Bahrain Cycling Headquarters Officially opened Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:45:58 -0500
Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa cuts the ribbon
Making it official
THE new Bahrain Cycling Association premises in Riffa was inaugurated by the president of the General
Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Fawaz inspected the facilities at the association which include administrative offices, conference
halls and a gym.
BCA president Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa thanked Shaikh Fawaz for his support to the
association's programmes and confirmed the association's plans to improve the standard of the Bahraini
cyclists and help them compete in regional and international championships.
BCA vice-president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa said the association succeeded in its plan to expand
the association in Bahrain mainly due to the support from Goys.
Batelco's communications senior manager Ahmed Janahi said the company was very delighted and proud to
sponsor the association as part of its plan to support sports clubs and associations in the Kingdom.
(Source: Gulf Daily News)
Helmet Law proposed again in Ontario Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:45:58 -0500
On November 4th, 2004 the Ontario Legislature gave second reading to Bill 129, a bill that would amend the
Highway Traffic Act to make helmets mandatory for all those who ride a "bicycle, scooter, skateboard or
other vehicle powered by muscular power" on a highway. It also would require those who "in-line skate or
roller skate" on a highway to have a helmet. The effect of the bill is to extend the the current law to
cyclists over the age of 18 and to users of other forms of human powered transportation. This bill now
is being referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Ontario Legislature. Generally, after
second reading a bill goes to a committee which considers it, makes amendments and then refers it back to
the full legislature for third and final reading. A part of that process can be to have public hearings
on the issue.
On Monday November 15, 2004 the Committee will decide whether or not to have public hearings into the matter.
Several cycling organizations are calling for public hearings. Velo Ontario Cycling Alliance, a provincial
organization representing cyclists (www.veloontario.ca), issued a press release outlining it's concerns and
requesting public consultations on the issue. Their full press release is quoted below.
In the last week there has been debate among cyclists regarding this law. The VeloOntario discussion boards
have seen many posts on the issueNovember 2004 Archives. I am sure that the MPPs on the Committee that will
decide the fate of this bill are not pouring over the e-mail lists to inform themselves. It is important
that cyclists have an opportunity to have this discussion with the members of the committee at public hearings.
This can lead to improvements in the bill itself and in the regulations that will accompany the bill. If you
want to add your voice to those calling for public hearings you can contact your Member of Provincial Parliament
(MPP). If you know your riding you can go to the following web page to find your MPP: MPPs by Riding. You
can also contact the members of the Committee who are listed on the following web page:Standing Committee
on Social Policy. You can also send a copy to the Premier, Dalton McGuinty. Timing is important. Since the
Committee meets on Monday, Friday, November 12th is the last day to put pressure on to get the public
consultations.
Below is the Press Release issued today by Velo Ontario Cycling Alliance.
Martin Koob
tcc-rep@tbn.on.ca
November 11, 2004
Millions of Ontario cyclists need to have their voices heard
Velo Ontario Cycling Alliance is calling on the provincial government to let the public speak on the proposed
mandatory helmet bill for cyclists, skateboarders, and in-line skaters.
The province-wide association of cycling commuters, long-distance touring cyclists, recreational cyclists,
and cycling skills instructors is responding to a new Ontario private member's bill (Bill 129) which would
require all cyclists (of any age) to wear helmets. Currently, only cyclists under eighteen must wear helmets.
"Those citizens directly affected by the law: Ontario cyclists, have the democratic right to be able to speak
to MPPs before the law is finalized and enacted," said Velo Ontario President David Hunt.
"Given that this will affect millions of Ontario residents who ride bicycles -- not even counting the
skateboarders and skaters -- the government should not be rushing this bill through without hearing their
concerns, and checking whether this bill will have unexpected consequences or can be improved in any way."
On Monday, Nov. 15, a subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Ontario Legislature will
consider whether or not to hold public hearings on the bill.
