

Dr Elodie Hudson, of Imperial College, said that although cod stocks have
declined by more than half in 20 years, she has found one area off the east
Canadian coast where confused cod are collecting in aimless shoals. "The
older fish, which would normally lead the shoals along the migratory
routes, have been fished, leaving the younger fish to gather in one place
and mill around because they do not know where else to go," she said.

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:48:43
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] BAAS: 50 per cent are eating less meat
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997

British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger
Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin 


MORE than 50 per cent of Britons are cutting meat consumption, prompting
scientists to convert plant proteins into new foods with textures and
tastes unlike anything known today.

Concern about animal welfare, and the health effects and fat content of
meat, have led record numbers to cut the amount of meat they eat, Dr David
Baines, an independent food scientist, told the British Association.

Although only four per cent of Britons is vegetarian, seven per cent have
cut out red meat and 40 per cent often eat vegetarian meals.

Even more Britons may have adopted a partially or wholly vegetarian diet
than figures suggest because research was conducted before the BSE crisis.

The market for vegetarian foods is one of the fastest growing in the food
industry, worth £400 million a year.

Dr Baines said: "The fastest growth has been seen in vegetarian burgers and
grills, which have increased by 139 per cent in five years. Twenty years
ago you had to be a dedicated vegetarian to eat a veggie-burger - they were
like packaged cardboard. Now it's a pleasant eat because of improvements in
food technology." 

Before the BSE crisis, several manufacturers refused to make vegetarian
products. Now those makers have several vegetarian products on supermarket
shelves.

Arrum, a new artificial meat-like foodstuff made from wheat gluten and pea
protein, with the bite characteristics, texture, flavour and look of animal
flesh, is about to go on sale. It blends amino acids from pulse and cereal
proteins to ensure an adequate supply of all the proteins the body needs
for growth.

Scientists at the Institute of Food Research in Reading developed Arrum by
connecting electrodes to people's jaws to compare eating patterns from meat.

Dr Baines said: "Texturally and nutritionally, it is equivalent to meat but
only a tenth of its calories come from fat, whereas in beef it is around
half. However, the nearer you get to meat, the more a certain part of the
population reject it. For these people, the industry is developing totally
new and unique foods, with textures and tastes quite unlike anything we
know today."

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:09:13 -0700
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Health, animal welfare boost vegetarians in Britain

Reuter Information Service

LEEDS, England (September 10, 1997 6:33 p.m. EDT) - More Britons are
giving up meat over concern about their health and the welfare of   
animals, a leading food consultant said Wednesday.

Dr. David Baines, an independent consultant, told the British
Association    annual science conference that the number of vegetarians
in Britain had doubled in recent decades.

Vegetarians now made up eight percent of the population. In
addition,half of the country's meat eaters had reduced their meat
consumption, Baines said.

"The market for vegetarian foods, also referred to as meat-free and
animal-free foods, is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the food
industry," Baines said.

He said the annual sales of the sector were estimated at $635 million.

Advances in technology had made the so-called "veggie burger" tastier
and easier to chew, helping to fuel a 139 percent increase in sales of
non-meat burgers and sausages ovet the past five years, Baines said.

"Food sciences have moved forward," he said. "This growth (in demand)
has fuelled investment in research in the food industry to develop new
and improved ingredients specifically designed for vegetarian
consumers."

The biggest challenge facing the food industry had been to substitute
meat with protein food products that look, taste and have the
consistency of meat.

Using a technique called electromyography, which measures chew   
characteristics, he said researchers had been able to produce meat
substitutes with the same chew patterns as meat.

And by combining proteins from soya, the most popular ingredient in meat
substitutes, as well as peas and wheat gluten, food manufacturers had
made products that have more protein and less fat than meat.

"Health is the main concern," Baines said, explaining the trend away
from meat. "Fat and animal welfare are the other key issues."

Baines said fears sparked by the discovery last year that mad cow
disease could apparently be transmitted to humans could only have added
to the demand for alternative meat products.

"The vegetarian market is expected to continue its dramatic growth over
the forseeable future and this will generate further interest in
developing new sources of plant proteins and innovative methods of
converting these proteins into highly palatable food products.

"As the technology advances, textured proteins derived from plants will
become increasingly more sophisticated, providing a sound nutritional
and enjoyable alternative to meat," he said.

