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...Crimson article, “A study released earlier this month by Professor Daniel R. Faber of Northeastern University and Professor Eric J. Krieg of Johnson State College rated Cambridge as the fourth-worst city in Massachusetts in terms of total ‘environmental hazard points.’” Because Cambridge is mainly comprised of students and renters, fewer citizens take an active effort in local politics, and according to the article, this makes Cambridge a target for local polluters. Though Harvard may be a model University in terms of power consumption, Cambridge...
...behind Cambridge’s picturesque fall foliage: pollutants. A study released earlier this month by Professor Daniel R. Faber of Northeastern University and Professor Eric J. Krieg of Johnson State College rated Cambridge as the fourth-worst city in Massachusetts in terms of total “environmental hazard points.” “The research shows that...pollution is being concentrated in a few areas, one of which is Cambridge,” Faber said. From 1990 to 2002, Faber and Krieg reported that 198,000 pounds of chemical toxins were released into the Cambridge environment...
...fluoride levels. EPA union representatives reopened the issue in August, calling on EPA administrator Stephen Johnson to issue a moratorium on fluoridation and to set a goal of zero fluoride in tap water. "The EPA has an ethical duty to send an effective warning immediately about this hazard," they said...
...events, such as a bag of popcorn that burned in a microwave, an accumulation of dust in a basement, or other such unpredictable circumstances. Fire detection systems aren’t human beings, and they will react to these types of occurrences as they would to a real fire hazard. Realistically, the sensitivity of fire alarms cannot be reduced without somehow compromising student safety, which is, of course, the overriding concern...
...following each fire alarm that details what caused the alarm and what is being done to resolve the problem (especially in cases like the Eliot bakery). These messages should invariably end with a strong reminder that students take alarms seriously regardless of the actual probability of a real fire hazard...