Velo Ontario wrote Premier McGuinty and the committee this week to ask that hearings be held, since there
had been no known consultation so far with cyclist groups or other user organizations directly affected.
Since then, groups in Toronto, Ottawa and Kingston, and cyclists from across Ontario have also written MPPs
to ask for proper consultation.
Ontario cyclists were surprised last week to learn that this proposed mandatory helmet law had passed second
reading (of three readings required) when cyclists and cycling organizations had not even heard of the bill
or its rapid progress toward final approval -- much less been consulted.
Hunt said the hearings are important to address such issues as:
* how to prevent the thousands of cycling crashes that occur each year, rather than just reducing one
of the types of injuries
* why there is little effective cycling skills education, especially outside Toronto and Ottawa, and
negligible coordination with school curriculum
* lack of municipal funds to pay for police enforcement of new laws
* lack of provincial resources to inform the public of the benefits of helmets, and how to buy and
fit helmets
Most importantly, the arguments in favour of this bill give exactly the wrong impression of the risks of
cycling, says cycling skills instructor and Velo Ontario board member Brett Delmage. Delmage has been
teaching safe cycling skills (to children, adults, police and paramedics) for more than ten years, as have
several other Velo Ontario directors.
He argued that Bill 129 on its own, without the complimentary support of other safety measures, will
undercut the new provincial Active2010 program. That program aims to boost awareness of the benefits of
physical activity and motivate people to get moving.
"One of the simplest and most sustainable ways to really make this happen, and, in fact, to make cycling
safer for all cyclists, is to get more people cycling as part of their everyday lives," Delmage said.
Concentrating only on helmets ignores how comparably safe and accessible cycling actually is, Hunt said.
"The reality is -- and this must not be forgotten -- that most people cycle their entire lives in safety
and enjoyment. Cycling is heart-healthy, it helps keep people thin and fit, and it improves our air and
preserves our neighbourhoods."
Velo Ontario Cycling Alliance is the independent association that promotes better cycling recreation,
transportation and education in Ontario. Its directors and members come from all across Ontario, and
include cycling skills educators, planners, engineers and teachers.
President David Hunt
(Source: SixDay Staff)
No Phonak for Pro Tour Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:45:58 -0500
Nineteen teams have received a "favourable sanction" by the UCI to obtain a ProTour license, the last
step of the process before the official publication of accepted teams is released at the beginning
of December.
Of the 20 teams presented to the UCI, Phonak is the only formation to have been halted by the commission
following the recent declaration of three separate doping cases within the team.
In August Swiss former World Champion Oscar Camenzind tested positive for banned substances, followed
by American Olympic time-trial champion Tyler Hamilton and second place Vuelta rider Santiago Perez of
Spain, both in October.
The team has already sacked Camenzind, whose positive test detected EPO use. Yet Hamilton and Perez - the
first two sportsmen to be convicted of blood transfusion doping - both denied their charges and still have
up until now the support of the team.
Phonak - the only Swiss cycling team at top level - have one last chance to be heard by the license
commission on 22 November before the definitive ProTour list is released.
The 19 Teams seleted :
Quick Step (BEL)
Davitamon-Lotto (BEL)
CSC (DAN)
Iles Baléares (ESP)
Liberty Seguros (ESP
Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (ESP)
Cofidis (FRA)
Bouygues-Telecom (FRA)
FDJeux.com (FRA)
Crédit Agricole (FRA)
Gerolsteiner (ALL)
T-Mobile (ALL)
Domina Vacanze (ITA)
Liquidas (ITA)
Lampre-Caffitta (ITA)
Fassa Bortolo (ITA)
Rabobank (PBS)
Discovery Chanel (USA)
Source : L'Equipe (French)
Stage 4 La Paz - Viacha 72 Kms. Aprox.
