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...among terrorists. That's because the raw materials are relatively easy to get, and the finished products don't have to be kept alive. But chemical weapons aren't well suited for inflicting widespread damage. Unlike germs, chemical agents can't reproduce, observes Tucker. "You have to generate a lethal concentration in the air, which means you need very large quantities." To kill a sizable number of people with sarin, for example, which can be absorbed through the skin as a liquid or inhaled as a vapor, you would need something like a crop-dusting plane--which is why investigators...
...Guizhou's sunbaked earth yields little above ground. But just a few meters down, the earth turns black and hard. The coal is tantalizingly easy to reach; so are the lethal pockets of gas that cause explosions or asphyxiate workers. Zhang's husband, Li Zhenhua, had worked for a decade in a cluster of small, illegal mines near his Duck Pond village. Whenever an accident claimed lives, the pit would be ordered to close?but another would invariably open not far away. Much of the illegal mining is done at night to avoid government monitors. In any case, the inspectors...
...Shakti, the god and goddess of power, as their deities. From unarmed kicks and punches, kalarippayat warriors would graduate to sticks, swords, spears and daggers and study the marmas - the 107 vital spots on the human body where a blow can kill. Training was conducted in secret, the lethal warriors unleashed as a surprise weapon against the enemies of Cheras. Still, Chinese traders learned some of the mysterious body movements and took them home to provide the basis of their own martial arts...
...their skin a few shades lighter in the belief that it makes them more attractive. But the quest for beauty carries a heavy price. Many of the most popular creams contain hydroquinone, which can cause irreversible skin damage and even lead to skin cancer. Some creams also contain potentially lethal mercury, banned in cosmetics since the 1970s. But the creams remain as popular as ever despite government prohibitions in a dozen African countries. "As long as there's a demand there will be a market," says Purity Wangai, a chemist at the Kenya Bureau of Standards, which recently banned...
...scientific basis for sanctuaries," said Minoru Morimoto, Japan's commissioner. His country is the only one that kills whales - ostensibly for scientific research - in the Southern Ocean sanctuary, established in 1994. While research is permitted, anti-whaling nations say there is no reason why it has to be lethal. Many campaigners consider the science little more than a cover for commercial whaling. Japan denies that, and says its studies of the impact of whale appetites on fish stocks are important. "Blaming whales for eating too many fish is like blaming woodpeckers for deforestation," responds Greenpeace. The diplomatic wrangle...