By PATRICIA REANEY, Reuters
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:32:14 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (HK) Thalidomide for leprosy victims
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>South China Morning Post
Thursday  September 11  1997
     Hong Kong leprosy victims try out thalidomide
     cure
     JANE MOIR

     Thalidomide, the drug which caused horrific deformities in more than
10,000 babies     worldwide in the 1960s, is being used to treat local
leprosy sufferers.

     The drug, originally used to suppress morning sickness, was banned
after it was found     it could have a devastating effect on babies.

     However, the head of the Government's Social Hygiene Service unit, Dr Lo
 Kuen-kong, said it was a "relatively safe drug" for leprosy pain.

At present the drug is only used on male sufferers when other treatments
have been     exhausted, said Dr Lo.

     Research in the US points to a 90 per cent success rate.

     Doctors are now keen to extend the use of thalidomide to women
sufferers and for     treatment of other diseases.

     President of the Hong Kong Society of Dermatology and Venereology, Dr
Chong     Lai-yin, said it could be used to help women who were not pregnant.

     AIDS sufferers and patients who react to bone marrow transplants could
also benefit.

     Up to 20 new leprosy patients are seen each year, although last year
the number fell to eight.


Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:32:20 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (IN) King cobras bred in captivity progressing well
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>The Hindu Online
               Date: 10-09-1997 :: Pg: 03 ::
               Col: b 
King cobras bred in captivity progressing
               well 
               By Our Staff Reporter 
               CHENNAI, Sept. 9. 

               The survival rate of 20
               one-year-old king cobras, the
               prized possession of the Centre
for Herpetology, Madras
               Crocodile Bank bred in
               captivity is satisfactory. Several
               Zoological Parks in the country
               and abroad have shown interest
               in taking the reptiles, according
               to Mr. Nigel Joseph, Centre
               Coordinator, Crocodile Bank. 

 All the young ones were hatched last year and the breeding was claimed to
 be second in the country's history by Mr. Romulus Whitaker, Director of
 the Centre. Though the number of this particular species had increased
 considerably in captive breeding at the Centre, they were not displayed to
 the visitors. Now the Centre has constructed a separate enclosure for
 displaying a king cobra. The reason for delay in display is attributed to the
 security of human beings and snakes. 

               An air cooler, a heating pad with bamboo plantings and a
small pond have  been provided inside the enclosure for the comfort of the
reptile. This
 would be open from September 10, said Mr. Gerard Martin, Assistant
 Curator of the Crocodile Bank. 

 Earlier a similar king cobra was on display at the Snake Park. London
 Zoo, Swedish Skansen Akveriet, Mysore Zoo and Arignar Anna
 Zoological Park, Vandalur were some of the Parks who requested the
 Centre to provide them a king cobra. As there was no anti- venom
 available in the country for king cobra's bite, the Centre has given a few
 guidelines in constructing enclosures for the reptiles. ``Once the young ones
 grow into a larger size or adulthood, it will be given to them'', said Mr.
 Gerard. 



Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:58:40 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (CA-TW) Hog industry moving to Canada
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>CNA Daily English News Wire

TAIWAN HOG INDUSTRY MOVING TO CANADA 

Ottawa, Sept. 9 (CNA) A ground-breaking ceremony will be held on Thursday in
Lethbridge, southern Alberta, for a Taiwan-invested frozen pork processing
facility which has been welcomed from federal International Trade Minister
Sergio Marchi down to Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter. Participants in the
ceremony will come not only from Taiwan, but also Japan. 

Just a week earlier, another Taiwan company breathed new life into a Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan pork packing plant by buying an 85 percent interest in the
failing business. A local business leader said the sale "provides long-term,
stable markets for the Moose Jaw plant, expands the province's exports to
the Pacific Rim and gives major financial benefits" to hog raisers in the area. 

The Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar), a major producer of pork products in
Taiwan, has been seriously scouting a site in Canada's prairie provinces to
raise hogs. The two deals in Alberta andSaskatchewan will only hasten
Taisugar's decision to settle for a major hog-raising project, probably not
far from the Lethbridge plant. 

Taiwan has scurried to find new sources of pork supplies since an epidemic
of foot-and-mouth disease in 1997 halted shipments of Taiwan pork to Japan.
All of the current Taiwan investment projects have an eye on the Japanese
market. For example, Yuan Yi Agricultural and Livestock Enterprise Co. Ltd.,
based in southern Taiwan, is investing C$15 million in the Lethbridge plant,
which will start regular pork exports to Japan in the fall of 1998. 

The Canadian government has done its part to lure the Taiwan hog industry
into setting up shop in Canada. Take the Yuan Yi project, again. The city
council of Lethbridge, with assistance from the provincial and federal
governments, have warded off environmental protests and agreed to provide
hardware infrastructure for the 50-acre site. 

