Word: nitroglycerin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coal miners are particularly susceptible to "black lung," or anthracosis, a disease caused by inhaling coal dust. Asbestos workers are known to develop cancer from breathing in asbestos particles. Now an outbreak of heart disease in a Wisconsin ammunition plant has brought out the fact that workers who handle nitroglycerin can develop a dangerous dependency on it. They can suffer heart pains and even death when denied exposure to the explosive...
...most recent evidence is provided by Dr. Ramon Lange, chief of cardiology at Milwaukee County General Hospital, who reviewed the cases of workers at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wis. Last April a woman whose work at the plant involved handling nitroglycerin, a component of dynamite, was referred to him for treatment of chest pains, which seemed to occur only on weekends...
...that other women at the plant were similarly affected. "I thought this was some form of mass hysteria," he said. Nonetheless he put her in the hospital for more extensive tests. Before the first of the tests, however, the woman began to experience additional chest pains. Lange prescribed nitroglycerin, which has long been used medically for heart conditions. It relieved her pains and restored her pulse to normal...
...Africa. Last week four crewmen were killed when a Swedish tanker blew up in a Hamburg drydock. Loaded, the Europoort carries enough oil to pollute beaches from Holland to Spain, though Esso strictly bans any ocean discharges except in dire emergencies. Empty, the ship is as potentially explosive as nitroglycerin, with a rich mixture of oxygen and oil fumes in its massive tanks. To prevent inadvertent explosions, a Japanese company has designed an automatic system that forces inert, nonflammable gas into emptying tanks, thus displacing oil fumes. But such devices are not yet in general...
Unstable Situation. The increasing attacks with civilians as targets added a volatile element to a situation that was already as unstable as a vial of nitroglycerin. In Cairo, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians staged the biggest demonstration since the Six-Day War, demanding vengeance for "the blood of the martyrs." If one of the Israelis' objectives was to weaken Nasser, the raid seemed to be having the opposite effect -at least for the time being. "Nasser! Nasser!" screamed the crowds as Egypt's President drove to prayers at Al Azhar mosque with visiting Sudanese Premier Jaafar Nemery...