Word: acidated
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...Salvador, the report notes, journalists, church workers, women, children and teachers have been victims of abuse by various governmental defense organizations and paramilitary units. The methods include sexual abuse, the use of chemicals to disorient people, mock executions and burning of flesh with sulfuric acid...
...subject to whippings and cigarette burns, as well as fingernail plucking and long periods in which they are hung upside down. In one particularly horrifying case, police in India deliberately blinded 36 suspected criminals during one year by piercing their eyes with bicycle spokes and wrapping them with acid-soaked pads. In countries as diverse as Mauritania and Uruguay, governments seek the cooperation of medical professionals, who either ignore signs of abuse or actively participate in torture. Prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, for example, often are forcibly treated by doctors who give them disorienting or pain-causing drugs...
...believed to be responsible for the slow death of one-third of West Germany's forests, the poisoning of lakes and woods in North America and the contamination of drinking water on both continents. But in part because acid rain is an insidious form of air pollution that is carried long distances before falling as rain and snow, there has been little cooperation between those who create the problem and those who suffer its consequences. That is changing. At a meeting in Ottawa last week, representatives of Canada and nine European nations* signed an agreement to reduce the sulfur...
...Acid rain has become a major point of contention between the U.S. and Canada. In February, the Canadian government sent a stiff letter of protest to Washington, accusing the U.S. of ignoring "principles contained in bilateral treaties directed at protecting the North American environment." The Reagan Administration insists that the huge outlays necessary to reduce sulfur-dioxide emissions significantly in the U.S. cannot be justified without further study. The U.S. last year spent $28.8 million on acid-rain research, and, if Congress approves, that will rise to $55.5 million this year. By contrast, Budget Director David Stockman puts the cost...
...unmoved by the rising chorus from other Western nations, it may find it harder to ignore critics at home. All of the Democratic candidates for President have talked about acid rain in their campaigns. Additional pressure on the White House came last week when six northeastern states-New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island-brought suit in Federal District Court in Washington to force the EPA to enact tougher restrictions on sulfur-dioxide emissions...