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<text id=91TT1499>
<title>
July 08, 1991: American Notes:California
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
July 08, 1991 Who Are We?
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 27
American Notes
CALIFORNIA
My Neighbor The Rat
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<p> When the Buck Center for Research in Aging proposed to conduct
research on rats and other rodents at the $30 million facility
it plans to build in suburban Marin County, some residents
sounded the alarm. Animal-rights activists warned that studying
the beasts would lead to unnecessary cruelty and that the
laboratory could be a source of dangerous medical wastes. But
another ominous potential threat, opponents argued, was that
living near the center might make people feel bad about
themselves.
</p>
<p> Faced with rising protests last week, the county planning
department warned in a letter to Mary McEachron, administrative
director of the center, that "social disruption, demonstrations,
pickets" might occur if the center conducts animal research.
Such activity, the letter said, could "significantly reduce the
quality of life and community self-esteem."
</p>
<p> Then the planning department ordered the center to pony up
$6,000 for a report on how the center would impact the
self-esteem of county residents. Since the report will be
included in a larger study on the environmental effects of the
center, it might be called an emotional-impact statement.
McEachron has another name for it: "Looney Tunes."
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</body></article>
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