Pl Time Name No Averg Delay Squad
1 01:54:18 OCHOA, Israel 16 37.795 00:00:00 LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE
2 01:55:49 NIÑO, Libardo 11 37.300 00:01:31 LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE
3 01:55:49 PEDRAZA, Walter 23 37.300 00:01:31 ORBITEL O5
4 01:55:49 CHILES, Hector 1 37.300 00:01:31 CLUB ESPOLI
5 01:55:49 HERNANDEZ, Jairo 24 37.300 00:01:31 ORBITEL O5
6 01:55:49 ZAPATA, Javier 22 37.300 00:01:31 ORBITEL O5
7 02:01:38 NEISA, Mauricio 15 35.517 00:07:20 LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE
8 02:01:38 ROJAS, Alexis 104 35.517 00:07:20 POLLITO RICO
9 02:01:38 MUÑOZ, Hernan 25 35.517 00:07:20 ORBITEL O5
10 02:01:38 SOLIZ, Oscar 102 35.517 00:07:20 POLLITO RICO
11 02:01:38 MARTINEZ, Jorge 21 35.517 00:07:20 ORBITEL O5
12 02:04:06 COTUMBA, Juan 53 34.811 00:09:48 MACA SPIRIT - OPEN SYSTEM
13 02:04:06 VELASQUEZ, Rub´n 75 34.811 00:09:48 GLAS CASA REAL - CAMPOS DE SOL
14 02:04:06 MONTENEGRO, Juan Carlos 3 34.811 00:09:48 CLUB ESPOLI
15 02:04:11 PEREZ, Jairo 14 34.787 00:09:53 LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE
16 02:06:19 BECERRA, Victor 12 34.200 00:12:01 LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE
17 02:06:19 RODRIGUEZ, Jos´ 74 34.200 00:12:01 GLAS CASA REAL - CAMPOS DE SOL
18 02:07:26 RIOS, Gustavo 41 33.900 00:13:08 INCA AREQUIPA
19 02:07:32 CALPA, Ramiro 2 33.873 00:13:14 CLUB ESPOLI
20 02:07:32 OSCO , Percy 42 33.873 00:13:14 INCA AREQUIPA
Overall after Stage 4
Pl No Name Squad Time Averge Delay
1 22 ZAPATA, Javier ORBITEL O5 12:14:06 38.741 00:00:00
2 16 OCHOA, Israel LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE 12:15:27 38.670 00:01:21
3 23 PEDRAZA, Walter ORBITEL O5 12:19:19 38.468 00:05:13
4 24 HERNANDEZ, Jairo ORBITEL O5 12:20:19 38.416 00:06:13
5 11 NIÑO, Libardo LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE 12:20:28 38.408 00:06:22
6 14 PEREZ, Jairo LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE 12:22:57 38.280 00:08:51
7 53 COTUMBA, Juan MACA SPIRIT - OPEN SYSTEM 12:24:54 38.180 00:10:48
8 1 CHILES, Hector CLUB ESPOLI 12:25:35 38.145 00:11:29
9 15 NEISA, Mauricio LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE 12:25:38 38.142 00:11:32
10 3 MONTENEGRO, Juan Carlos CLUB ESPOLI 12:30:16 37.907 00:16:10
11 104 ROJAS, Alexis POLLITO RICO 12:32:25 37.798 00:18:19
12 36 BRETI, Jaime EQUIPO LIDER - LA POLAR 12:32:46 37.781 00:18:40
13 2 CALPA, Ramiro CLUB ESPOLI 12:36:59 37.570 00:22:53
14 41 RIOS, Gustavo INCA AREQUIPA 12:37:33 37.542 00:23:27
15 102 SOLIZ, Oscar POLLITO RICO 12:38:03 37.517 00:23:57
16 51 CONITZER, Ariel MACA SPIRIT - OPEN SYSTEM 12:38:05 37.516 00:23:59
17 101 RODRIGUEZ, Sandro POLLITO RICO 12:38:23 37.501 00:24:17
18 26 HENAO, Mauricio ORBITEL O5 12:39:59 37.422 00:25:53
19 12 BECERRA, Victor LOTERIA DE BOYACA - SERVIENTRE 12:41:27 37.350 00:27:21
20 43 BUSTAMANATE, Jorge INCA AREQUIPA 12:42:45 37.286 00:28:39
The Stages:
