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...baby by working all day in the ore processing factory. Almost every hour of every day had meant touching or breathing mercury: it is used to bind with, then separate the tiny bits of gold from the stone; then it has to be burned off to isolate the precious metal. When the baby finally arrived, the doctor waited until an hour after the birth before telling Femmy what had happened. Her son's intestines were outside of his body. And he had no fingers. It was probably the mercury that did it, the doctor said. Her baby was the first...
...Arriving at airport: Traveler - especially this one - is anxious. Will the flight take off on time? Will the airline lose my luggage? What is that weird metal thing hanging off the side of the airplane...
Well, that's one view of a pressing energy crisis suddenly much larger than the state of California. Pedal-to-the-metal increases--not just in gasoline but in heating oil, natural gas and electricity--are a state of mind across the land, and most folks aren't appeased by Schupp's silver-lining view. Gasoline at the self-serve pump, for example, sells at a national average of more than $1.70 a gal.--up 5% in the past two weeks. That's an all-time high, although when adjusted for inflation the price is still lower than...
...HEAVY METALS Worried about the effects of lead poisoning on your kids? Chelation therapy--the most popular treatment--gets the heavy metal out of children's blood quickly but, according to a new study, does nothing to prevent or reverse the damage to IQ that lead causes. The message: prevent exposure in the first place by removing or containing the lead paint in your home. Your local health department can tell you how to do this...
GILDED RETURNS America's gold rush inspired many a Hollywood film, but it has given little inspiration to investors. Flourishing stocks and low inflation have tarnished precious-metal fund performances. Is this a comeback year? The average fund is up a shiny 14.6% YTD. But there's no consensus. The current volatile market seems ripe for a gold rush, but some analysts warn that the luster will fade when the market regains altitude later this year...