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...state and local officials, too, criticize Washington rulemakers. Enforcers of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for example, require towns like Rutland, Vermont (pop. 18,000), to test for 121 chemicals in the water. Complains Mayor Jeffrey Wennberg: "More than 80% of those chemicals would never be found in our water because there is no farming or industry here. It's ludicrous...
...Right now, we only have models to predict what we will find above 22 kilometers," Wennberg says. "In situ data will be much more precise and unparalleled...
...With the Perseus-like technology, we will be able to look in good detail" to understand the chemistry of the ozone layer, Wennberg says. "We are measuring levels that are 1 part in a trillion, and then changes that are 0.01 of 0.001 parts per trillion...
...unlikely such measurements will be possible from remote payloads such as those on satellites or the Space Shuttle, Wennberg says...
Despite the technological difficulties Wennberg and Anderson have encountered, atmospheric researchers are continuing their efforts to understand all areas of the ozone layer. And scientists involved with their research are optimistic about future efforts...