Word: carbonic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forms of life may once have existed-or still exist-on Mars. That possibility has also been strengthened by readings from Mariner's instruments. They indicate that about 100,000 gallons of water vapor escape daily into space from the Martian atmosphere. Scientists believe that the vapor and carbon dioxide are being continually vented from volcanoes in the same kind of process that created the earth's early atmosphere...
Simon's lyrics express a mixture of urban and exurban complaints: carbon monoxide ("the ole Detroit perfume"), thin motel walls ("Couple in the next room/Bound to win a prize"), everybody's Congressman ("He's avoiding me"). Simon has always been a fine rock guitarist-indeed, his guitar was usually all the accompaniment S & G had at their concerts-but the new LP is filled with the unexpected lights and shadows of a newly refined classical technique. The best thing in the album, though, is a number that Simon just sings, leaving the accompaniment to others...
...principal villain in tobacco. For two decades, scientists have been concentrating on "tars," a catchall term for the viscous gunk that is left from cigarette smoke after the gases and water vapor have been boiled off. Now, while they do not exonerate these culprits, researchers are studying carbon monoxide, a product of incomplete combustion in cigarettes as in automobile engines...
...Inhaled carbon monoxide, in smokers and nonsmokers alike, enters the bloodstream through the inner surface of the lungs, competing with oxygen in the process. The result is that the hemoglobin of the red blood cells carries less oxygen than normal, plus a load of the poisonous carboxyhemo-globin. Cigar smoke presents a hazard similar to that from cigarettes...
...Carbon monoxide concentrations from smoking, of course, do not reach the fatal levels found in a closed garage where a car engine has been left running. Still, a P.H.S. panel headed by Dr. Daniel Horn reported evidence of surprisingly high monoxide levels in smoke-filled rooms. The acceptable maximum in most industrial situations is 50 parts of carbon monoxide to 1,000,000 parts of air. A roomful of cigarette smokers, investigators found, raise the carbon monoxide content to between 20 and 80 p.p.m...