09 Nov: Stage 1 El Alto - Viscachani - El Alto 170 Kms.
10 Nov: Stage 2 El Alto - Titijoni - La Paz 199 Kms.
11 Nov: Stage 3 Viacha - La Paz (TTT) 33 Kms.
12 Nov: Stage 4 La Paz - Viacha 72 Kms. Aprox.
13 Nov: Stage 5a El Alto - Achacachi - San Pablo De Tiquena 140 Kms.
13 Nov: Stage 5b San Pedro De Tiquena - Plaza Copacabana 39 Kms.
14 Nov: Stage 6a Plaza Copacabana - Yunguyo(Peru) - San Pedro De Tiquena 69 Kms.
14 Nov: Stage 6a San Pablo De Tiquena - La Paz Calacoto 121
(Source: SixDay Staff)
Munich Six Day - Night 2 - Friday Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:30:58 -0500
Standings after second night, Friday
1 Scott McGrory (AUS) Matthew Gilmore (BEL), 93 Points
2 Andreas Kappes Andreas Beikirch (GER), 80 Points
Down 1 lap:
3 Robert Slippens Danny Stam (NED), 80 Points
4 Bruno Risi Kurt Betschart (SUI), 64 Points
Down 2 laps:
5 Robert Bartko (GER) Franco Marvulli (SUI), 76 Points
Down 5 laps:
6 Lars Teutenberg Christian Lademann (GER), 40 Points
Down 7 laps:
7 Marco Villa (ITA) Thorsten Rund (GER), 33 Points
Down 8 laps:
8 Luke Roberts (AUS) Jimmi Madsen (DEN), 30 Points
Down 10 laps:
9 Franz Stocher (AUT) Christian Grasmann (GER), 16 Points
Down 11 laps:
10 Leif Lampater (GER) Alexander Aeschbach (SUI), 25 Points
11 Stefan Loffler Andreas Müller (GER), 21 Points
Down 13 laps:
12 Wouter van Mechelen Iljo Keisse (BEL), 43 Points
13 Gerd Dorich Frank Kowatschitsch (GER), 11 Points
Down 14 laps:
14 Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov (RUS), 20 Points
15 Ronny Lauke Erik Weisspfennig (GER), 2 Points
(Source: SixDay Staff)
Here's Holland's Christel van Beek
Here's Christel in the Ronde van Gelderland esrlier this year :
(Source : Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy : Rudie Ottens)
There are no mens Birhdays today
So here goes....In Pace Requiescat - Women Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:45:58 -0500
Died November 13 1974 - Karen Silkwood
Believed Murdered by Government/Capitalist agents,
A fine Lady, may she rest in Peace
Karen Silkwood died on November 13, 1974 in a fatal one-car crash. Since then, her story has achieved worldwide
fame as the subject of many books, magazine and newspaper articles, and even a major motion picture. Silkwood
was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee's plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a
member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union. She was also an activist who was critical of plant
safety. During the week prior to her death, Silkwood was reportedly gathering evidence for the Union to support
her claim that Kerr-McGee was negligent in maintaining plant safety, and at the same time, was involved in a
number of unexplained exposures to plutonium. The circumstances of her death have been the subject of great
speculation.
After her death, organs from Silkwood's body were analyzed as part of the Los Alamos Tissue Analysis Program
at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner. Silkwood's case
was important to the program because it was one of very few cases involving recent exposure to plutonium. It
also served to confirm the contemporary techniques for the measurement of plutonium body burdens and lung
burdens. The following account is a summary of Silkwood's exposure to plutonium at the Kerr-McGee plant and
the subsequent analysis of her tissues at Los Alamos.
