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...area of hazard grew even wider as radioactive scrap from the junkyard was transported to two Mexican foundries, one in Ciudad Juárez, the other 220 miles south in Chihuahua. According to José Antonio Rotonda of the Mexican Nuclear Commission, radioactive pellets that had adhered to scraps in the truck fell off en route to Chihuahua, and eight pockets of contamination have been discovered between the two cities...
...There was massive exposure of asbestos in the laundry room, and not enough has been done," Zalph added, hoping to alert students and administrators to the potential hazard...
University policy states that asbestos, if exposed, may be either removed or covered since both measures adequately prevent any hazard, said Russell A. Simpson, an assistant dean at the Law School...
...array of goodies at the top poses the hazard of a backlash among lower-echelon managers. The auto engineers at Ford, for example, traditionally the loyal core of the company, have lately taken to griping and restlessness. A major defense contractor, Drucker says, recently lost 20 prized engineers who had received only a 3% salary boost at a time when top management got a package of incentives totaling 30%. Says Drucker: "Resentment over top-management compensation is by no means confined to unions and rank-and-file employees...
...Little Co. from manufacturing binary nerve gas shells in a North Cambridge laboratory. The weapons, budgeted two years ago in heated Congressional debate, contain two non-toxic substances which combine to make nerve gas only after the weapon has been fired. Before producing any evidence that a health hazard was posed by local manufacture, the department sought a ban, which was promptly overturned by a local court. The city has now actually sought an extension of the ruling in order to try and build a case...