Wednesday, October 26, 1988 Page C4

Local company prepares Safer herbicide
Research and development under way at a Keating
Crossroad company will result in a new non-toxic,

biodegradabie herbicide for North American and inter-
national markets, the company’s co-founder said.

The new product, which will
likely be available for residential
and commercial use in 1990, will
replace an extremely toxic com-
pound currently in use.

By GLENN WERKMAN
. Review Staff Writer

“We wanted to develop a non-
toxic herbicide that would be natu-
ral — derived from plant or ani-
mal fatty acids — that would kill
weeds. but not harm. the. environ-
ment,” said Dr. George Puritch of
Safer Ltd.

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“We’re looking to develop more
effective compounds to do a simi-
lar function,’’ Puritch said.
“There’s a lot of expectation
nationally and intemationally.”’

The product Safer is developing
is a general, non-selective herbic-
ide usually used in site prepara-
tion, he said. It will replace para-
quat, a compound with no antidote
that is still used in Third World
countries.

Paraquat, too, is non-selective
—but it does not disappear soon
after use.

The new. herbicide acts quickly
and is bio-degradable, breaking
down in the soil within two days,
Puritch said. Although the product
will kill any plant life it comes in
contact with, it can be applied
directly next to plants that garden
ers or orchardists want to keep.

“It doesn’t translocate through.

the soil,’’Puritch said. “It could be

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used between rows in green-
houses.”

An early form of the product is
now on the market in the United
States and Safer Ltd. anticipates
getting approval from Canadian
regulators in time to market the
product by 1990, he said.

They plan to develop the pro-
duct in three forms. A ready-to-use
product for homeowners and. two
strengths of a concentrated for-
mula will be prepared for com-
mercial and residential use,

“The world is ready for an
alternative product and we're
really glad to be at the forefront of
it,” Puritch said.

The company. received a
$257,135, interest-free repayable
contribution from the federal
Western Economic Diversification
Fund in late-September, Esqui
malt-Saanich MP Pat Crofton

announced.

“The $1.46 million project will

create two research and develop-
ment jobs at the company’s Cen-
tral Saanich research facility, pro-
duce environmental benefits by
providing an alternative to toxic
chemical herbicides and maintain
and expand Western Canadian
expertise in the bio-tech field,”
press. release said.
- The technology for the new
products is based on earlier
research carried out by the com-
pany in developing a number of
pesticides based on fatty acids.

Puritch said 26 scientists and

technicians work at the Kirkpa- |

trick Crescent research lab.

“We're looking at botanical and
biological compounds and organ-
isms as an alternative to synthetic
petro-chemical compounds and
chemicals,” he said.

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Some will gain and some will
lose in a unique program. spon-
sored by the Peninsula Players

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Office Management Project.

The five women in the program
are organizing a slim-a-thon. Par-
ticipants in the project will go on a
dict to lose weight and raise

moncy for the food bank for each

pound lost.

Individuals wanting to lose a
few. pounds are invited to join in
by finding sponsors willing: to
donate to the food bank for each

pound lost.

‘The money raised will g0 tow-

ards providing Chrismas hampers.

Participants: will help themselves
and-help others.
The event will start on Monday,

“Oct: 31° and end’ on. Dec... 16.

Pledge forms will be available at

local merchants on Beacon niet
nue, .

Those : wishing: to help. who do

Local realtor Ron Kubek of NRS

Peninsula Properties Lid. is the |
~ first realtor inthe Victoria Real .

Estate Board to receive the Certi-

‘fied Commercial-Investment.

Member designation.

The designation was awarded by. -

the Commercial-Investment Can-

ada Committee of the Canadian

Real Estate Association,

To receive the. designation,
Kubek had to complete over 240
hours of: graduate-level courses
covering investment, taxation,
Acasing and market analysis, along

with other aspects of commercial- .

invesument real estate,
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not want to lose weight are: invited’.
to'sponsor a dicter.or give food or...
money « donations to the food bank... |
Women in the: office manage- |
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as a gesture’ of thanks to the: |.
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experience and: supporting their.”
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For more. information contact.’
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Love that inversion. No, I’m
not talking about a weather con-
dition, although your ‘tempcra-
ture might rise if retirement is in
your personal forecast.

For the inversion I have dis-

thrill of some extra cold cash if
you retire and take your Canada
Pension Plan pension this
December instead of next Jan-
uary.

_ “An inversion occurs when a
-benefit coming into pay in a
particular year is less than a
previous ‘year’s benefit escalated
to a new year’ values,’ "explained
Tom Stark, a client services man-
ager for Health and Welfare Can-
ada’s income security programs.

depends on various factors, Stark
| said. An inversion occurs when

reversal of the historical trend-
which we have been experienc-
ing recently.

1988-89 inversion to be more

than four times as great.as the

| inversion we experienced | last
December-January.

| this year runs at four per cent and
‘fo wages ‘are up 4.4 per cent, a

said.

December and. $564.78 in Jan-,
: uary.”

the pension, so retiring a month
carly in this case can. really pay
off.

before 65, “you will also. profit
from inversion, although the dif-

of the lower pension. On the
other hand, if you delay retire
ment past 65, inversion’ will
| produce a larger profit,

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Ummm, yes. The CPP benefit .

average wages increase more -
slowly than average prices — a.

Stark expects the upcoming |

Although cach spouse must.-|

‘it paid to the other spouse, even |

“Assuming price. inflation for. the shift of part a large CPP |:

| 65-year-old. maximum. contribu- "—
-tor who applies in December and...
“receives: the. first. cheque: next”
‘January, will-receive a monthly_

CPP Pepsom of $3559 03,” ” “he ;

f- “But ifhe thats same individual
| applied in November this year, he.
or she would receive. $543.06 in:

That, cxtra | $5.75 a month will
| be indexed, along with the rest of -

If you retire after age 60 but

ference will be smaller because.

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Stark noted the exact inversion
amount will depend on the infla-
tion figures used, as well as on
the individual’s carnings and
contribution record.

If you do apply for a reduced
CPP bencfit before you turn 65, |
you must have officially quit
work as of the end of the month
before your pension starts.

However, once you start to
receive the pension, then you can j
return to work and earn as much
as you like.

If you apply for the CPP |
pension at age 65 or older, this
forced retirement rule does not |
apply. .

In all cases, when you receive
the CPP pension you may no
longer make fur ther CPP contri-
butions.

Recently changed CPP legisla-
tion now allows you.to split your j
CPP pension with. your spouse, |

once you are both entitled to |”

receive the pension. That means |
a high-tax-bracket spouse could
have up to half the pension to a {
low/no-tax-bracket spouse.

split the pension and have part of]

-pension’ to. a lower-income
spouse: who returns ° part’ of. a
smaller pension: could save: ‘tax. :

_ Forget this: split, you Say,

“because: your relationship; is. |.

splitting? :

Then’ you: should know “your. awe
© futute CPP. pension “could be}:
increased. or: ‘decreased when.a |
“-marriage- or.common-law. rela-..{°.:

tionship breaks down..In other: }-. -*.
words, part. of the CPP pension: |”
credits one partner. accumulates .

while working could be claimed
by the other partner as part of the |
breakup... .

Finally - - and this. has been |
only a very: bricf summary of
some CPP. benefit highlights - |
you must apply for. all: CPP
pensions and other benefits: they .
are: not paid aulomatically,

Contact your local ‘income |

security programs office for leaf-
lets outlining, the CPP benefi its in
more detail.

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