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...report’s findings, which deem the Charles safe for swimming and boating, is a direct result of the Clean Charles Initiative, a program enacted in 1995 after the EPA gave the Charles a “D” rating...
...That may be one of the reasons that public health officials, epidemiologists, and infectious disease specialists have indicated that people should not be overly concerned. One expert told NPR, "We've seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it's come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different," said Dr. Arnold Monto, from the University of Michigan. "I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed...
...campaign trail, Obama promised direct talks with Iran in an effort to bring peace and stability to the Middle East. In principle, such a policy is laudable: The U.S. often engages in diplomatic efforts with unfriendly nations, sometimes even in the midst of conflict (such as in the case of former President Reagan’s willingness to talk to Moscow during the Cold War). However, Obama’s proposal to do so with no preconditions is naiveté at its finest. In fact, even the Iranians themselves admit that negotiations provide more time for Iran to come closer...
...acquisition of a nuclear weapon. Former President Bill Clinton’s best diplomatic efforts were not enough to stop North Korea from pulling out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003—North Korea’s decision to do so was in direct violation of the 1994 agreement negotiated between the U.S. and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Indeed, no diplomatic agreement seems powerful enough to restrain Kim Jong Il’s appetite for nukes: Even after destroying the cooling tower of itsmain nuclear facility pursuant to an agreement negotiated under...
...these technologies previously was getting bad tissue reactions—nerve and muscle injuries,” said Daniel S. Kohane, one of the senior authors and an associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. “The compounds we use tend to have little or no direct neurotoxic or muscle-toxic effects...