Eubank said Lilly officials hope the course teaches the next generation about protecting the environment. Cook cited Indiana Department of Transportation figures that indicated a need for public transportation for senior citizens and other people with limited mobility. Collection has been spotty, especially on Fridays, when many of the department's 23 employees have taken vacation or personal days or called in sick this year, she said. The situation has gotten so bad that Overton, her top aide and several members of the City Council have offered to collect garbage themselves in the city's east end on Fridays, which is the pickup day there. New standards for cleaner diesel fuel unveiled by Clinton administration would dramatically reduce emissions.
Oil companies oppose plan.
In a draft of a long-awaited report on the health effects of the pollutant dioxin, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency say that the chemical is 10 times more likely to cause cancer than previously estimated. Some environmental groups hailed the draft, but some scientists questioned its assertions. Moreover, it says, dioxin can cause other adverse health effects, like developmental delays in children and disruptions in hormone secretions. The conclusions of the draft report, but not the need for the advisory board review, were described on Wednesday in The Washington Post, sending industry groups and environmentalists scrambling to respond to a document few had seen. The Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that it would produce fewer Ford Excursion sport utility vehicles during the 2001 model year, but attributed the cutback to weak consumer demand for the vehicle rather than the company's concerns about its safety and environmental problems.