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...Utah who witnessed early atomic tests in the atmosphere and were showered with fallout, and workers in nuclear shipyards. In fact, many experts now believe any radiation carries with it some risks, as yet undefined, that may take years to show up. As Harvard University's Nobel-Prizewinning Biologist George Wald, an antinuclear activist, puts it: "Every dose is an overdose. There is no threshold where radiation is concerned. A little radiation does a little harm; a lot does more harm...
...Also, the Environmental Protection Agency says that the emissions from the Three Mile Island plant involved only the inert gases krypton and xenon, which are thought to cause little damage to tissue, and not particles of radioactive iodine and strontium, both of which can enter the food chain. Radiation Biologist and Pediatrician Robert Brent of Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College agrees that the health risks are small, but says that "one of the worst effects is that people are afraid...
...most Radcliffe women into its classes. Harvard's undergraduate library remained closed to Cliffies until 1967; the first joint commencement of men and women was held in 1970. Declaring that "there is not enough trust, not enough respect" between the two colleges, Horner's predecessor, Biologist Mary Bunting, resigned her post...
...about 300 meters (1,000 ft.) off the Comoros. On board his small boat, he patiently watched the TV monitor for a glimpse of the fish that had only been known from the earth's fossil record until the accidental discovery of a living specimen by a British biologist some 40 years ago. Since then, fishermen have caught two dozen more live coelacanths in their nets Unfortunately, the creatures, which grow to about 1.5 meters (5 ft.), weigh about 70 kg (150 Ibs.) and possess four large fins−apparently the evolutionary beginnings of limbs−usually were dead...
...panels, the sofas and card table turn into more sleeping platforms. By 2 a.m. there are sleeping bags as far as the eye can see. As the passenger stumbles among them a voice hisses, "There is room here!" It's Adam. He whispers that he is a biologist from M.I.T. Maybe that explains the scrape. He was "designing an incurable virus," he says, when he realized what he was doing. He's been on the road for several weeks sorting things out. Daybreak and breakfast in Arizona. Sleeping bags are rolled. The poker game reconvenes. Jerry cheats theatrically...