Word: restrictionism
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Europeans became fearful of hormone supplements in the early 1980s after the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol, or DES, was detected several times in baby food made with veal. (The growth-inducing compound, which has been linked to cancer and birth defects, was banned in the U.S. in 1979.) Amid the furor...
E.C. officials insist the ban is nothing more than a regulation designed to protect the public health. They see the law as nondiscriminatory, since all nations exporting meat to Europe must meet the same requirement. Such major beef exporters as Argentina, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand have agreed to ship...
The E.C.'s ban is based on concerns that animal growth hormones might be hazardous to humans. Reagan Administration officials insist that there is no scientific support for the claim. But under pressure from consumer groups, Italy, West Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have banned the additives, which prompted the...
Although released from detention, I am still under restriction orders which restrict my mobility and prevent my particpation in social and political activities and organizations.
Right up to the moment of Discovery's launch, the space agency displayed caution -- and in the view of some critics, excessive caution -- in preparing to resume shuttle flights. Time and again during the past year, as problems cropped up during tests of new and redesigned shuttle equipment, officials pushed...