Exploring Mysticism: A Methodological Essay. By Frits Staal. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. xix + 230 pages. $15.00 (paper $4.95).

Community and Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Disaster of 1967

“…66 The smell of the dispersant was considered to be even worse than that of the oil, and left men with sore throats and watering eyes. 67 Despite only a few men experiencing serious health consequences at the time or later, it would appear that both army and local doctors feared the toxicity of the detergents.…”