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...said. “My particular interest is that it should have some impact in Kenya, and in most of the developing world.” Sambu said he hopes to work with a team of researchers at Oxford that is trying to develop a needle-less aerosol vaccine delivery system. Such a mechanism would allow for fewer infections, less pain, and for children to get vaccinated at a younger age. “I believe science can play a prominent role in helping the economies of Africa in catching up to the rest of the world...
...college-educated inmate from the U.S. arrived here last year after being caught trying to fly home carrying aerosol cans stuffed with three kilos of cocaine. He had, he said, been struggling to make ends meet, and running drugs had seemed an attractive proposition. "It was stupidity on my part," he said, too scared of reprisals from fellow inmates to let his name be used, "but I was desperate...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, BSL-4 laboratories study “dangerous/exotic agents which pose high risk of life-threatening disease, aerosol-transmitted lab infections; or related agents with unknown risk of transmission.” In addition to the BU lab, six known BSL-4 laboratories currently exist in the United States, with another in the Rocky Mountains slated to open this year...
...everyone from Fox & Friends to Jon Stewart's Daily Show. And Shriver has been inundated with donations and cash for shipping. She's even had a private pilot volunteer his services to fly the stuff to Kuwait where it will be taken by truck to Iraq in January. (Because aerosol cans are considered hazardous materials, they're extremely expensive or impossible to ship by commercial or freight air carriers...
...with streams of foam--and see if they're snagged by barely visible wires, which are often affixed to bombs. The Army acknowledges the off-label use, and Marine spokesman Captain Jay Delarosa says, "We force Marine trainees to improvise." Shriver is raising money to mail string to Iraq (aerosol cans are haz-mat and costly to ship). So the next time you waste string at a party, remember it could save a life...