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...have no desire to contract lung cancer because of someone else's addiction...
ENVIRONMENT. A mass of evidence indicates that the incidence of certain types of cancer-lung, liver and bladder, for example-is markedly higher for workers in such "dirty" industries as chemicals, mining and asbestos processing (TIME, Oct. 20). Cancer may also be linked with more elusive agents, including the level of radiation and the amount of sunlight in a given region. Some statistics are already available to support this thesis. Melanoma, a form of skin cancer, seems more prevalent in the sunny U.S. South, for example, than in the North. Man-made chemicals and pollutants in water, air and food...
...couple of free runs today," he says. "Straight down, nonstop. " He will be back out every day from now on. "There's nothing a doctor can do for me," he says. "The cracked rib still hurts a little, but I'm doing stretching exercises to improve my lung intake. About the brain concussion -I'll just need a little more time...
Preiml, 36, is the Austrian equivalent of football's total technician Tom Landry: both leave nothing to chance. All his jumpers are tested for heart and lung capacity in repose as well as under stress, and he has even sent them to the Schellbach Institute in West Germany for a dose of will-strengthening therapy. It must work, since Preiml has at least four medal threats, including 90-Meter Favorite Karl Schnabl. No secrets, Preiml says. Except for his wonder wax initially developed by a Viennese glazier to coat windows...
...first, they are as clear and as easily traced as a mountain stream. Then they flow downward-through eight agencies, such as the Social Rehabilitation Service and the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Administration; 20 bureaus, such as the Office of Native American Programs and the National Heart and Lung Institute; and 40 programs, including Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act contracts and the Area Planning and Social Services Programs for the Elderly...