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...problem, MIT officials say, was not a chemical mess but a bureaucratic...
...administrative and procedural” glitch involving mislabeled containers of hazardous waste, says William VanSchalkwyk, an MIT environmental safety official...
...recent years has cracked down on hazardous waste infractions at academic institutions, officials at universities have begun to question whether the rules are justified. At a recent meeting convened by the National Institutes of Health, environmental safety officials began to rethink the kinds of rules that cost MIT half a million dollars...
According to officials at institutions like Harvard and MIT, the National Academy of Sciences has maintained for years that federal environmental regulations place undue burdens on academic researchers. But they say only recently have their criticisms found a receptive audience with policymakers in Washington...
...it’s a vision that by definition goes beyond Harvard in its scope. What excites outsiders, from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to MIT scientists, about Summers’ vision is that it calls for the creation of a fertile climate for the growth of the biotechnology industry...