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Environmental Protection Agency tests during the summer revealed potentially dangerous levels of bacteria, not only for swimming but for boating as well...
...pile on his laboratory workbench while he was on vacation. He noticed that one of the plates contained a blob of moldy contaminant that had apparently grown from particles wafting in through an open window. Having settled on the jellylike nutriment intended for the cultivation of a type of bacteria called staphylococci, the fungus had grown into a flourishing mass...
...plate, Fleming noticed that the colonies of staphylococci around the edge of the gloppy mold had been destroyed. This observation set the scientist off on a series of experiments in which he demonstrated that the mysterious mold was able to kill off an entire range of disease-producing bacteria. Because this particular fungus was a member of the Penicillium group, he named it penicillin after its presumed active ingredient...
...awaited magic bullet in the war against cancer. Their great hope bears the impressive name of monoclonal antibodies, which are proteins that bind to--and attack--a particular target, usually another protein known as an antigen. But while natural antibodies go after antigens on the surface of viruses and bacteria, the artificial monoclonal antibodies are constructed to attack antigens that the immune system does not ordinarily recognize as dangerous, such as those displayed by tumor cells. Moreover, these antibodies (dubbed monoclonal because they are identical) can be made even more deadly by loading them with radioactive iodine and other toxins...
Policies were constantly formulated in terms of tots. E. coli bacteria doesn't just kill people, it kills "children." The problem with pollution is that it poisons "playgrounds." The reason to fight crime is so that "children's lives are not shattered by violence." Look at President Clinton's initiatives: literacy for all eight-year-olds, extra money for child care, adoption tax credits, flex time and family leave. Every voter was a child once, but it's possible that voters without children might have felt a bit lonely at the family table in Chicago...