The city's "partnership" with Yuan Yi includes selling the land at a price
"significantly lower than the market level," and building on-site sewer,
water, electricity and natural gas lines, as well as roads to the facility,
according to an official of the city's Economic Development Department. The
provincial
government supports the project by giving all information, including how to
deal with the cultural differences between Taiwan and Canada, to help ensure
it will be a success story, a provincial official told the CNA. 

Perhaps because of the warm welcome it received, Yuan Yi has purchased
another 14 acres of industrial land adjacent to the pork processing plant
for a frozen vegetable processing facility. Its
chairman, Lee Chi-hsiang, has smartly announced a C$1 million "make friends
with new neighbors" donation, committing to give out C$100,000 to the city
for ten consecutive years starting in September 2000. 

Yuan Yi has been welcomed in Alberta because the Lethbridge plant will
increase its capacity to 8,000 hogs per day, or two million per year,
employing as many as 800 people. The ongoing benefits, according to an
estimate by the University of Lethbridge, will be between C$860 million and
C$915 million per year. 

To put it in perspective, compare two 1996 figures: the whole of Alberta
exported 5,000 tons of pork to Japan; Yuan Yi alone, 25,000 tons. When Yuan
Yi is in full production, Alberta will almost double its 1996 hog
slaughtering number of 2.8 million. The increased demand for two million more
hogs a year certainly will benefit grain farmers and boost the income of
Alberta hog farms by 180 percent. 

The purchase of the Moose Jaw packing plant by the Tai-Fang Group of Taiwan
will expand employment to around 100 within five months. Tai-Fang will buy
18 percent of plant production, or 2,500 hogs per week. Remaining processed
hogs will be sold on the North American market. Tai-Fang sold one million
hogs to Japan last year. (By S.C. Chang) 

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:58:58 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (AU-TW) Sisterhood pact between Brisbane and Kaohsiung
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No obvious AR content but might be of interest and use to Australian animal
activists - considering the memorable animal cruelty issues Taiwan has
become world-famous for this past year.
- Vadivu
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>CNA Daily English News Wire
KAOHSIUNG SIGNS SISTERHOOD PACT WITH BRISBANE 

Canberra, Sept. 9 (CNA) The southern Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung is to
sign a sisterhood agreement with Brisbane on Tuesday, Kaohsiung Mayor Wu
Tun-yi said in the Australian coastal city. 

In an interview with CNA, Wu said the agreement is significant because it
means Kaohsiung and Brisbane will forge closer cultural, educational and
trade ties. 

"Brisbane is the 21st sister city of Kaohsiung and the agreement will not
only bring the two cities closer but also deepen friendship among people of
the two cities. I believe we will have stronger cooperation between
Kaohsiung and Brisbane in the years ahead," he said. 

Brisbane is the first Australian city to twin itself with Taiwan's second
largest city.  Wu, who arrived in Brisbane on Monday, was feted by Brisbane
Mayor Jim Soorley that night.
More than 200 guests, including government officials and Taiwanese
immigrants, attended the party. 

Wu first visited Brisbane last year to attend the International Mayoral
Conference there. 

On Wednesday, Wu will proceed to Sydney, where he will meet overseas Chinese
and visit the facilities for the next Olympic Games. Sydney is the host the
Games in 2000. 

>From Sydney he will go to Melbourne to meet overseas Chinese and visit
points of interests. Wu will then go to Auckland, New Zealand before
returning to Kaohsiung on September 15. (By Peter Chen) 

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:59:06 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: ROC concludes agricultural accord with Argentina for WTO entry
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>CNA Daily English News Wire

ROC CONCLUDES AGRICULTURAL ACCORD WITH ARGENTINA FOR WTO   ENTRY 

Taipei, Sept. 10 (CNA) Taiwan is to sign an agricultural accord with
Argentina next week in exchange for that country's support for Taiwan's
membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). 

Under the accord, Argentine beef, marine and agricultural products will
begin reaching Taiwan in about two months, according to agricultural officials. 

With the conclusion of this pact, only the United States and Canada remain
out of a total of 26 countries that had asked for agricultural negotiations
with Taiwan related to the island's WTO entry, said Huang Ching-jung, an
official of the Council of Agriculture. 

Argentina asked Taiwan to lower its tariffs on 99 agricultural and fishery
products. Since Taiwan had already granted other countries tariff
concessions on most of these products in separate bilateral
negotiations, the issue was resolved after Taiwan agreed to let Argentina
enjoy similar low tariff rates. 

