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...create homophobia, but merely reflect the realities on the ground. "In Jamaica we grew up in a homophobic society and the Bible is what we go by," explains Vincent Nap, a Britain-based reggae artist. "You can't expect us to turn around like our religion doesn't matter...
...Science and Technology, researchers found that nearly 30% of the 62 printers they tested - including laser printers from Canon, HP, Toshiba and Ricoh - emitted high levels of ultrafine toner particles, which were potentially as hazardous as cigarette smoke. In one Brisbane office, the authors found, the concentration of particulate matter per square inch was five times higher during working hours than nonworking hours, and about 3.5 times higher inside than outside, where a freeway ran 130 yards from the building...
...important to appreciate that most of the air we breathe - whether in our homes, our cars or our offices - is indoors," says Weschler. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 90% of our time is spent indoors. According to Weschler, indoor pollution either seeps in from outside (such as particulate matter from car exhaust, ground-level ozone and noxious gases, like sulfur dioxide, which comes from fuel combustion and factories) or originates inside (tobacco smoke, cooking gas, vapors from paint). In general, concentrations of volatile organic compounds, like cleaning agents and pesticides, can sometimes be 10 times higher indoors than outdoors...
...team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is working with the University of California at San Diego to design and power small sensors to place on bridges - or on any piece of infrastructure for that matter - that would measure structural problems like strain, deflection, cracks, corrosion or the loosening of bolts, says Chuck Farrar, a civil engineer at the Los Alamos lab. Once the sensors identify a hazardous change in the structure's vitals, such as its dimensions or temperature, they would transmit the information to a computer, which would analyze the data to figure out what went wrong...
...there is no foreseeable end in sight. Chandler says recovery operations will not cease until the job is done. "It may take a long time, but eventually this river will be clear," he says. "We will not be leaving victims behind, we will not be leaving cars behind. No matter how long it takes, this river will be cleared...