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...they are listening to what he says. Among his concerns is the increased use of chemical additives in foods, which Americans now consume at an annual rate of 3 Ibs. per person. He has prodded the asbestos industry to start safeguarding its workers, who now have seven times more lung cancer than the general working population. He created a national surveillance network to learn about other dangers to human health. Cheered by the concern over the environment, he predicts: "The time is ripe for our national policy to recognize that there is something in greater need of protection than natural...
...Black Lung Disease. In his campaign to familiarize the U.S. with the real costs of unchecked pollution, Johnson carries his message to businessmen, labor leaders, scientists and engineers, to conferences and conventions. "Man has created a new environment, but he has not created a new man," he argues. Johnson uses more than words to guard man against some of the threats of his self-imposed surroundings. Last spring, for example, after FDA scientists found unusually high levels of DDT in Lake Michigan coho salmon, Johnson helped to engineer a HEW order aimed at phasing out use of the chemical...
...postpone action while we try to dot every scientific i and cross every scientific t" When he was advised that color TV sets and microwave ovens are a potentially dangerous source of radiation, Johnson quickly alerted the public, then helped to write strict new radiation standards. To combat black lung disease, which now afflicts about 100,000 miners, he established interim limits on the amount of airborne coal dust permitted in a mine shaft, until Congress finally set permanent standards last year...
...essence of bel canto is making the vocally difficult sound delectable. Long, lung-stretching phrases, rococo trills, breathtaking leaps of voice slide into the air and ear with soft, summery ease and grace. The quintessential bel canto role is Norma, the most taxing female part in all opera. Giuditta Pasta, the first singer to try the part after Bellini created it in 1831, found it so difficult that the violins had to play out of tune deliberately to disguise her failures...
Cancer Society spokesmen cautioned that the filter cigarette cannot "objectively be called a 'safe' cigarette" simply because the dogs kept on filter cigarettes did not develop cancer. But they conceded that with the filters, damage to lung tissue advances less rapidly. While animal experiments can never offer conclusive proof about disease in man, Auerbach has previously shown that human lungs undergo similar, progressive changes in proportion to the amount smoked. This, coupled with his beagle findings, makes an undeniably strong case...