Sam:

Please see the following press release from the  University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario  Canada on a new interactive computer
game, called "PERIL" to teach youths about risk assessment and injury
prevention.



April 12, 1999
GAME TEACHES TEENS RISKS OF LIFE
        Teens can test their knowledge of risky behaviour through an interactive computer game developed by University of Guelph professors and students.
        PERIL (Project Earth Risk Identification Lifeline) is a CD-ROM game aimed at youths between the ages of 12 and 16. Players are challenged by a game show host from a fictitious planet, Castor II, to select activities with the least risk found in home,
        The CD-ROM addresses 120 discussion topics of potential health and safety risks. One to three people can play at a time. The players are game show contestants from a "risk-free" planet competing to win a free trip to Earth. In order to win, a contesta
        The CD-ROM includes a classroom guide, complete with teaching exercises, that complement the game and a Toxicology Educator's Resource Guide. The CD-ROM was enthusiastically received by teacher groups in the U.S. who previewed the program during the N
        The PERIL game is available for $10 plus shipping and handling. It is sponsored by The Donner Canadian Foundation, Novartis and the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres.
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Contact:
Donna Warner
Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres
(519) 824-4120 Ext. 2950 or e-mail <[log in to unmask]>

Additional information is also available on the Internet at http://www.uoguelph.ca/cntc/
Donna Warner, Program Coordinator, CNTC
Tel. 519-837-3320
Fax. 519-837-3861
Email: [log in to unmask]