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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Soviet arms control violations - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 17:05:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 30 17:05:03 1984
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Some
on this net have gone so far as to claim that "yellow rain" is simply pollen
or such.  Funny, I've never heard of any kind of pollen that causes people
to die in agony, hemorraging (sp?) from every body orifice....
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No, but some people are mighty allergic.  Haven't heard of any kind
of yellow rain that does that, either. (Or even that has been claimed
to do it).

Science (that Communist anti-realist rag) had some articles on the
evidence about "yellow rain" being chemical warfare a few months
(year or two?) ago.  The conclusion: not the slightest evidence, and
considerable evidence that pollen was the right answer.

I didn't tear out those articles, so I can't give references.  But I
can reference the article of 13 May 1983, p695-697, headed
"Scientists fault charges of Soviet cheating.  Experts say that
the United States lacks good evidence of Soviet dishonesty on
strategic arms treaties."  This one is not about yellow rain (I think
even the Reagan administration eventually backed down on that one),
but it does illustrate the point.

Another subhead from a Science article applies here as well as in
its original place (regaarding the FTC): "Reagan appointees complain
that too much scientific truth hurts." 24 Dec 1982, p1289-1292

From reading this and other newsgroups, I think "Reagan apologists
complain that too much truth hurts."  At least they usually deny it
when truth is spoken about this administration.
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Martin Taylor
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