36 - Wednesday, September 24, 1986 - North Shore News DISPLAYS, WORKSHOPS PLANNED ctober is OCTOBER is Recycle Month on the North Shore and the rest of the Lower Mainland, and residents are being asked to reduce, re-use and recycle their waste. Recycle month, sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), is a cooperative effort of community recycling organizations, recycling industries, the Ministry of Environment, municipalities and regional districts. Hemophiliaes find hope in new substance A NEW treatment for hemophil- iacs is being developed at Queen's University: instead of using large blood transfusions from donors, hemophiliacs may be able to benefit from a substance that will help the blood clot. Although it won’t cure hemo- philia, the substance may stop continuous bleeding faster and more easily than repeated transfu- sions. Several stages, or ‘factors’, are involved in the blood clotting pro- cess. When a person is cut and starts to bleed, chemicals in the bloodstream are sequentially ac- tivated so that fibrin (which cir- culates in the blood as a liquid) around the wound forms a clot. Hemophiliacs have a deficiency of particular factors; people with hemophilia-A are missing the eighth step, Factor VIII, while hemophilia-B types have a Factor IX deficiency. Factors VIE and IX work together to speed up formation of a clot. For example, if Factor 1X is active but VIH is missing, it could take about four years to complete a step in the blood clotting process that normally takes four millise- conds, says Dr. Alan Giles, a pathologist in the Faculty of Med- icine at Queen's University. Some hemophilia-A types have a further complication of their con- dition, Not only do they have a deficiency of Factor VIL, but (heir badies actually reject it. The condition is net directly teluted (oO beatopttilia, but is a disorder of the immune system where the factor is recognized as an datruder. Antibodies form to fight against the factor (he sane way they would when a baeteria or virus invanles, De. Giles says the condidon ds rare: about LO per cont of people with hemophilia-A teicet Factor VU, AL present, Hite can be done for these people. Using Factor Vail from donor blood doesn't wotk, singe the hemophiliac’s immne tesponse renders Factor VII tincless. De. Gilles dlescrihes curcent treatments in such patients as “very conservative’. ba mny vases, ae pationt is told auly ty rest, Mace cohd compacts where (hey aie needed and use splints where there is bleeding in the joints, he says. Other treatments include flooding the patient's system with sooimuch donor Factor VIE dias the immune seston cant tight at otf) using Factor STD free: pig Plisma (if aids clotting and) an- fibedies don't tecegmase if, al first), oer tplasmal exchange’ Geplacing Large quantiles ae the patent's phaser with dener plasma it erder fo reduce the Mmamber of aatiboadies). The Queev cescatehers hate foctsed on overcoming this: in mane-respanse problem, Canadian Science News Organizers say the goal is to make the public aware of the im- portance recycling has in each community as well as to the en- vironment. Throughout October, displays and workshops will be presented at Lower Mainland shopping malls. Recycling information will be distributed indicating available services in each community for recycling such items as paper, cans, glass, oil and clothing. si d ec A spokesman from the GVRD said recycling comprises an impor- tout part of the GVRD’s regional solid waste management plan. “‘Through resource recovery ac- tivities such as recycling and the construction of plants which derive energy and fuel from waste, the amount of garbage going to land- fills will be reduced substantially.’’ The GVRD reports 13 B.C. municipalities, including North and West Vancouver, have curb- cle side pick-up programs of recyclables. The spokesman said reducing the volume of garbage going to the landfills is a primary reason for recycling. Also the use of recyclables in manufacturing can result in vast savings of energy, natural resources and prevent pollution of land, water and air. Copies of the Lower Mainland/Greater Vancouver Recycling Directory are available onth at all public libraries. The direc- tory fists the location of depots and the materials which they ac- cept. The GVYRD also sponsors an educational program in elementary schools which helps children develop positive attitudes towards recycling. For more information call GVRD Information Services at 432-6202. For recycling information call the Recycling Hotline at 736-8636. September 26-28, 1986 Don't miss our Ski and Winter Sport Show on this weekend at Cap Mall. This event will really get you into the ski of things! And there’s more. We’ll have everything you’ll need to get more out of winter. Plus, you could win a Season’s Pass to Grouse Mountain, Ex- hibitors include: Hogarths Sport & Ski, First Aid Ski Patrol, Mt. Seymour Ski Club, Grouse Moutttain Tyee Ski Club, North Vancouver Skating Club, Grouse Mountain Ski Wee Program, and more. APILAN