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...Hospitals by a specially created Scientific Advisory Committee cites "uncertainties" complicating a full risk analysis of ADL's Levins Laboratory. On each of six separate occasion in as many months, ADL indicated radically different maximum amounts is of toxic chemicals "on hand at the lab" ranging from 1/10 liter to 1 lite. Considering the high toxicity of the agents, this range represents huge differences for risk assessment...
...metric system of measurement is an idea whose time may never come. Nonetheless, in the ten years since Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, the country has undergone a quiet metrical transformation. Although the public still talks about ounces rather than grams, and quarts instead of liters, U.S. business is inexorably going metric. From computer parts to cosmetic creams, American goods are increasingly designed and packaged in metric units. So smoothly has this transition been accomplished that consumers now routinely buy wine in 1.5-liter bottles and drive cars that clock speeds in both miles and kilometers...
...small explosion sparks a fire within a local laboratory, releasing half a liter of toxic nerve gas agents through a broken window into the atmosphere. A warm summer's breeze carries the cloud of nerve gas past a nearby highway, motel, bowling alley, playground and disco. In a matter of minutes, several hundred unsuspecting people are subject to the devastating effects of toxic substances...
...fuel economy. The new models get 37 m.p.g. on the highway, compared with 18 m.p.g. for the larger vans. But the new vans can carry only 1,700 lbs., vs. 2,600 lbs. for the bigger versions. Acceleration is also somewhat sluggish, since the minivans use the same 2.2-liter engine as Chrysler's small K-cars...
According to the report, only one half liter of the nerve agents will be allowed in the laboratory at one time, and the single entrance to the room restricts access to authorized personnel, who must shower and change clothes before leaving...