Abstract
Elsewhere in this issue (p 1326) is published a communication that purports to offer solutions for some of the problems of our environment. Although it is against the policy ofThe Journalto publish anonymous letters, the use of a pseudonym is permitted when the author of a letter is as well known to the editors as in this case. The author is also known to be a foremost physiciancrusader for ecological betterment and undoubtedly offered his foolish problem-solving to nettle some ofThe Journal's readers into joining his advocacy. The linkage of the essay by Davis<sup>1</sup>with the idea of creating a lemming-like tendency in mankind probably was inspired by a recent article by Calhoun.<sup>2</sup>The latter, after describing the circumstances (overpopulation) that explain the periodic death marches of<i>Lemmus lemmus</i>, notes that similar migrations of North American grey squirrels have been recorded since 1750. He
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