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...says Dr. Michael Iseman of National Jewish, "we have changed the way we treat our water." Since the 1970s, the temperature of most hot-water heaters has been reduced to 120[degrees] to save energy and prevent scalding--perfect conditions for mycobacteria. The result: we shower in a fine mist of mycobacteria that reaches deep into our lungs...
...mammal cell genetics, plant molecular biology and even plant cloning and transgenic experimentation is conducted at the CIGB. The buildings are crammed with state-of-the-art equipment imported from Europe, Brazil and Japan. Visitors pass through myriad barriers that spray visitors, dressed in special suits, with a disinfectant mist. The CIGB, which has its own Intranet, does handle a considerable amount of work with the kinds of bacteria and virus agents that can be used to develop bio-weapons - but then, so do almost all vaccine-producing labs around the world...
...SMOOTH SAILING It was the romance of it all that persuaded me to take the slow boat to Luang Prabang from Huay Xai, meandering down the Mekong through a veil of river mist like some intrepid adventurer of old ... Well, O.K., romance and fear: the fast boats have a reputation for dispatching passengers to the murky depths...
...past several weeks, Birtwell has resided in Lakeland, Fla., site of the Tigers’ spring training facility. Before the big league club broke camp for opening day, Birtwell was practicing alongside major league ballplayers. For Birtwell, the experience dissipated some of the mist surrounding the stars...
...began to burn off the morning mist, and accompanied by the sounds of the waking villages, the pilot switched on the engines and we moved upstream once again. All along the banks, river residents started on their morning chores, washing clothes, dishes and themselves. I saw that the docks were extensions of the houses they served. Men sat out in the sun reading the paper, while women nursed babies in the cool morning air. Koong, one of the friendliest of the four crew members, watched the waking river for a while and asked me how I was enjoying the trip...