In the evening of November 5, plutonium-239 was found on Karen Silkwood's hands. Silkwood had been working
in a glovebox in the metallography laboratory where she was grinding and polishing plutonium pellets that
would be used in fuel rods. At 6:30 P.M., she decided to monitor herself for alpha activity with he detector
that was mounted on the glove box. The right side of her body read 20,000 disintegrations per minute, or about
9 nanocuries, mostly on the right sleeve and shoulder of her coveralls. She was taken to the plant's Health
Physics Office where she was given a test called a "nasal swipe". This test measures a person's exposure to
airborne plutonium, but might also measure plutonium that got on the person's nose from their hands. The
swipe showed an activity of 160 disintegrations per minute, a modest positive result.
The two gloves in the glovebox Silkwood had been using were replaced. Strangely, the gloves were found to have
plutonium on the "outside" surfaces that were in contact with Silkwood's hands; no leaks were found in the
gloves. No plutonium was found on the surfaces in the room where she had been working and filter papers from
the two air monitors in the room showed that there was no significant plutonium in the air. By 9:00 P.M.,
Silkwood's cleanup had been completed, and as a precautionary measure, Silkwood was put on a program in which
her total urine and feces were collected for five days for plutonium measurements. She returned to the laboratory
and worked until 1:10 A.M., but did no further work in the glove boxes. As she left the plant, she monitored
herself and found nothing.
Silkwood arrived at work at 7:30 A.M. on November 6. She examined metallographic prints and performed paperwork
for one hour, then monitored herself as she left the laboratory to attend a meeting. Although she had not worked
at the glovebox that morning, the detector registered alpha activity on her hands. Health physics staff members
found further activity on her right forearm and the right side of her neck and face, and proceeded to decontaminate
her. At her request, a technician checked her locker and automobile with an alpha detector, but no activity
was found.
On November 7, Silkwood reported to the Health Physics Office at about 7:50 in the morning with her bioassay
kit containing four urine samples and one fecal sample. A nasal swipe was taken and significant levels of alpha
activity (1,000 to 4,000 dpm on her hands, arm, chest, neck, and right ear). A preliminary examination of her
bioassay samples showed extremely high levels of activity (30,000 to 40,000 counts per minute in the fecal
sample). Her locker and automobile were checked again, and essentially no alpha activity was found.
Following her cleanup, the Kerr-McGee health physicists accompanied her to her apartment, which she shared with
another laboratory analyst, Sherri Ellis. The apartment was surveyed. Significant levels of activity were found
in the bathroom and kitchen, and lower levels of activity were found in other rooms. In the bathroom, 100,000 dpm
were found on the toilet seat, 40,000 dpm on the floor mat, and 20,000 dpm on the floor. In the kitchen, they
found 400,000 dpm on a package of bologna and cheese in the refrigerator, 20,000 dpm on the cabinet top, 20,000
dpm on the floor, 25,000 dpm on the stove sides, and 6,000 dpm on a package of chicken. In the bedroom, between
500 and 1000 dpm were detected on the pillow cases and between 500 and 2,000 dpm on the bed sheets. However,
the AEC estimated that the total amount of plutonium in Silkwood's apartment was no more than 300 micrograms.
No plutonium was found outside the apartment. Ellis was found to have two areas of low level activity on her,
so Silkwood and Ellis returned to the plant where Ellis was cleaned up.
When asked how the alpha activity got into her apartment, Silkwood said that when she produced a urine sample
that morning, she had spilled some for the urine. She wiped off the container and the bathroom floor with tissue
and disposed of the tissue in the commode. Furthermore, she had taken a package of bologna from the refrigerator,
intending to make a sandwich for her lunch, but then carried the bologna into the bathroom and laid it on the
closed toilet seat. She remembered that she had part of her lunch from November 5 in the refrigerator at work
and decided not to make the sandwich, so returned the bologna to the refrigerator. Between October 22 and
November 6, high levels of activity had been found in four of the urine samples that Silkwood had collected
at home (33,000 to 1,600,000 dpm), whereas those that were collected at the Kerr-McGee plant or Los Alamos
contained very small amounts of plutonium if any at all.
