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...links are difficult to prove scientifically, many of the chemicals in hazardous wastes are believed to cause cancer and birth defects. More than 66,000 different compounds are used in industry, and less than 2% have been tested for possible side effects. Over the years the dangers of slow, toxic seepage may far outweigh the confined outburst of a primary disaster...
...comprising 225 different chemicals, was produced in the U.S. last year, and an additional 79 million lbs. was imported. MIC is stored or used at plants in New York, West Virginia, Texas, Alabama and Georgia. Those insecticides not dependent on the compound, like malathion, are also construct ed of toxic molecules. Dow Chemical Co., one of the nation's largest producers of agricultural and industrial chemicals, is reconsidering its safety and spillage codes. American Cyanamid, a major chemical manufacturer, is busy comparing its emergency procedures with those of Union Carbide...
Despite widespread indifference, some progress in waste management is beginning to emerge. Both California and Louisiana, among the leaders in policing efforts, now have "toxic-material task forces." Under the direction of the state police, the Louisiana unit has full jurisdiction over transportation of hazardous goods in the state, and frequently stops careless truckers of dangerous materials to hand out fines. A toxic-waste "strike force," serving the county of Los Angeles for the past two years, boasts that it has sent twelve high-ranking officials from various companies to prison for illegally dumping hazardous waste. The message, says Barry...
...development is critical to the survival of the poorest, painstaking environmental concerns and flawless safeguards against disaster often seem like impossible or impractical luxuries. Lurching sometimes, stumbling at others, technology and its many implications move forward. "As a society," says Michael Brown, author of Laying Waste, a study of toxic chemicals in America, "we have to accept reasonable risks in order to reap reasonable benefits." Knowing the benefits is easy. The hard part is achieving acceptable odds on the risks. -By Natalie Angler. Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington and Peter Stoler/New York, with other bureaus
While Michigan resisted the reduction, other states with healthy surpluses are under pressure to trim taxes and restore program cuts. In New Jersey, where the 1985 surplus may wind up as high as $800 million, politicians from both parties have put toxic-waste cleanup at the top of a long list of demands. New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who reports a surplus of $207 million, is designing a broad tax-reform plan that will include income tax reductions. In California, Governor George Deukmejian plans to pump money into education, highway construction and environmental projects. Says William Hamm, an analyst...