Word: disposall
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many other factors have combined to pump up the proceeds. First-rate works of art are in short supply, and becoming ever more scarce, as the auction catalogues-if not the sales figures-sadly reflect. The prizes go mostly these days to citizens of nations that do not extract excessive...
The new interventionist argument crumbles at the touch of logic. What if that quick-strike force had been at our disposal last month--would it have helped President Carter find a way to get the embassy hostage out alive? Would it have cowed the religious fanatics who provoked the crisis...
Hefernon said airbound asbestos causes two deadly lung diseases, asbestosis and lung cancer. He added that EPA regulations require "an acceptable disposal site," such as a landfill area in a municipal dump.
Asbestos presents no danger once buried, Hefernon said. He added that cities and towns have been overreacting to media publicity surrounding the disposal of many types of hazardous materials.
Recycling industries, a Harvard-contracted disposal firm is now shipping its asbestos waste, along with other chemical wastes, to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Williamsburg, Ohio, James Purrington, the firm's environmental engineer, said yesterday.