The Ubyssey
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note: the Ubyssey Fonde en 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, January 31,1992 Vol 74, No 32 Campus PCB handling under investigation by Frances Foran UBC Plant Operations may be charged with mismanagement for dumping PCBs, after a student discovered the toxic waste at a sorting area. First year Science student Jeff Dexter discovered six open barrels stamped "PCB containing light ballast" last month and contacted the BC environment ministry. According to ministry spokesperson Kevin Johnstone, UBC may be held accountable for violating provincial waste management regulations for proper containment of special waste. "UBC has the facilities for proper storage and should have used them," Johnstone said. Matter containing PCBs is "normally" sent to a special storage compound, said Wayne Greene of Occupational Health and Safety, and the 50 flourescent-light ballasts Jexter found "may simply have been incorrectly handled" and misplaced at the sorting area. But Dexter said determining whether a fluorescent light PCB, or polychlorinate biphenyl, is a suspected carcinogen which migrates up the food chain and causes birth defects in animals. "For a corporation like UBC to be doing this is pretty bad. UBC ought to be ashamed," Dexter said. Johnstone said that the ministry will be surveying dumping areas in the future. "Well definitely be following this up," he said. Students debate effects of sex by Sharon Lindores Students tackled issues vital to relationships in aforum entitled "Ethics and Relationships." Some of the issues discussed were "Does no mean no?", ' Is it ethical to write the names of men who have committed date rape on bathroom walls?", 'Is monogamy different for women and men?1, 'Should pregnant women be served in bars?*, 'Should there be mandatory HIV testing?', Is it possible to have an authentic relationship with a power imbalance?' About 100 people attended the Thursday noon forum, sponsored by Student Health Outreach. The following quotes were taken during and after the d…
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