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...that she has been given more than a few “breaks” in her life to date, such as a wealthy upbringing, international experience, entry into an Ivy League college, a very lucrative book contract, and an even more lucrative movie deal. I would hazard to say that many people in this world would consider themselves more than lucky to be the recipient of a single one of the above “breaks...
Concerned about what their research is showing, Zoback and her colleagues have redoubled their efforts to raise public awareness of the hazard that lurks below. Later this month their voices will be reinforced by the more than 2,000 scientists, engineers and emergency managers gathering in San Francisco for a special 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference...
People once expected coffee to be inexpensive too, counters Richard George, a professor of food marketing at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. "Just look at Starbucks." The biggest hazard, he says, is maintaining quality across hundreds of outlets. Yeganeh hopes to avoid that by maintaining tight control over production. All the soup sold will be made at two locations, one in Indiana and the other in New Jersey, using a preparation process designed and supervised by Yeganeh...
Another predicted consequence of global warming is heavier downpours, leading to more floods. The immediate hazard is drowning, but the larger issue is water quality. To take just one example, more than 700 U.S. cities--most of them older communities in the Northeast, Northwest and Great Lakes area--have sewer systems that regularly overflow into water supplies during heavy rainstorms, mixing dirty and clean water and sometimes requiring mandatory boiling to make contaminated tap water safe. A heavy rainfall preceded the majority of waterborne-disease outbreaks in the U.S. over the past 60 years, says Dr. Jonathan Patz...
...error due to inaccurate memory was approximately the same for mothers of NTD-positive children as for mothers in the control group. When asked what effect this study might have on the consumption of its products, snack manufacturer Frito-Lay declined to comment. Despite the alarm that the tortilla hazard might cause in those who intend one day to have children, Harvard students seem generally nonplussed. “It’s not going to affect the way I eat,” said Laura E. Martin ’06. “They come out with...