Word: barium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...carry a government health warning? A piece being displayed at New York City's New Museum of Contemporary Art could have used such a caveat. When Eclipse of the Earth by Kazuo Katase was installed last month, the work's dusty red coloring agent contained zinc sulfide and barium sulfate. The chemicals caused severe respiratory and skin problems for some employees, they claim. A staff memo admitted that "ingestion of the pigment will cause illness, and the inhalation of the dust is known to cause lung irritation." Although the powder was replaced 12 days later, three workers resigned...
...Force to stage the $250 million fireworks display, but they promise it will be well worth the price. During the next two weeks, a team of scientists is planning a dazzling light show as part of a project to study the earth's magnetic fields. Fourteen canisters containing barium and lithium will be released from a satellite orbiting as high as 20,000 miles above the earth, creating a display of luminous red, green and purple clouds over much of North and South America, the Atlantic and Western Europe. Scientists hope that by monitoring the movement of the clouds, they...