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...made surplus of carbon monoxide, a toxic gas that cannot be seen or smelled. One way CO is formed is by burning any substance that contains carbon-fuel oil, for example, or tobacco. As a byproduct of the incomplete combustion of gasoline, CO is a prime ingredient of auto exhaust, which is the main source of air pollution in big cities...
...known for a long time that in large amounts the gas severely impairs the ability of the blood's hemoglobin to carry oxygen from lungs to tissues. The result is a loss of energy and a crippling of both mental and physical reactions. Inhaling the gas from auto exhaust has become a popular method of suicide. Now, because the highly industrialized Northern Hemisphere contains more than 90% of the world's CO, U.S. scientists are voicing new concern about its effects...
Nwafor, a Biafran, said he was afraid that the Nigerian government, which has refused outside food from several international agencies, intended to permit a massacre of the defeated Biafrans. "Two million people have already died in this genocidal war. We must exhaust all available resources so that these millions of innocent people can be kept alive," Nwafor said...
...number of other states and cities in a Federal Government suit against General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and other vehicle makers. Scott wants the Government to force the auto industry to install antismog devices on all cars and trucks dating back to 1953. In late November, charging that "the exhaust from one jet is equal to the exhaust emitted from a thousand cars," he moved against 27 airlines serving Chicago. His suit asks the state Circuit Court to order the airlines to muzzle their planes' engines with anti-pollution equipment...
...Holland Tunnel in 1927, the Norwegian-born Singstad designed and built dozens of underwater highways, including New York's Lincoln and Brooklyn Battery tunnels, and the 1¾-mile Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. What made them all possible was his ingenious ventilation system, which sucks out deadly exhaust fumes with fans so efficiently that it has become standard the world over...