The amount of plutonium at Silkwood's apartment raised concern. Therefore, Kerr-McGee arranged for Silkwood,
Ellis, and Silkwood's boyfriend, Drew Stephens, who had spent time at their apartment, to go to Los Alamos for
testing. On Monday, November 11, the trio met with Dr. George Voelz, the leader of the Laboratory Health Division.
He explained that all of their urine and feces would be collected and that several whole body and lung counts
would be taken. They would also be monitored for external activity.
The next day, Dr. Voelz informed Ellis and Stephens that their tests showed a small but insignificant amount of
plutonium in their bodies. Silkwood, on the other hand, had 0.34 nanocuries of americicium-241 (a gamma-emitting
daughter of plutonium-241) in her lungs. Based on the amount of americium, Dr. Voelz estimated that Silkwood had
about 6 or 7 nanocuries of plutonium-239 in her lungs, or less than half the maximum permissible lung burden
(16 nanocuries) for workers. Dr. Voelz reassured Silkwood that, based upon his experience with workers that
ad much larger amounts of plutonium in their bodies, she should not be concerned about developing cancer or
dying from radiation poisoning. Silkwood wondered whether the plutonium would affect her ability to have children
or cause her children to be deformed. Dr. Voelz reassured her that she could have normal children.
Silkwood, Ellis, and Stephens returned to the Oklahoma City on November 12. Silkwood and Ellis reported for work
the next day, but they were restricted from further radiation work. After work that night, Silkwood went to a
union meeting in Crescent, Oklahoma. At the end of the meeting, at about 7 P.M., she left alone in her car. At
8:05, the Oklahoma State Highway Patrol was notified of a single car accident 7 miles south of Crescent. the
driver, Karen Silkwood, was dead at the scene from multiple injuries. An Oklahoma State Trooper who investigated
the accident reported that Silkwood's death was a result of a classic, one-car sleeping-driver accident. Later,
blood tests performed as part of the autopsy showed Silkwood had 0.35 milligrams of methaqualone (Quaalude) per
100 milliliters of blood at the time of her death. That amount id almost twice the recommended dosage for inducing
drowsiness. About 50 milligrams of undissolved methaqualone remained in her stomach.
At the request of the AEC and the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner, Dr. A. Jay Chapman, who was concerned about
performing an autopsy on someone reportedly contaminated with plutonium, a team from Los Alamos was sent to make
radiation measurements and assist in the autopsy. Dr. Voelz, Dr. Michael Stewart, Alan Valentine, and James
Lawrence comprised the team. Because Silkwood's death was an accident, the coroner did not legally need consent
from the next of kin to perform the autopsy. However, Silkwood's father was contacted and he gave permission for
the autopsy over the telephone. The autopsy was performed November 14, 1974, at the University Hospital in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Appropriate specimens were collected, preserved, and retained by Dr. Chapman for his pathological and toxicological
examination. At the request of the coroner and the AEC, certain organs and bone specimens were removed, packaged,
frozen, and brought back to Los Alamos for analysis of their plutonium content. Because Silkwood had been
exposed to plutonium and had undergone in vivo plutonium measurements, her tissue was also used in the Los
Alamos Tissue Analysis Program to determine her actual plutonium body burden, the distribution of the plutonium
between different organs of her body, and the distribution within her lung. On November 15, small samples of
the liver, lung, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, and bone were selected and analysed. The date, shown in
Table 1, indicated clearly that there were 3.2 nanocuries in the liver, 4.5 nanocuries in the lungs, and a
little more than 7.7 nanocuries in her whole body. These measurements agreed well with the in vivo measurements
made before Silkwood's death (6 or 7 nanocuries in the lung and a little more than 7 nanocuries in the whole body).
