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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1976
Page
10
Long Leach reports lawmakers near enacting a bill that would shift premarket proof to FDA for medical devices and tests. The plan, driven by industry, may set standards rather than require full drug‑style trials, risking slowed innovation and higher costs for smaller firms.
A California researcher reports that nearsighted men show higher IQ scores than those with normal vision. Dr Karlsson and colleagues analyzed 2427 students near Napa, finding myopic groups outpacing others by about eight points on average in verbal and nonverbal IQ tests.
California creates a new civil service Special Qualifications Clerk position with a $497 to $1,000 monthly salary. Applicants will not take standard tests but will be interviewed by a panel including a specialist in the rehabilitation of the retarded, per State Rehabilitation Director Ed Retalon Roberts.
Carolyn Miller of 101 Metita Melfies Drive turned to an Independent Classified ad for help with her rental problem. The ad quickly attracted tenants, solving her housing issue and proving the reach of classified ads to a broad readership.
A fragment discusses the impracticality of testing products individually for their effects on human health. It hints at broad testing approaches and the challenge of assessing multiple items efficiently. The text mentions health considerations and the need for evaluation beyond single item testing.
The National Cancer Institute reports an 80 week Kepone feeding study showing significant liver cancer in rats and mice. At Life Sciences Inc in Hopewell Virginia which employed 110 workers, long exposure raised fears of future cancer though not yet proven. Kepone linked to liver cancer adds to prior tremor illnesses among workers and parallels with vinyl chloride gas.
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