Much as we sympathize with the boy from Arlington Heights whobelieves he is "hypersensitive" to lawn chemicals, his ailments arenot sufficient scientific evidence to ban the chemicals.
The youngster may be convinced that his numbness, chestpressure, aching joints, respiratory discomfort, nausea, stomachpain, memory loss, irritability, depression and fatigue all arecaused by his neighbors spraying their lawns and trees withchemicals.
But an 11-year-old's impressions hardly meet the demands of thescientific method.
Which is not to say that the boy's …
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