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After reading the piece "Poisonous Plastics?" [HEALTH, March 1], I was left with the question Where's the science? Conspicuously absent are comments from independent scientists, manufacturers of the demonized products--other than a passing reference to an Abbott Laboratories' package insert--or from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency that regulates the blood and IV bags whose safety the article questions. The fact is that numerous independent studies and reviews conducted by government bodies have found no scientific evidence of risk associated with the use of vinyl medical products. C.T. ("KIP") HOWLETT JR. Executive Director Chlorine Chemistry...
...your article on Wendy Shalit's new book, which promotes a return to sexual modesty for young women [THE SEXES, March 1], you said some of the statements in the book seem naive. As a 45-year-old man, I beg to differ with you. Shalit doesn't seem naive to me. She exposes the emperor as having no clothes. Codes of conduct to prevent sexual harassment are obviously better than lawsuits after the fact. And although conservative writer Katie Roiphe complains about being "condescended to by a 23-year-old virgin," she deserves such treatment. The younger generation...
Your report on what might happen if Microsoft loses the antitrust case against it presages bad news for the giant corporation [BUSINESS, March 1]. However, I hope the court will realize that a whopping fine, the breakup of Microsoft or some such punitive action will be hurtful on a large scale to the millions of shareholders and citizens whose income is related to the company's success. MURRAY BROMBERG Bellmore...
Joel Stein's piece in which he called the Adopt-a-Highway program the lamest charity he'd ever heard of [NOTEBOOK, March 1] was a slap in the face to those of us who care about the state of the environment. This program provides money and manpower to help clean littered stretches of highway. Maybe Stein enjoys seeing the rotting wrappers that blow across the endless roadways, but most of us do not. BRANDICE HARTSOCK Blacksburg...
...March 1, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, co-pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3, took off in the hope of becoming the first balloonists to circumnavigate the globe. We bring you a look at some recent, unsuccessful attempts to achieve that honor...