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ww 12-- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, March 19, 1996 + ~ DAVID BISHOP Astro Advisor 'March 20 -'March 26 ARIES: (March 19 - April 20) Your i lities are strengthened, making it a most advantageous time to dream of new ideas or projects for the future. However, be wary of making any complete decisions for the present unless they are well-considered. Chapges at home should be taken to secure your peace of mind. ? ~ TAURUS: (April 21 - May 21) :. Yourhay be irritable and grouchy in your place of work. It's important to lighten up and try t8%njdy the week and your work as . much as possible. Care should be exercised if investments are made at this time. THis is a time to use your energy constructively; being "slow to anger is a good idea. hd GEMINI: (May 22 - June 21) You are susceptible to partake in activities which may not be conducive to success at the workplace. Try to avoid-any romantic iny gues at the offic€ and keep 'your mind on work. You are gracious and understanding to friends and relatives. It's a superb iod for successful ventures with the opposite sex. { CANCER: (June 22 - July 22) Yau may lose touch with friends and family. Be careful not to daydream too much, for friends may rely on you. Romance and the fortunity to express affections is high. You may begin a new tionship, particularly one of a physical loving nature. Your ers of creativity are outitanding. LEO: (July 23 - August 22) . J is time for a great deal of reflection, especially regarding your place of employment. There may be a tremendous desire to cut loose and try something completely different. Try to keep a sense of reality in your interactions with friends. . VIRGO: (August 23 - September 22) You may face troubles atiwork if you have engaged in a romantic relation with a co-worket. There may be some new revelations about or an interest in an office romance. You may see the family circle increase through marriage or a new birth. You will spend a great deal of time involved ih intellecthal pursuits. LIBRA: (September 23 - October 22) Try to keep some sense of reality in your interactions with friends and family, as they nffly have little understandirig of why you are creating changes in your life directions. Friends 'are paramount to you, and with their help you discover many more accomplishments that you have yet to fulfil. . - SCORPIO: (October 23 -'November 22) Conflicts between your personal desires and those of a relative or compatriot develop. You may find yourself indulging in negative scapism. Beware as new opportunities will surface and you may / miss them. Solidify your existing friendships while gaining the affections of acquaintances. Seize the day! SAGITTARIUS: (November 23 - December 21) You should be taking full advantage of your position as it is an excellent time to solicit the help of others, though it's important that you truly know the needs of your company or business béforg- asking, Hardship will be experignced at work, especially if you put' yourself out physically. | CAPRICORN: (December 23 - January 20) Jupiter foretells dramatic 'changes in your goals and ambitions, perhaps marking & tuming point in your life. Now is the time to make those changes, that you have put off too long. You find a great spirituality instilled and an active desite to be helpful to others. Vv ism is ing and satisfying. AQUARIUS: (January 21 - February 19) You are apt to-spend a vast amount of time communicating with co- workers and people outside of work. It's also time to think seridusly about your career or work up until now and take stock. Additionally, you may find it advantageous to voice new ideas to others in hopes of winning them over. * PISCES: (February 20 - March 19) It promises to ban exciting time between partners. Romance is heightened and there is a great desire to try somei ing new or go somewhere previously 'unexplored'. Your thirst for freedoffit and excitement, while a boon to any relationship, shquld not complefeldominate PBur decision-making. All dates for astrological signs pay vary, depending on the year. -- EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY ONTARIO LOL 1B9 1009 985-7306. - All Types of Insurance rel: po . » To The Editor: I would like to respond to a letter to the editor in the Feb. 27th issue of your paper. The writer was commenting on an article in the Feb. 21st issue which covered a talk given by myself and my husband on "Switching to Organic . Growing Methods", part of a F} v Community Health Promotion Series. The writer was concerned that the article may have "caused people to believe that. 2,4-D is hazardous." I certainly hope that this is the case! The