Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think he is still working for the Jordanians, Israeli intelligence insists that he is no longer a prime target. "We don't kill spies of friendly nations," says one agent, with a smile. Abu Daoud, however, would probably be wise not to put those smooth assurances to the test...
...sick of irrelevant things on the sports page? Well, tough darts, pal. Why don't you unglue that Morrison & Boyd from your hand for a minute and feast your peepers on the most pointless test of knowledge you're probably ever going to face here...
...next test for the field events crew comes after exam period in the Greater Boston Championships--the event where they cleaned up everyone in sight last year...
...report aims some of its severest criticism at the agency for its decision to accept uncritically the studies and test data provided by the pesticide producers themselves-and for its failure, in many cases, to consider adverse reports and warnings from experts. The EPA, for example, ignored a report in its own files showing that the pesticide 2,4-D caused "increased tumor formation" in rats; as recently as April 1976 it approved what many experts believe to be unacceptably high tolerance levels of the chemical in food products. The agency was also blasted for dragging its feet on aldrin...
...inform the EPA of the illnesses for five months. But the EPA ignored equally compelling evidence that the chemical was dangerous. In 1973 and 1974, while the EPA was evaluating leptophos, it received repeated warnings from scientists that the compound was neurotoxic, or capable of causing nerve damage in test animals. One report from Egypt linked the pesticide to the deaths of some 1,200 water buffalo, and a study from an EPA laboratory showed that it could cause leg weakness and paralysis in fowl. Yet it was not until 1975 that the agency acted to ban the import into...