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...miscarriage rate among women in the contaminated sector was a startling 25.2% compared with 8.5% before they moved into the neighborhood. But what triggered the latest crisis was a study showing an unusually high incidence of serious genetic damage among people living in the area. Conducted for the EPA by a small Houston-based research lab, Biogenics Corp., the study showed abnormalities in the chromosomes of eleven of the 36 area residents who were tested...
Federal officials had hoped to review and double-check the findings, which quickly came under attack, before releasing them. But the report was leaked to some residents as well as the press. So, with little forewarning, a team of EPA officials rushed to Niagara Falls, borrowed the Homeowners Association building and called in the study participants one by one to tell them the test results...
...damaged by environmental factors, including certain chemicals. When that happens, the message may become jumbled, possibly increasing the risk of cancer. Some scientists say chromosome damage may also be linked with birth defects and spontaneous abortion. But were the tests conducted by Houston's Biogenics Corp. for the EPA a true index of genetic mayhem from Love Canal...
Confronted by this criticism, Biogenics' scientific director, Dante Picciano, refused to cooperate with EPA in an independent review. He also challenged the assertion that the study was biased toward those already ill: "We did not know who was sick and who wasn't. The people were selected primarily on the basis of where they lived...
...m.p.h. to become the first person ever to break the sound barrier on land. Barrett's car will not be in showrooms quite yet. The three-wheel vehicle was powered by a rocket engine as well as a Sidewinder missile to throw it into supersonic overdrive. In EPA terms it logged .01 m.p.g...