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Zayas leans out the window. "Hello, and how are you?" he says to one woman in a sheer blouse. He asks her for her first name, jots it down on his clipboard and hands her a number of alcohol packs so she can disinfect her skin before she shoots up, along with some condoms. "Be careful and make sure you use them, for everything," he warns. Condoms are the most popular giveaway, and many claim they always use them. Says Karen, 28, a spunky black woman with cropped hair, body-hugging white shorts and a loose-fitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City A Beacon On Lonely Street | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

Cambridge water comes from the Payson Park reservoir in Belmont, where according to Abruzese, the TMH was formed when organic matter mixed with the chlorine used to disinfect the reservoir water, Abruzese explained. The water from Payson Park flows directly into the city's plumbing system...

Author: By Arnold E. Franklin, | Title: Contamination Found in Water | 2/1/1990 | See Source »

...Lichten said that in response to the department chair's inquiry the University contracted workers to disinfect and deodorize the carpet. Inspectors from the University Environmental Health and Safety Office also conducted tests on the site but found no contaminants he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Complaint Prompts OSHA Query | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

...haven't detected any growth of mold," a prime cause of damage, said Warrington, adding that the library plans to disinfect the ceiling of the Treasure Room--where the Law School's 1000 rarest books are kept--to eliminate the possibility of future growth...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Steam Leak Damages Rare Books | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Going further, Eisner points out that none of the bombardier's chemicals are unique to the insect. Hydrogen peroxide is often a by-product of metabolism in the cell. Phenols, the chemical group to which hydroquinones belong, are employed by many plants and primitive animals to heal and disinfect wounds. "The beetle didn't invent anything," says Eisner. "It just found novel uses for existing elements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Drafting the Bombardier Beetle ^ | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

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