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...extent, man has already altered himself and his planet. Scientists can only guess at the genetic toll from radioactive fallout, chemical contamination and other assaults on the environment. Even man's noblest impulses are apt to offend against nature. While improved medical care assures the survival and reproduction of those with genetically caused mental and physical defects, it also ensures that an increasingly larger percentage of the population will be heir to these illnesses in years to come. Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky succinctly expresses the ethical dilemma. "If we enable the weak and the deformed to live and to propagate their...
...Commoner of Washington University in St. Louis (TIME cover. Feb. 2, 1970). As he sees it, statistical data prove that total pollution in the U.S. increased disproportionately between 1946 and 1966, while population rose by only 43%. Nor is pollution localized in cities where the most people are: radioactive fallout, pesticide residue and fertilizer run-off all pollute the rural environment. The root problem, Commoner said, lies in consumption patterns. Bowing to economic incentives, man now prefers synthetic materials like rayon and plastic to natural ones like cotton and wood. In fact, the number of new products-each of which...
...downturn in the economy, accentuated by a sagging forest-products industry and a steady net decline in secondary employment, has caused fallout virtually everywhere, from city finances to car sales to housing. As early as last summer, Wes Uhlman, 35, the personable mayor of Seattle, decreed a 5% expenditure cut for the second half of the year in an already conservative budget. A selective city job freeze went into effect, and summer park programs closed a week early. There is virtually no growth in city tax revenue now, reflecting the stagnant economy. Uhlman has already weathered a frightening bombing spree...
...Nixon made a morning-after list of Republican losers whose talents he wants to use in the Administration: it was headed by Clark MacGregor of Minnesota and George Bush of Texas. His Senate summary: "We gained a working majority of at least three. In addition, there's the fallout effect on Senators up for re-election in '72. The changes this year might make some of them read the tea leaves...
Political Fallout. A new economic plan, which goes into effect Jan. 1, aims at redirecting Poland's economic energies into more dynamic and profitable industries. Under the plan, factories are required to finance 80% of their own expansion from profits, so that only the ones producing high-quality and wanted goods will be able to grow. Polish workers, whose wages have had little connection with the quality of their performance, will now be given bonuses for extra achievement. At the same time, plant managers will be given a greater voice in setting production goals...