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...return journey went more smoothly. At a distance of some 174,000 miles from earth, Mattingly emerged from the cabin to retrieve cassettes of film from Casper's scientific equipment bay. During the televised "space walk," Mattingly also exposed a small container holding some 60 million microbes-bacteria, fungi, viruses-to the direct ultraviolet rays of the sun. From the test, scientists hope to learn whether intense ultraviolet radiation, as well as other conditions encountered in spaceflight, has any genetic effects on microorganisms...
...Metaphysics aside, just how dirty is money? Filthy indeed, according to a report by two doctors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Writing in the A.M.A. Journal, Drs. Berel Abrams and Norton Waterman report that money carries copious quantities of potentially harmful bacteria. They base their conclusion on analysis of 150 coins worth $13.47 and 50 bills totaling $150. The coins were relatively clean; only 13.3% yielded common bacteria like Staphylococcus. But 42% of the bills carried that type as well as Escherichia coli. To avoid contamination by cash, the Louisville researchers suggest that people...
...declined to name the hospitals, but one of them volunteered news of the problem. Yale-New Haven Hospital announced that it had closed one of its six nurseries after pediatricians began finding colonies of staphylococcus bacteria-and mild infections-in infants. Critics of the FDA lost no time in blaming the agency's action for the outbreak. Dr. Louis Gluck, pediatrics professor at the University of California at San Diego and one of the first to report on hexachlorophene's benefits years ago, said: "There's no question about it. The ban on the use of hexachlorophene...
...than 12% protein and about 28% fat, according to a study released last week by the Consumers Union. In contrast, the wieners of 1937 averaged nearly 20% protein and only 19% fat. Space age franks were also found by the Consumers Union to contain alarmingly high levels of water, bacteria and potentially poisonous nitrites. More than 40% of the test hot dogs were in the process of spoiling; insect parts and rodent hairs turned...
...proportions. Not so the younger surgeon of today, with wavy locks down to the nape and perhaps a mustache and beard as well. Infection following surgery remains a problem, says Ludmila Davis, director of Stanford University Hospital's operating rooms, and hair is a natural breeding ground for bacteria. So Mrs. Davis and colleagues have designed a "Lawrence of Arabia helmet" to cover not only the Samson hair but also the Burnside whiskers and Mosaic beards of young, mod surgeons...