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...disputes that Chesapeake Bay and other coastal ecosystems are becoming dangerously polluted by excess nitrogen, not all experts agree that acid rain plays a key role. David Cohen, a spokesman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, believes the contribution of nitrogen oxides "is much lower than 25%." EPA scientists suspect that agricultural runoff and the dumping of industrial sewage are far worse culprits...
Should science use knowledge gained from criminal experiments on human beings? No, said Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Thomas, who last week forbade use of Nazi data in an EPA report. Forty concentration-camp inmates had been exposed to poison phosgene gas to examine its effects. The information was included in a draft study for the EPA, since the gas is now used in making plastics and pesticides. But 22 agency officials and scientists expressed concern. Some of them argued, "To use such data debases us all ((and)) gives such experiments legitimacy." Thomas agreed...
...there are EPA restrictions which restrict the number of parking spaces which can be created," Healy says. "There have been additional spaces in Harvard Square created by private developers, but the clear fact is these lots cost money...
Given the EPA restrictions, City Councillor Walsh says he thinks underground parking could be a solution. "The land under the street belongs to the city, so I suppose we could get a private developer to do it and work out a deal to the benefit of the city and neighbors," Walsh says...
...Moore's keep-calm advice seemed odd given those figures, EPA's strategy for removing or sealing the asbestos appeared even more so. Citing limited resources to dispose of the material and the need to deal first with school buildings, the agency recommended a period of evaluation before the nation launches a cleanup that could cost $51 billion. Democratic Representative James Florio of New Jersey said EPA is "sweeping this alarming problem under...