We could have prevented the epidemic, but the monitor was a little high on the wall.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - Bio Watch air monitors - Brief Article

This failure to find out what happens when the rubber meets the road is, as we never tire of pointing out, a common shortcoming of Washington. Another Times story, which like the FDA one, was buried on a back page, reveals that the EPA is failing to check up on the performance of the Bio Watch air monitors that have been installed in 30 metropolitan areas to detect the release of such biological agents as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. The...