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Performers--including the Radical Arts Troupe (RAT), a student group thatperformed in demonstrations in 1969--played duringan intermission in the discussion...
Though the U.S. inspection system is among the most comprehensive in the world, it depends on methods -- sight, smell and touch -- that are suited to the hazards of the turn of the century. "At the time of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the problems were visible -- lesions and rat hairs and dirt," explains Diane Heiman of Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, a Washington consumer group. "But today we've moved beyond that to invisible hazards, like pesticide residue and bacteria and microbiological toxins...
Contrary to what city and Harvard officials might say, having rats running on grills, salad bars and areas where dishes are washed does not represent a rat infestation problem under control...
INDEED, several Harvard dining halls--certainly Winthrop's--are sitting on what are essentially festering rat nests. Harvard officials have not addressed this serious problem and potential health hazard effectively. Having a weekly visit by an exterminator is not enough--especially when it is clear to service personnel and residents alike that the problem is becoming more acute rather than subsiding...
Harvard should see to it that 1990 is not the Year of the Rat--again...