Taiwan also agreed to import 2,000 tons of apples and 1,000 tons of lemons
and grapefruit from Argentina during the period before the island becomes a
WTO member. 

With the pact set to be inked next week, Huang said he expects Argentina's
beef, aquacultural products and fruits to hit Taiwan markets within two months. 

Taiwan started negotiations with Argentina in 1994 but balked at that
country's demand for Taiwan to import its beef because some Argentine cattle
were infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

The obstacle was ironed out after international authorities declared
Argentina FMD-free in May and the United States lifted its ban on the import
of Argentine beef in August. 

After an on-site inspection, Taiwan authorities approved 12 Argentine
slaughterhouses to export beef to the island. 

Taiwan will continue its agricultural negotiations with the United States
and Canada next month. (By Maubo Chang) 

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 07:33:46 -0400
From: Jun1022@cybernex.net (Student Abolitionist League)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: veg-teen@envirolink.org, seac-region14@earthsystems.org,
        seac-animalrights@earthsytems.org
Subject: Important!! Upcoming Anti-Fur Actions
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Please forward to all relevant lists (e.g. the NJARA list, Joe Mieile)

Upcoming CAFT EVENTS

September 12 Friday 7:30 PM
19 year old Danny Seo, who got Lerner New York, Eddie Bauer, and BonTon
out of the fur trade will lecture at Barnes and Noble, 675 6th
Ave  Endorsed and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by CAFT-NYC

September 13 Saturday Noon
Protest Zamir Furs 90 West Houston Street Between Thomposn and LaGuardia
(Note Afterwards the NYC Animal Defense League will protest the Yeollow Rat
Bastard Clothing Store, which cruelly confines rats in adeqate conditions)

September 21, Sunday
11:15 AM SHARP!! Meet at Macy's entrance of Queens Center Mall, 90-01
Queens Blvd for store walk-thru, followed by demo and march to Sterns, and
demo at Stern's

September 27, Saturday
 11:45 AM SHARP!!  March thru the fur district
starting on the West side of
27th and 7th, Marching up to Stern's in the Manhattan Mall for a demo and
on the Herald Square Macy's

For more info call Adam at the Wetlands Preserve at (212) 966-5244

****Call the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade-NYC upcoming events hotline
at (800) 473-5490*****

"Man is able to abuse and slaughter and experiment on animals simply
because he is stronger than they are.  There's no MORAL ground on which to
justify any animal exploitation,  A child with leukemia has no more
intrinsic right to life than does an white rat.  Anyone who believes that
man's intellegence make him specials should only look at the way we
continue to destroy our environment. Man is NOT an intelligent species."
-- Grant Morrison, Animal Man #26, a comic book  available from Student
Abolitionist League's lending library


Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 07:39:41 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Hunter Fatality
Message-ID: <199709111238.IAA18171@envirolink.org>

(Oklahoma, USA): A 22-year-old dove hunter died on the second day of that
season while trying to free a shell that was stuck in the chamber of his
shotgun. He was hunting with his father near Lake Hall in Harmon County
in Oklahoma.

Doves and squirrels are legal game now in Oklahoma and the special teal
duck hunting season is near, as is rabbit hunting, upland game birds in
some famed midwestern states, and then big game seasons across the state.


-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 23:46:18 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Korean company develops drug for Cholesterolemia
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>The Korea Herald
12 Sept 97
 Chong Kun Dang Develops Drug for Cholesterolemia 

     Chong Kun Dang Corp., one of Korea's leading pharmaceutical companies,
has successfully     developed a drug for the treatment of cholesterolemia,
the major of cause of heart-related     diseases. The drug has been named
Lovostatin and was created solely on local technology.

     Two billion won (around $2.2 million) was invested in the project over
the past four years.     Chong Kun Dang is planning to apply for patents on
the technology in the United States,     Japan and Europe. 

     Lovostatin will be available on the local market sometime later this
year. The world market for     this kind of drug, estimated to be worth $7
billion in 1996, is dominated by the American firm     Merck. With the
development of Lovostatin, Chong Kun Dang is hoping to contribute to
import substitution of the drug in the local market which should be worth
around 10 billion  won this year. 


Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:53:33 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION 
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FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION 

 September 11, 1997

WASHINGTON - NEW JERSEY RECORD: A proposal to preempt state regulation of 
cosmetics is emerging as a major sticking point in a long-delayed effort 
to revamp the Food and Drug Administration. 

 Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who opposes the provision, said Friday it 
shows "a callous disregard for the health of American women" since there 
currently is limited federal oversight of the $20 billion industry. 

 "The only authority we have out there is at the state level and this 
bill is taking that away," said Kennedy. "How much do we have to yield to 
the greed of that industry . . . and why should we do it?" 

 Cosmetics regulation lies with the FDA, but the agency spends its 
regulatory dollars in other areas. States do most of the oversight as a 
result. The pending bill exempts California, where voters approved a 
referendum in 1986 requiring health warnings on products with certain 
toxins. 

 Sponsors say the provision would establish uniform, national labeling 
and warning requirements for cosmetics and over-the-counter drugs to give 
consumers the same information, regardless of what state they're in. 

 Kennedy, who spent several hours criticizing the provision Friday, said 
the non-partisan General Accounting Office, the investigative branch of 
Congress, had identified more than 125 ingredients available for 
cosmetics suspected of causing cancer. Others may cause birth defects. 

 "This bill does not ignore the problem of cosmetics," countered Sen. Jim 
Jeffords, R-Vt., a sponsor of the overhaul bill. "For the first time, it 
really emphasizes that the FDA and states should do something." 

 The cosmetics provision is one of a handful of issues threatening the 
latest FDA overhaul bill to emerge from Congress. Lawmakers agree the 
agency needs to be quicker with its drug and medical device approvals, 
but they disagree over how to achieve that without endangering people's 
lives and health. 

 Kennedy also opposes provisions he says would eliminate FDA protections 
against unsafe or ineffective medical devices and possibly interfere with 
its ability to regulate tobacco, a power the administration is hoping to 
increase with any nationwide settlement with the tobacco industry. 

 The bill's supporters cleared a procedural hurdle early Friday with an 
89-5 vote that put an end to Democratic stalling tactics and allowed the 
Senate to begin debating the bill.  Debate was to continue Monday. 

 [Copyright 1997] 
  

-- 

Lawrence Carter-Long
Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute
email: LCartLng@gvn.net
world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/

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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:06:44 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Doris Day, Sen. Kennedy Oppose FDA Cosmetics Pre-Emption
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Doris Day Joins Unlikely Alliance of Sen. Ted Kennedy and California 
Republican Attorney General to Oppose Cosmetics Pre-Emption in S. 830 

 07:00 a.m. Sep 11, 1997 Eastern 

 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11,
 1997--Actress/animal rights worker Doris Day added
 her voice to Sen. Ted Kennedy, California Attorney
 General Dan Lungren, the National Conference of State
 Legislatures and millions of consumers against the
 "cosmetics pre-emption" in S. 830 (FDA Reform). 

 People clearly want Capitol Hill to consider the
 ramifications of pre-empting states from providing any
 information, whether on labels or other public
 information, regarding the least-regulated product
 category under the Food and Drug Administration. 

 Following is the content of a letter to be sent by the
 Doris Day Animal League on behalf of its founder to
 Republican senators Thursday: 

 "As a Republican, I would certainly like to think that the
 `national uniformity' provision in S. 830 should be
 supported. 

 "However, in reality, the provision is an effort to
 pre-empt states' rights to legislate on behalf of consumers
 to provide crucial information on the labels of cosmetics.
 Our California Attorney General, Dan Lungren, has
 strongly written his opposition to pre-empting our state
 legislature's right to pass laws for Californians, and other
 states feel the same way. 

 "Consumers have repeatedly and increasingly indicated
 that information provided through labeling is critical when
 making purchasing decisions. The recent poll (conducted
 by Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton, N.J.) showed
 that 66 percent of women agreed that they would
 purchase a cosmetic product based on a label
 designating the product and its ingredients had not been
 tested on animals. 

 "In this era of strong support for returning authority to the
 states, we would be taking a giant step backwards by
 centralizing authority for labeling cosmetics with a federal
 agency that has no statutory authority to regulate. 

 "I urge you to keep from pre-empting states' rights to
 protect and provide signficant information to consumers
 with this `national uniformity' provision."

 The Doris Day Animal League, based in Washington,
 D.C., was founded in 1987. The nonprofit lobbying
 organization has more than 300,000 members nationally.

-- 

Lawrence Carter-Long
Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute
email: LCartLng@gvn.net
world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/

"The person using the Internet has the choice. Whether the 
Internet  becomes material for happiness or for suffering 
depends on your mind. The mind goes before the external 
object." -- The Buddhist monks of Namgyal Monastery


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