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...TESTING, storage, transportation and disposal of several dangerous chemicals proposed in Question 1 is already law in Cambridge. In fact, the law has been upheld in Massachussetts' Supreme Judicial Court, and Arthur D. Little Company (ADL), the only user of the chemicals in question in Cambridge, has already removed them from the city. Nevertheless, while it only offers voters the opportunity to approve an existing law and will thus cause no action if passed, supporting the existing ban is still important. Strong approval of Question 1 in tommorrow's referendum will give the city council a mandate to develop more...
...current law was enacted in 1984 after the City Health and Hospitals Commissioner determined that ADL's contract work for the Defense Department posed a threat to public health. Especially since the law has been upheld in the courts, there can be no question about its legality. The ban is more than just technically acceptable, however. It was a justified and reasonable response to a grave hazard to the community. Cambridge, like any other community, has an obligation to control such activities in the public interest. That hazards result from defense-related research is simply no excuse for putting people...
...with this latest decision from the state's highest judicial authority, ADL must finally stop experimenting with the gases in its specially built, $1 million Levins research Laboratory. Before ADL could obtain another injunction to resume testing, the U.S. Supreme Court would have to agree to hear the case...
...ruling marks a major victory for Cambridge, which fought ADL's claim that federal legislation on weapons and defense powers superseded any local prohibition on such activity. Lawyers for the defense contractor also contended that the state's Constitutional stipulations on weapons development authorized chemical warfare research...
...addition, he questioned the study conducted by Cambridge. "They do not consider ADL's committment to use significantly smaller amounts of the chemicals than the studies hypothesized Thus, the studies are virtually useless in assessing even the worst case accident scenarios."CrimsonDaniel B. WroblewskiEntrance to Arthor D. Little headquarter...