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Certain members of the anti-abortion camp have supported Salvi's actions. They argue that defending innocent lives in danger through the use of force, even deadly force, is morally justified because of the greater harm that it prevents. For example, they reason, if we knew that an individual was about to shoot into a crowd and kill many people, murdering him would be justified if it were the only way of preventing these deaths...
With this device, researchers in Sweden and Britain showed that lead in the bones of workers exposed to high levels of lead may result in kidney damage, Hu said. But his team was the first to show that modest exposure to lead among the general population may also harm the body...
...cause liver damage, though researchers say both kidney and liver failures remain rare. Among the findings: the risk of kidney failure jumped 40 percent for people taking acetaminophen twice a week or more, and it increased 100 percent for a daily dosage. (Aspirin, meanwhile, does not appear to harm the kidneys.) Ending heavy use of Tylenol -- which accounts for 48 percent of the nation's $2.9 billion in annual pain reliever sales -- could prevent 10 percent of kidney failure cases, saving about $700 million in medical bills a year, the study concludes. But Johnson & Johnson, parent of Tylenol's maker...
...paper ballots had been accidentally placed in current City Coun- cillor Katherine Triantafillou's pile after the November 1993 council election, according to Edward J. Samp Sr., the election board's chair. "No harm is done," Samp said yesterday. "It would not have affected the count in November 1993 at all, but it's embarrassing to us that this happened...
...Scrooge-like, but it strikes me as rather responsible behavior," says Republican strategist William Kristol. "For too many years, some liberals have felt they were doing good by generously spending taxpayers' money. Now Americans, want to take a much harder look at what really does good and what does harm...