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Griffin angrily dismissed the allegations in Alto's memo as false. Said he: "I never pressured anybody. There was no effort by me to drive anybody out of any agency at any time." With the Carter Administration pressing for investigators to net some "bigger fish," and Republicans clamoring for an independent probe of the growing fraud and mismanagement scandal, the charges are certain to be thoroughly aired in the next round of Senate hearings on the GSA shenanigans that opens this week...
...This is well over the dosage scientists believe could kill human beings. Even the conservative Academy concluded that the herbicide changed the ecosystem of the forests, spreading diseases and disease-carriers such as rats and mosquitoes. Other studies have found very high levels of dioxin in the wildlife and fish of the area, contaminating food sources for many Vietnamese...
...rhesus monkeys, the animal most like humans in chemical sensitivity. He found that dioxin administered over a period of months in dosages as low as 550 parts per trillion, caused cancer and eventual death. Allen fed dioxin to monkeys in amounts comparable to those consumed by people eating contaminated fish, vegetables or wildlife. After six months, Allen bred the monkeys; five of the eight conceived, and four aborted in the second month or pregnancy. At the end of his study, five of the eight monkeys died because the dioxin killed their red and white cells. Surviving monkeys evidenced massive hemoragghing...
...areas with sparse populations, but the herbicide wafts toward more populated areas. Studies conducted by the Forestry Service document the phenomenon of "spray drift": the herbicide spreads to outlying areas coating them in a fine mist of chemicals. The Service found that dioxin floats into streams, where it harms fish. The same study documented a loss of vegetation adversely affecting the fishfood supply...
...Crimsonphobia...The Journal suggested that shuttle buses be used for Harvard hockey faithful planning to make the pilgramage to BU's Walter Brown Arena this winter...Couple of very familiar faces in the Class of '78 have nailed down assistant coaching jobs. Squash wizard Mark Panarese will help Dave Fish while Corey Wynn takes a sabbatical. Suki Magraw is set to assist with Bob Scalise and his women's soccer stalwarts. Meanwhile, Brian Petrovek, who had an abortive pro career after four superb seasons as the Crimson netminder, finds himself at the Ed School. Petro will receive degree credit...