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Every time we drive somewhere unnecessarily, every time we eat a meal using styrofoam containers and plastic utensils, every time we use aerosol sprays, every time we pass over slightly discolored apples in the produce section in favor of shiny, pesticide-treated ones, we are increasing the economic incentives for companies to maul the environment...
...deaths result from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. But studies reported in Montreal confirm that pentamidine inhaled directly into the lungs is dramatically effective in preventing the pneumonia from developing. Federal health officials are so impressed by the drug that they will recommend that those infected with the virus start monthly aerosol treatments as soon as their immune systems begin to weaken...
...music about dangers to the environment. In TV spots that will air later this month, NBC's ALF will warn earthlings about the environment in a 60-second spot: "Public lands aren't like pizzas. You can't call up and order more." Tips about recycling, ozone depletion and aerosol sprays will be inserted in next season's shows. "If characters on shows are making these changes, they will impact the home," says producer Norman Lear...
Beyond providing guidance to agents, drug profiles also catalog the latest nationwide arrest trends. They are constantly updated to keep up with the fertile imaginations of smugglers. Techniques have ranged from hiding drugs in objects -- like suitcases, plaques and aerosol cans -- to concealing them on the person. "I once had an innocent-looking Canadian couple in their 60s come back from a Jamaica holiday wearing body wraps containing 10 lbs. of hashish," recalls Miami Customs supervisory inspector Robert Hessler. Some couriers have been found with contraband stuffed in body orifices, others with cocaine-filled condoms in their stomachs. "Nothing...
...pages long and 3 ft. high, and was five years in the making. It calls for elimination of 70% of smog-producing emissions in the Los Angeles area by the year 2000. In the plan's first five-year phase, 123 separate regulations will ban the use of aerosol hair sprays and deodorants and require companies, regardless of the cost, to install the best antismog equipment available. But one of the plan's primary objectives is to break the city's addiction to the internal-combustion engine. First, it imposes stricter emission standards and forces employers to encourage car pooling...