Word: fungal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...violating the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention-both treaties have been signed by Moscow-by engaging in chemical warfare. "With every passing day," charged Secretary of State Alexander Haig in February, "we get more incontrovertible evidence of the use of mycotoxins [fungal poisons] in Afghanistan, Laos and Kampuchea [Cambodia] . . . There is no question in our minds that such weapons have been and are continuing to be used...
...identified in 1919 by Dutch plant pathologists, the fungus, Ceratocystis ulmi, invades the elm's vascular system, clogging it and causing death. Beginning in the Cleveland and New York City areas, then in scores of other communities across the nation, American elms died by the thousands from the fungal infection: Dutch elm disease...
...relieves the pain and swelling of arthritis, heals burns, soothes toothaches, eases headaches and muscle strains, and clears up viral, fungal and bacterial infections. It helps retarded children, prevents paralysis from spinal-cord injuries, and even grows hair on bald pates. And it is safe to use. At least so claim the dedicated defenders of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which was enthusiastically promoted as a "wonder drug" in the early 1960s but then fell from grace after the Food and Drug Administration halted its testing in 1965 because of possible harmful side effects...