B.C. Hydro safety officials are keeping their fingers crossed at this time of year as kite flyers send aloft their gaily decorated = and potentially lethal wind- driven craft. “A 13-year-old Kamloops boy was severely burned last year when his kite touched a power line,” said Eari Pritchett, safety co- ordinator at B.C. Hydro. “We're hoping that shis year the season will pass without any accidents at all.” Pritchett said many British Columbians believe that Scientists warn against B15 NEW YORK (UPI) - The substance popularly call vitamin B-15, a health food rage, is a “dangerous consumer deception and may be hazardous,”’ scientists at the American Council on Science and Health said Thursday. “Numerous statements extolling B-15 - or calcium pangamate - as a panacea for ailments as diverse as cancer and umpotency, are simply uatrue,” said Dr. Ehzabeth telephone poles carry only low voltage telephone wires and it is only the lines carried by steel pylons that are dangerous. “That's a misconception,” he said. “Most telephone poles are not telephone poles at all but power poles, usually carrying about 6,900 volts per line. It takes only 110 volts ta kill.” Pritchett said it takes only a light brush by a kite against a power line to create a connection strong enough to kill a kite flyer. , “The power lines are M. Whelan. She is executive director of the council, a group of prominent scientists who study current health topics and issue balanced reports for consumers. “There is no evidence that the substance has therapeutic value or is a vitamin or is safe for human consumption,” said = Dr Richard S. Rivlin, Cmef of Nutuntion at Memonal Sloan. Kettering Cancer Center Shear Artistry Hair Design Ltd.-Unisex tor thre cutor stile Mf yvontre . HELGA 1730 Marine Dr West Vancouver rrernepb aloe vere bac eve! foot Crop and See us ovo Daeene BARBARA 926-6910 PARK ROYAL'S BABY BEAR (centre) 1 was tickled to be given the name “Perky” | as s Miss Teen Vancouver, Diana Jakubcak, announced the winner of the “Name The Baby Bear” contest last week. The $100 prize went to Dave Buckthorpe of Burnaby. (Jack Lindsay photo) Kids kites can be lethal placed in an_ elevated position to prevent people from coming into contact with them,” he said, “but it takes only a thin kite line to transmit electrical power through the kite flyer to the ground.” Hydro officials are especially concerned about new kinds of Dragon kites made of plastic with aluminized backing and long tails. Pritchett said parents and teachers should go beyond forbidding children to fly their kites near power lines Dr.. Victor Herbert, Director of the Hematology and Nutrition Laboratory at the Veteran's Ad- ministration Medical Center, also participating in the council's briefing, said: “Pangamate ts a label, not a substance. Each seller tosses any chemicals he chooses into the bottles he labels B-15 or pangamate. 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He said children should be told never to fly kites near power lines, but if a kite does catch on a power line or pole, it should be left alone. “Removing a kite from a pole or line is the job of a trained lineman with the experience and equipment necessary to work near high- voltage electrical equip- ment,” Pritchett said. hazardous because some of the chemicals that are often present in these products have dangerous side celf- fects,” Dr. Whelan said. “Specifically,” Herbert said, “not only is B-15, promoted as a nutrient, it 1s not a nutnent but the two major formulations are known to contain agents which are mutagenic or have the potential for being mutagenic when mixed with the oitrate in saliva ALTERNATIVES plore their options in WORK. 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