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Edward G. McGuire III, 19, of Falmouth, Mass., died in his college dormitory room from acute ethanol toxicity on the Sunday morning of October 26, according to a state medical examiner's report released last week...
...former member of the National Alcohol Fuels Commission, Democratic Congressman Bill Alexander of Arkansas wanted to take advantage of the August recess to inspect Brazil's production of ethanol. It is an unwritten House rule that Congressmen can request the services of a Pentagon plane only if three or four of them travel together. So Alexander invited four of his colleagues to join him on his six-day sojourn. He sent their names to Speaker Tip O'Neill, who asked the Pentagon to secure a jet for the group. But when the Air Force C-9 took...
...fitness-conscious, alcohol has joined sodium and cholesterol as a substance devoutly to be avoided. The active ingredient in alcohol is ethanol, a depressant closely akin to ether. It dulls perceptions, slows reactions and contains "empty" carbohydrate calories, that is, with no nutritional value. It also relieves stress by releasing endorphins, chemicals that calm the nervous system. Many people drink to relieve stress, says John Bagshaw, a University of California associate professor of medicine, but they often cut down consumption or quit entirely when they begin an exercise program. Reason: the endorphins released by a workout preclude the need...
...would have liked it to be.' Executives at Genex, the Rockville, Md., gene-splicing firm, expect to double its million-dollar business this year Genex is currently seeking outside capital for a major research project: developing a bacterial organism that would convert biomass like wood or grass into ethanol, which is used in the production of industrial chemicals. The company is also accelerating research into the mass production of vitamins and amino acids used to enrich foods. Success could cut the cost of additives in feed corn from $50 to as low as $2 a pound...
Rotting oranges in California [April 6] represent a criminal nutritional waste. In addition, unimaginative profiteers overlook the potential of ethanol from the fruit for vehicle and home-heating fuel...