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...scientists have established some cause-and-effect links-for example, between prolonged inhalation of asbestos particles and mesothelioma (cancer of the lining of the chest or abdomen). But often the results of such epidemiological studies are not entirely convincing. The problem: scientists must trace effect back to probable cause ratherthan identifying cause and looking for effects. Says Dr. Irving Selikoff, of Manhattan's Mount Sinai Medical Center, who established the asbestos-cancer connection: "You're always working backward in this field...
...statement asked for a restriction on the number of University parking permits and a system of parking fees based on the individual's ability to pay. It also demanded that additional parking facilities be built at the Business School ratherthan on the Broadway site currently proposed by the University...