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...Gentle Annie with a raw, modern energy, the charismatic baritone became one of the biggest stars of the '60s folk revival. Among his fans: Bob Dylan, John Hammond and John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 asked the group to play at the White House. Makem was 74 and had cancer...
...best-selling travelogue I'll Go Everywhere and See Everything co-founded a grass-roots "citizens' league" to oppose U.S. involvement in Vietnam. His group gained converts and motivated a generation of young Japanese activists. Oda, one of TIME ASIA's 2002 heroes, was 75 and had cancer...
...cleaning chemical used as the primary solvent in more than 90% of the estimated 50,000 dry cleaning stores in the U.S. - can harm the central nervous system. According to the Centers for Disease Control, studies show that PCE may be a factor in the increased risk for cervical cancer among female dry-cleaning workers. Tom Kelly, director of the indoor environments division of EPA, confirmed that PCE may be dangerous, particularly in residential buildings, and can be a factor in both cancer and non-cancer illness. Nora Nealis, executive director of the National Cleaners Association, responds that, while conditions...
...nail-care products have not been safety tested by an independent agency. Since 2001, the Environmental Working Group, a public health watchdog, has been studying many of those same ingredients, with disturbing results. The group has noted that one common brand of nail glue contains ingredients linked to cancer and reproductive defects, a significant finding given that more than half of Asian immigrant women working in nail salons are of child-bearing age. Hannah Lee, executive editor of Nails Magazine, an industry publication, says that safety fears are often overblown. "If you follow all the rules that are out there...
...their multimillion-dollar PTL (Praise the Lord) empire crumbled, finally divorcing him in 1992. She promoted her faith, made fun of herself on Roseanne and other sitcoms and supported gay rights. ("We're all just people made of the same old dirt," she said.) After learning she had colon cancer in 1996, the 4-ft. 11-in. (1.5 m) evangelist, who married Roe Messner in 1993, tried to demystify cancer by speaking about it on TV and film and writing the 2003 memoir I Will Survive ... And You Will Too! Messner...