writer goes on to indicate that the Ministry' of the Environment is still « recommending the use of the chemical 2,4-D, and that the Ministry of the Environment & Energy has stated: "24-D has been in 'use since 1947 and no serious adverse effects have been reported in man." I do not feel reassured by this news since various studies have shown this herbicide, which has been widely used in agriculture, forestry, parkland and lawns may cause cancer in humans. An Environment Canada publication entitled, "Pesticides - The Right Amount" (Published by. the authority of the Minister of the Environment, Mihister of Supply and Services Canada 1989; Cat. No. En 40-373/1989E; ISBN 0-862- 16890-9) states: "A well-known herbicide, 2,4-D, has been associated with lymphoma, type of cancer that maiply affects the immune system and which appears in the form of a 'tumor of the lymph glands." ' A study carried out by the National Cancer Institute in the. USA foupd that agricultural herbicide use, specifically, 4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, or 2,4-D increased risk of NHL (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). Farmers exposed to the chemical for more than 20 days per year were six times mone likely to develop NHL thaf non- farmers and farmers who mixed or spread the herbicide were 'at eightfold risk. (Hoar, SK et al. Agricultural herbicide use and risk of lymphoma and soft tissue sarcoma. Journal of American Medical Association Vol. 256 No9, 1986:1141-1147.) This study was released on the heels of a manufact study submitted to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in June of 1986 which indicated that the herbicide can cause rare brain tumours (astrocytomasyin rats. ' 2,4-D a.hazard to humans . rding to a 1982 EPA @hanual, 2,4-D is irritating to the skin, eyes and mucous membranes, and, since it 'is easily absorbed by inhalation and dermally,.can cause toxic injury to 'liver, kidney, muscle and brain tissues." (both above EPA studies from: Pesticides & You, Oct. 1986) 2,4-D is an endocrine disrupting chemical which has been associated (along with atrazine, and other herbicides, many fungicides, and various insecticides including carbaryl, djeldrin, DDT, endoruifan, lindane etc.) with abnormal thyroid function, decreased fertility, decreased hatching success, demasculinization and * feminization of males and defemjgization and masculation of females, and ' alteration. of immune function in a variety of bird, fish'and mamma! species. (Colburn, T. & Clement, C. (ed§.) (1992) Chemigally- induced alterations in: dexual function & development: the wildliferhuman connection. Princeton' Scientific Publishing, Princeton, New Jersey) . E Young children, bedause their immune systems are Ro} mature, are cularly susceptible. to the toxic - effects of pesticides. They , developing tend to suffer from increased rates of learning and behavioral problems and cancer. Those whose parents / use garden pesticides have a seven times higher risk of childhood leukemia. (LoWerigart, RA et al. Childigood leukemia and parents' occupational and heme exposures, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 79 No.1, July 1987:3946) Iigould go on at greater b lehgth with evidence of 2,4- D's association with disease in both * humans and domestic and wild life and its environmental effects but will end with a quote from the United = Nations Environment Program: ~~ * + "Even when used properly, chemical pesticides have a number of unavoidable side- effects. Their persistence and ~ ubiquitous nature, coupled with a tendency for some compounds to concentrate$n organisms as they move up the food chain, may increase thelr toxicity to fish, birds, and other forms of life including man, and can cause other harmful effects on man's health and well~ , being." Peace, Love and Blue Skies Penny Reid, > Reid's Certified Organic' Vegetables, = Line 8, Scugog. a, ow * ¢ A ' - MARCH 22nd., 23rd., 3 pm-g/pm.; SAT. 10 am-5 pm. 5 OSHAWA CIVIC AUDITORIUM 4 FRI. ' 99 Thornton Road S., Oshawa, Ont. Durhams Largest Craft Show featuring over one hundred and forty talented exhibitors with their.unique and outstanding Southwest ern, Victorian, and Country handcrafted collectibles for your deco- 'rating and gift needs. Presenting a variety of: Floral Designs, Pa- per Tole and Stenciling, Folk Art, A bein Whithy Highway 401 we FIN (3 " TIME STANDS STILL 434 5531. ho 1996 Ceramics, Stainegh Glass, Quilts, Pottery, Potpourri, Jewellery, - Wooden Collectibles, Natural Art, Dolls, Reproduction Fur- niture, Gourmet | + Delights. These are just a sample of what makes this show qpe you won't want.to miss. ADMISSION $3.00 _ Senlors $2.00 Children Under 10 Free p > Ve V eV 1 \I x