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Predictably, attempts to whipsaw public opinion have already begun. Corporate lobbyists urge that action be put on hold until science resolves the unanswered questions. Environmentalists argue that evidence for harm is too strong to permit delay. The issue is especially tough because the chemicals under scrutiny are found almost everywhere.Since...
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to raise the issue this week when it releases a major report on the effects of dioxin, one of the most ubiquitous of the suspect chemicals. Dioxin is the name given to a class of chlorine-containing compounds that are waste by-products of...
But most investigators agree that although the danger has not been proved, it is too plausible to ignore. The chain of reasoning goes something like this: animals exposed to high doses of these pollutants in the wild develop reproductive abnormalities. Animals exposed to low doses in the lab do too...
Joseph Williams, an employee of the Bank of America, invents the first all- purpose credit card in 1956. Several years later at the same bank, Dee Ward Hock devises the computer system that processes charges so credit cards can be used everywhere. What a perfect name for the father of...
The Dowling committee also said the report should be rejected "unless it provides provision for involving students more directly in all decision-making processes within the College, including tenure decisions, curricular offerings, and requirements for degrees."