Hodel and the Ozone Layer
And the Reagan hit parade plays on. Interior Secretary Hodel--cut from the same embarrassing cloth as his predecessor, James Watt--indicated with his recent “Ray-Ban Plan” that he needs a refresher course in high school Biology 101.
Wearing sunglasses and skin creams to combat the deadly results of a uselessly thin ozone layer can be likened to wearing nose clips for breathing smog; drinking polluted water through a straw or strapping on a helmet when we finally nuke ourselves.
Then again, why give him ideas?
PARIS H. QUALLES
San Dimas
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