Word: cautioning
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...come across any specific dangers in their research, the fact remains that despite genetically modified foods' near-saturation of the produce market, no one knows for sure what effects biologically engineered products could have on the environment or consumers. "This is another chance for American scientists to formally urge caution," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "And it represents another pebble in the pan tipping the scales away from the seemingly indiscriminate use of modified food technology." Americans may not follow the lead of our European peers and panic at the mere mention of engineered foods, but science will force...
...very careful. So if you are doing what you're supposed to do, chances are you're going to be on your way." Still, tragic events like the Diallo killing--along with alarming scandals like the reported abuses in the Los Angeles police department--have made the words of caution more urgent. "Many people felt that Mr. Diallo could have been any one of us," says Dennis Walcott, president of the New York Urban League and the father of a 15-year...
...decision to return Elian to Cuba." The government has threatened to revoke Elian's parole status by Thursday if Lazaro fails to sign its document, but although that would give the INS legal authority to immediately collect the boy and repatriate him, that remains an unlikely scenario. "Government caution has created many openings for the Miami relatives and their supporters to delay the process," says Padgett. "If they lose in the courts, the Miami family may again try to appeal to Congress to come up with some device, such as granting Elian citizenship or issuing a congressional subpoena, although...
...Experts caution that tobacco companies "brand" potential young consumers with product giveaways such as hats and T shirts, and that kids who own this merchandise (even if they don't yet smoke) are three times as likely as other kids to try cigarettes. So parents who don't want their kids using tobacco should be wary of any product plastered with tobacco logos...
Before entering the IOP, students were checked for identification by police officers and led past the yellow caution tape stretched across the forum entrance...