Word: marias
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Fulani's running-mate is Maria Elizabeth Munoz...
This fog may finally start to clear because of two studies done in Sweden. The first, led by epidemiologists Maria Feychting and Anders Ahlbom of Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, looked at everyone who lived within 300 m (328 yd.) of a high-tension line in Sweden from 1960 to '85. Although the investigators could find no evidence of an increased cancer threat for adults, they did detect a higher risk of leukemia in children. The second study, led by Birgitta Floderus of Sweden's National Institute of Occupational Health, linked on-the-job exposure to electromagnetic fields and leukemia...
...think it will take a long time before we have final proof," Maria Feychting says. But even if the link holds up, she notes, people should not panic: "The risk for leukemia is very small -- 1 out of 20,000 children a year." Reacting too hastily to scientific findings can in itself be hazardous to one's health. Witness the realization that more people may be exposed to asbestos during its removal than if it is merely encased. As for electromagnetic radiation, prudence would suggest that the ideal location for a new day-care center is not next to city...
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...focused, full of life and always doing projects, that it was hard for friends to accept that he was ill," said Maria Colbert '94, a family friend...