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...Acid rain, overpopulation and global warming are inspiring international cooperation, but they are provoking "ecoconflicts" as well. -- How the U.S. can exercise leadership in the Third World. See Environment...
...environmentalist can reel off a long list of grievous problems confronting the planet -- from acid rain and global warming to the destruction of tropical rain forests. The hard part is getting people to do something about them. Last week two fresh ideas for encouraging environmental activism were proposed, one a carrot, the other a stick...
...many doctors are too quick to reach for the prescription pad. Reason: patients find it easier to take pills than to give up steak and eggs. Yet taking drugs for a lifetime can have unintended and perhaps dangerous side effects. The well-established anticholesterol drugs, including cholestyramine and nicotinic acid, seem to be relatively safe, but they can produce such discomforts as nausea and intestinal pain. Newer drugs, like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies...
...trapping the sun's heat like a greenhouse, could begin to smother the planet, raising temperatures, turning farmland to desert, swelling oceans anywhere from four feet to 20 feet. Goodbye Venice, goodbye Bangladesh. Goodbye to millions of species of animals, insects and plants that haven't already succumbed to acid rain, ultraviolet radiation leaking through the damaged ozone layer, spreading toxic wastes or bulldozers...
Jacob said his research would provide newinsight into such problems as acid rain globalwarming and depletion of the ozone layer...