Word: healthful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Housing inspectors for the Cambridge Health Department cited Dunster House last month for violating the ordinance. Inspectors also cited Kirkland House, Dudley House, and Wigglesworth Hall for violations of other sections of the housing code. Problems ranged from peeling paint to a hole in a wall to a missing fire escape...
...Cambridge Health Department inspected all of the Harvard dormitories this summer and early fall, approving most of the buildings...
Until now students have been allowed to use cooking appliances in their rooms under most circumstances. Although an official of the health department said it has enforced the ordinance since its adoption in 1962, Fox said Tuesday he was unaware of the regulation until the city contacted him about it last month...
Studies by such groups as the World Health Organization and the World Bank have noted a sharp drop in the peak age of child malnutrition in these areas as a result of the "alarming" decrease in breastfeeding in the past two decades. Babies are now commonly suffering from the deadly combination of malnutrition and diarrhea--often caused by bacteria-infested, diluted or ill-prepared formula--as early as three to six months after birth. In light of the fact that the critical period for brain development is the first two years of life, this situation is indeed tragic...
...producer and seller of infant formula in the Third World is the Swiss corporation Nestle. Nestle operates 81 plants in 27 underdeveloped countries, raking in $300 million annually in infant formula sales. While some corporations--such as Bristol Myers and Borden--have responded to complaints by consumer, church and health organizations by terminating sales to consumers in poor countries, Nestle has refused to acknowledge its role in this serious nutritional problem. It continues to send "milk nurses" (sales personnel dressed in medical-like uniforms) to villages, sales representatives to hospital maternity wards, and free samples to many hospitals. Unfortunately, when...