Word: miceli
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protect the crops from cutworms and other insects. But they are so long-lasting that they get into animal feed, water supplies, and thus into human food as well. What the pesticides do to people is still unknown. But they have been found to trigger cancers in laboratory mice...
...could have staved off some of the present controversy by appointing at least one member of the department to the advisory committee of the institute. Apparently there was such an attempt, though the person was not yet a member of the department, and alas, the best laid plans of mice...
...disputes the fact that by now most Americans have a significant amount of dieldrin in their bodies, but there is still debate about whether the levels are sufficient to cause cancer. Mice given food with levels of dieldrin similar to those in human foods have developed cancer, especially of the liver. Shell says that there is no evidence that those results apply to humans; the EPA insists that dieldrin has "unreasonable and adverse effects on man." In addition to the cancer risk, says EPA Administrator Russell Train, dieldrin has been found to hamper reproduction in birds and to cause birth...
...parapsychological equivalent of the famous case of the painted mice at Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute (TIME, April 29 et seq.), Walter J. Levy Jr., 26, the bright, recently appointed director of Rhine's institute, resigned after admitting that he had falsified experimental data...
...right. The latest team to swing at Tiant's pitches was the California Angels. Like nine blind mice, they managed to scratch out only four hits and no runs last week. That gave Tiant his 18th victory, practically assuring him of a second consecutive season as a 20-game winner, with a good shot at 25 victories by October. By no coincidence, at week's end the Red Sox had a firm hold on first place in the American League's Eastern Division...