Word: dioxin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three Harvard professors attended an international conference in Vietnam in January that examined the impact of dioxin on the offspring of males exposed to Agent Orange...
Research done by Vietnamese scientists indicates a link between exposure to dioxin-faced Agent Orange and birth defects of offspring born to males who were exposed to the chemical American researchers, however, have yet to discover such a link...
...Advisers James Baker and Craig Fuller were quoted as saying at midweek that, despite President Reagan's public expressions of confidence in beleaguered EPA Administrator Anne Burford, firing her had indeed become an option. The Administration had counted on its showy, if belated, one-two punch-buying out dioxin-tainted Times Beach, Mo., and bolstering Burford with five seasoned deputies-to cool the controversy that has paralyzed the agency. But it soon became apparent that the EPA tar baby was not so easily unstuck...
...much choice," says former Times Beach Mayor Charles Yarbro. But many insist they will go permanently only if they get what they consider a fair price for their property. And some, no matter how attractive the federal buyout money, still want to stay, the health dangers notwithstanding. "The damn dioxin doesn't bother me as much as the river," insists Michael Keeler, 42, a lifetime resident who owns a four-bedroom ranch house. Says Gerald Johnson, 51: "If we are forced out, then we're forced out. But we will not volunteer to leave our home." Wayde Dake...
...daughter at home and two married children living within a few blocks. "When we go on a two-week vacation, I get homesick." And those who have left cannot easily forget what they went through. "I worry still about illness that may come up later from the dioxin and whether my kids will be able to have kids," says Keith Young, 29, who already has started life anew 25 miles south in Ware, Mo. But he feels that one indignity is behind him. "Before, some kids didn't want to touch our kids if they found out we were...