Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-08
Zoos Frozen in Vacuum
Without Breokino Shells



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Q. LOUISIANA
II consists essentially 81 earTNs1s O.. .r,
fre~x4ns process n = saeuGra Ate Pc.
urinary treatment which reduce
amour, O. water n Tire egg
TIE reason an ess -sAeI bursts ~ ire
pr kA3oyrfras reports - tNe we.l.s~-.r
expansion Of water when II ehaosrs Sc
Ncs only Is the assll broken 81, uae lrtr-~s.
composition al Tire sSg asea - eAaHsrt
Under the rev method their is no eHpsn,..-
Present methods al r-escrS!ng tEs, p.
freezing require that The egss ~ srokrH o.s
O! their shells stirred 20 break The IRE.
e-aaeS and stabilized by the Acdi'1ou 2
salt or sugar The Use 81 lhts pFoSsac.
essentially limited TO bakeries and Cow
dictionaries
Eses IN the shell have been preserved @. ~
at TEMPERATURES above the treeEtng pom 2
water Ordinary cold STORAGE and q com
nation al cold storage and gaS ssoTagr a."
commonly USED There is considerable los
Of weigh, and acquisition Of unae2rsS-s
odors and naVorS.
Began Nsrk In Athena
The present work started, Dr.. kaloyrrrs'
SAYS while he was in charge q. the Fosd
Experiment Station al Athens In ls*S ard
has been perfected since ne came IL ioui',.
ana He nov is experimenting on the pos.
hllity Of Matching such eggs after lnrs
periods
In ordinary esq freezing ne SAYS the
white freezes nrst ard creates solid wall
around the yolk. 40 that when the latter
freezes there is no room for 1t 10 expand
and cracking Is inevitable. In the new pro
cess the yolk freezes frst.
The treatment he saws. docs not a1eet
the quality q The Gags al all, except thai
the ph}pniDc quality OF the white Is sofne-
What improved"
There Is little danger of race Of two
headed or twelve toed men q few thousand
years hence as \ result OF hereditary changes
produced by atomic radiationS
While the subject is dehatahle the best
evidence accumulated TO date BY Atomic
Energy Commission scientists Il that Tadia-
ton will not significantly increase the
human mutation rate
In some quarters, says Chairman David n.
Lnienthal of the Commission. there Is being
held out a horrible prospect Of q world
peopled by men with two or three heads.
There are some who tell as that IN their
opinion the mass radiation al Hiroshima
and Nasasaki will cause more deaths hun.
dreds of years hence than there were al
the time Of the bomb drops This ID a..
trihuted 10 the cumulative effect Of radia-
ton on the tiny particles. the chromosomes
which carry heredity from generation 70
generation
Best Evidence 10 Date.
1T Is true that radiatlons can effect In
heritanee Experiments with plants and
lower animals show this But the best evi-
denoe We have 10 date Is that in humans IN
general radiation will NOT significantly In
crease the rate OF these mutations"
Studies OF the survivors In the japanese
cities Atomic Energy Commission doctors
say. thus far have failed TO show any In.
crease whatsoever In abnormal children. any
increase OF still births OF miscarriage. or
Of ieukemla -a-~
Human beings. Is stressed. are being
irradiated all the timely ultraviolet iieht
coSmic rays. and the ilks-vith The result
that there is n constant low level OF mutA-
tions. These seldom are continued into the
next generation because they are fatal 10
their victims II is well known that such
diseases as German measles and chicken
pox also cause mutations and II 10 not
likely that artificial radiation effects will 10
much greater over a prolonged period.