Word: toxication
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state appeals court told a local research laboratory late last Friday it could resume testing toxic nerve gases, despite a lower court ruling less than two weeks ago which upheld Cambridge's ban on such research...
...light of a State Superior Court decision, on February 26, upholding Cambridge's newly enacted halt on all "toxic and hazardous substances" research, the fact that Cambridge is the third most densely populated city in the nation clinches the argument against ADL's nerve gas testing However, the contradiction of, in effect, seeking out danger in the name of safety, only brings into focus a national issue of which Cambridge is an extreme case...
Thanks to emission-control equipment installed on new autos since 1975, the air over U.S. cities is cleaner than it was ten years ago. Even so, millions of cars continue to spew out microscopic particles of a toxic pollutant: lead. Last week the Environmental Protection Agency told refiners that by next January they must eliminate 90% of the lead they put in leaded gasoline. The EPA said it is proposing a ban on all such fuel...
...Cambridge's] elected representatives, neighborhood groups and scientific advisory committee, the risks posed by the testing of toxic substances are not acceptable," said Dr. David Ozonoff, a Boston University professor of public health and member of the city's 16-member scientific advisory board. "I have a bias in favor of public health...
...will be happy to abide by any regulation that is reasonably established," said Magee, who accused the Toxic Alert Group of opposing the whole concept of chemical warfare testing...