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p-forum: Gore and Bush Offer Their Views on Science Science 2000; 290: 262-269 [Summary] [Full text]

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Re: Ozone Formation?

Dr. Brahama D. Sharma, Ph.D., C. Chem., FRSC   (25 October 2000)

Re: Ozone Formation?

Lawrence R. Kream   (19 October 2000)

Re: Avoiding the Evolution Issue

Aaron Shafer   (19 October 2000)

Avoiding the Evolution Issue

Paul McGettigan   (17 October 2000)

Ozone Formation?

Kenneth Reisman   (16 October 2000)

Re: Ozone Formation? 25 October 2000
Dr. Brahama D. Sharma, Ph.D., C. Chem., FRSC, Professor of Chemistry (retired) Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Re: Ozone Formation?	Reisman's singles out the pronouncement by George Bush that he (Bush)is doing his best to reduce "ozone-producing pollution" and then saying that Bush's words speak for themselves. But consider the smog issue. From the daily problems of smog and the inversion layer in many major cities, the chemistry leads to the presence of ozone in concentrations higher than normally found, thus ozone is produced by pollutants that lead to smog. Another dEbate mentioned the comment about "killer trees" attributed to Reagan when he was a presidential candidate. Reagan was commenting on NOx pollution. His advisors mistook N2O to be included along with NO and NO2, the pollution resulting from autos.
Re: Ozone Formation? 19 October 2000
Lawrence R. Kream, Lawyer Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Re: Ozone Formation?	Regarding George Bush's comment about "ozone-forming pollution": As Yogi Bera said, it's deja vu all over again. With Regan it was "killer trees." Have the republicans learned anything yet?
Re: Avoiding the Evolution Issue 19 October 2000
Aaron Shafer, Grad student UC Davis Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Re: Avoiding the Evolution Issue	I don't think your criticism of "Science" is well founded. I don't think that the forum was ducking the hard questions, rather it was asking questions that were directly relavant to how these candidates could impact our research. The evolution controversy makes for a great "bar topic" discussion and is not a topic that is critical for the candidates to address. Right now this great controversy is largely being delt with at the state and local levels of the educational systems, and if states like Kansas choose to teach "evolution" as a theory or belief, then that's their choice.
Avoiding the Evolution Issue 17 October 2000
Paul McGettigan, IT Consultant Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Avoiding the Evolution Issue	I was surprised in reading the questions put to the two candidates that nowhere was there any mention of the evolution controversy. Was this a case of Science ducking the hard questions?
Ozone Formation? 16 October 2000
Kenneth Reisman, Graduate Student Stanford University Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Ozone Formation?	"As governor, I've taken steps to reduce harmful, ozone-forming pollution." I believe Governor Bush's words speak for themselves.