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Scientists believe that fluorocarbons used in aerosol propellants, refrigeration fluids, fillers for synthetic foams, and electronic parts cleaners are capable of doing the most damage. In addition, gasses produced by burning coals or using artificial fertilizer are also thought to be dangerous...
...Everyone is waiting with bated breath. His information will be absolutely critical," says Myron Uman, executive secretary of the environmental studies board of the National Research Council. Anderson's findings are expected to provide crucial information for the government on a host of environmental questions, including limits on aerosol cans...
...benefits that accrue from having tight regulation over potentially dangerous technology or drugs far out-weigh the costs--simply by saving lives. The FDA's ban on pressurized aerosol mist in the 1960s significantly reduced the number of asthma deaths in the United States. A high tech regulatory agency would unquestionably produce similar benefits...
...Fort Worth urges customers: "Be pure, natural, beautiful with Vitamin E cream!" Breeder's Choice Pet Foods has launched a new line of "all natural" dog food, which is the regular line bereft of additives, and Weleda, Inc., of Spring Valley, N.Y., sells "an all-natural, non-aerosol spray deodorant." Bootstrap Press of Glendale, Calif., offers a book that teaches "the deep natural breathing you were born with...
...like stepping-out gear, but in California they are fast becoming fashionable. Recession Ware bracelets, offered in novelty shops for $2.50 each, are the latest gimmick from master Marketer Stephen Askin, 43, of Los Angeles. During the Iranian hostage crisis, Askin sold Ayatullah Dartboards. More recently he has developed aerosol cans of water labeled Nuclear Fallout Repellant. Even zanier is his Deeley Bobber, a glitter-coated headset that looks like insect antennae. In the past ten weeks an estimated 2 million bobbers have been sold at $2.99 each...