Word: adl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Attorneys for the Arthur D. Little (ADL) research firm presented their arguments against Cambridge's ban on nerve gas testing before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last Thursday...
...security precautions installed in ADL's new one million dollar state-of-the-art laboratory are impressive. Undoubtedly, ADL is competent to build high security laboratories but the fact remains that not even the safest laboratories in the world are accident-proof...
...SOMEWHAT MORE DISTURBING than the likelihood of a nerve gas leak is the bad faith ADL has fostered in its dealings with the community. From the very beginning of the project, ADL neglected to tell the appropriate city officials about its intentions to test nerve gas in the city until after the million dollar Levins Laboratory was completed. Moreover, company spokesmen have consistently been inconsistent in their explanations about how much of the substances are being tested and what the purpose of the testing really is. Finally, ADL even went so far as to inform the city that...
...took Union Carbide two days before realizing that it was responsible for last week's accident in West Virginia. With ADL's recent record, how long would it take the company to inform the proper authorities in the event of a spill of toxic substances...
...need for reasonable regulations regarding commercial and academic research on nerve gas will remain long after the ADL question is settled. In fact, these highly toxic substances are currently unregulated by any local, state, or federal public safety statutes except by Department of Defense standards. In the absence of reliable regulations, it is no wonder that Cambridge residents are wary about ADL's nerve gas testing. ADL's should need public sentiment which indicates that nerve gas is not something Cambridge wants next door...