EPA chief urges new policy balancing toxic risk and benefits
EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus urged a national policy to weigh human health dangers against chemical benefits and cleanup costs. He urged candid discussion of scientific uncertainty and a broader risk-management approach, signaling possible changes to key environmental laws.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
William Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
National Academy of Sciences
EPA
David Doniger
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
Uckelshaus
Congress
Oil spills and wrecks tally in veteran EPA expert’s view
Kenneth Biglane, chief oil spill expert for the EPA, recalls major disasters from Torrey Canyon to Amoco Cadiz as he warns of ongoing offshore spill dangers. He cites historical totals and locations from England to Brittany and the Persian Gulf Gulf region.
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Ssroutia
South Arkansas
Environmental Protection Agency
Noruz
Iran
Persian Gulf
Biglane
Torrey Canyon
Cornwall
England
France
Argo
Nantucket Island
Amoco
Brest
Brittany
Portland
Maine
Chesapeake Bay
Santa Barbara
Calif
St. Lawrence Seaway
West Falmouth
Mass
Trinidad and Tobago
Kenneth Biglane
EPA expert recalls Ixtoc I spill and Persian Gulf oil woes
Kenneth Biglane of the EPA recounts the 1979 Ixtoc I blowout off Ciudad del Carmen, its 140 million gallon Gulf spill, and warns oil transits will continue to pose risks. He details UAE cooperation, cleanup limits, and the need for prevention amid ongoing global oil use and potential future spills.
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Biglane
Ciudad del Carmen
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Bigland
Woman juror wins protection from unfair questions
Carolyn Bobb a Monterey bankruptcy attorney challenged a Salinas contempt order for refusing to answer a judge asking marital status and husband job. The California Court of Appeals reversed the contempt judgment 2 1 saying the questions to women only violated equal protection, citing broader rights and historic bias.
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Los Angeles Times Service
San Francisco
Salinas
Calif
Carolyn Bobb
Monterey
Raymond Simmons
Bobb
American Civil Liberties Union
Monterey County
California State Court of Appeals
John J. Miller
Mary Hamilton
Alabama
Mary
U.S. Supreme Court
Miller
J. Anthony Kline
Kline
Allison M. Rouse
Soviets offer Proton booster for commercial satellite launch
Soviet space officials propose selling the Proton heavy lift booster for 24 million dollars to Inmarsat for a commercial satellite launch. The move marks a rare entry into commercial launch bidding alongside the US shuttle and European Ariane. Bid proposals will include launch vehicle costs and Inmarsat plans a second satellite late in the decade.
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Shuttle
Ariane
Proton
Inmarsat
Ussr
Peter Berlin
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Kenneth C. Danforth
National Geographic News Service
Ashington
National Geographic Society
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
United
States
Charles R. Corbett
Coast Guard
Goebel
Amang Furniture
Amana, Iowa
Amana
Pool Tech Inc
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
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