There was no significant deposition of plutonium in any other tissues, including the skeleton. The highest
concentrations measured were in the contents of the gastrointestinal tract (0.05 nanocurie/gram in the duodenum
and 0.02 nanocurie/gram in a small fecal sample taken from the large intestine.) This demonstrated that she had
ingested plutonium prior to her death.
With the exception of the left lung, the remaining unanalyzed tissues were repackaged and kept frozen until it
was determined whether or not additional analyses were required. The left lung was thawed, inflated with dry
nitrogen until it was approximately the size that it would have been in the chest, and re-frozen in that
configuration. It was packed in an insulated shipping container in dry ice and sent to the lung counting facility
at the Los Alamos Health Research Laboratory. The data were then compared with the in vivo measurements made prior
to her death. As expected, without the ribs and associated muscle attenuating the x-rays from the americium-241,
the results for the left lung measured postmortem were about 50 per cent higher, but not inconsistent with the in
vivo result.
Some of the most interesting observations made during Silkwood's tissue analysis were: 1) the distribution of
plutonium-239 within her lung and 2) the concentration of plutonium in the lung relative to that in the
tracheobronchial lymph nodes (TBLN). After the frozen left lung was returned to the Tissue Analysis Laboratory,
the superior lobe was divided horizontally into sections. Those sections were further divided into two parts:
the outer layer of the lung (pleura and sub-pleural tissue) and the inner soft tissue of the lung (parenchyma).
The plutonium concentrations in the inner and outer parts of Silkwood's lung were about equal, in stark contrast
with another case examined under the Tissue Analysis Program in which the concentration in the outer part of the
lung was 22.5 times higher than that in the inner part. That difference was an indication that Silkwood had
probably been exposed within 30 days prior to her death, whereas the other case had been exposed years prior
to death. Furthermore, the concentration of plutonium in Silkwood's lung was about 6 times greater than that
in the lymph nodes, whereas in typical cases that ratio would be about 0.1. Both of those results indicated
that Silkwood had received very recent exposure and supported the view that the plutonium tends to migrate
from the inner part to the outer part of the lung and to the lymph nodes over time.
The saga of Karen Silkwood continued for years after her death. Her estate filed a civil suit against Kerr-
McGee for alleged inadequate health and safety program that led to Silkwood's exposure. The first trial
ended in 1979, with the jury awarding the estate of Silkwood $10.5 million for personal injury and punitive
damages. This was reversed later by the Federal Court of Appeals, Denver, Colorado, which awarded $5000 for
the personal property she lost during the cleanup of her apartment. In 1986, twelve years after Silkwood's
death, the suit was headed for retrial when it was finally settled out of court for $1.3 million.
The Kerr- cGee nuclear fuel plants closed in 1975.
(Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Women Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:45:58 -0500
Afke Sijm (1980) Holland
264th UCI Ranking
Andrea Graus (1979) Austria
54th UCI Ranking
Source: Six Day staff
Today's Menu Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:31:58 -0500
Saturday, November 13, 2004 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races :
Doble Copacabana-GP Fides - Bolivia - Cat. 2.5 Stage 5a
Doble Copacabana-GP Fides - Bolivia - Cat. 2.5 Stage 5b
Single Day races : None
Six Day and Other Track Races :
Munich Six Day - Night Three
WOMEN :
Stage Races : None
Single Day races : None
(Source: UCI)
Making it official
THE new Bahrain Cycling Association premises in Riffa was inaugurated by the president of the General
Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Fawaz inspected the facilities at the association which include administrative offices, conference
halls and a gym.
BCA president Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa thanked Shaikh Fawaz for his support to the
association's programmes and confirmed the association's plans to improve the standard of the Bahraini
cyclists and help them compete in regional and international championships.
BCA vice-president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa said the association succeeded in its plan to expand
the association in Bahrain mainly due to the support from Goys.
Batelco's communications senior manager Ahmed Janahi said the company was very delighted and proud to
sponsor the association as part of its plan to support sports clubs and associations in the Kingdom.
(Source: Gulf Daily News)
