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...most sophisticated facility is its Maximum Containment Laboratory, which handles highly lethal diseases that have no known antidotes. Workers, all of whom are volunteers, must punch in a code to open the outer shell of the lab; after a trip through a chemical-shower chamber, they must provide another personal number to gain access to the pressurized inner sanctum. There the scientists wear seamless blue space suits, equipped with their own air filtration systems, to work with some of the world's most lethal microbes, including those that cause Lassa fever and Ebola virus, two maladies that produce severe internal...
...past two years, the U.S. Government has been urgently seeking to convince the world that the Soviet Union has been guilty, in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, of violating international bans on chemical warfare. The alleged weapon: "yellow rain," a lethal spray of poisons. The Soviets have denied the charge, and a United Nations panel was unable to confirm it. Now, to the considerable embarrassment of U.S. officials, a group of respected scientists has offered a new theory. Said Harvard Biochemist Matthew Meselson last week at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "There is good evidence...
...atmosphere at the abbey, already poisoned by suspicions of heresy and unholy lust among some of the monks, quickly becomes lethal as other mysterious deaths take place-a total of seven bloody deeds. William speculates that the killer may be inspired by the Book of Revelation, where it is prophesied that a series of seven trumpet calls will signal death and destruction before the Apocalypse...
...that American cars must be made with 90 percent American materials, and the major Democratic presidential contenders have all endorsed protectionism in some form. The tragedy of "Buy American" is that it is at best a placebo--temporarily increasing job opportunities without providing real growth--and at worst a lethal measure, as other countries retaliate, choking off the 30 percent of our economy dependent on exports...
Coddington cites as possible causes an increase in fear of radiation, the 1979 accident at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island, and conflicting testimony among scientists in public debates. Additionally, the synthesis of new, highly lethal chemicals and highly radioactive compounds has taught people the unrealistic nature of the "belief of 20 years ago that you could throw things away--that there was such a place as 'away...