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...hurricane, killing instantly and widely. The tragedy last week at Bhopal, when deadly gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant, was of the primary variety. Such violent, large-scale tragedies are dramatic and terrible, but extremely rare, particularly in developed nations like the U.S. The occasional deaths that do occur in those mishaps are almost always confined to employees who were on-site at the time. "There are a lot of accidents in which two dozen miners are killed," says a spokesman for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Washington. "But fortunately, there have been damn few in which...
Even with the best equipment and well-trained workers, mishaps can still occur. Since 1972, the Chemical Manufacturers Association has maintained CHEMTREC, the chemical transportation emergency response center, to help local authorities. CHEMTREC staffs a round-the-clock 800-number hotline. Police and fire officials can call to find out what kind of chemical they are dealing with in a spill, and what to do about it. CHEMTREC'S files contain information on 60,000 substances. Its communications lines can link fire fighters and company experts in transcontinental conference calls. For spills of unusually hazardous materials, such as cyanide...
...drugs, the chief killers are slow degenerative diseases, notably heart ailments and cancer. At the turn of the century, most people died at home, cheaply. Today more than 70% die in expensively equipped hospitals, and it is estimated that half of an average person's lifetime medical expenses will occur during his last six months...
Before any such grand encounter can occur, though, Reagan must involve himself in the arms-control process more directly. Specifically, he will have to give Shultz and the moderates his unequivocal endorsement, or make it clear to the hard-liners that his commitment to negotiating nuclear arms reductions is genuine and urgent...
Finally, I cannot resist a word in defense of the dirty-minded men of Pi Eta. Once made public, their words and thoughts must be condemned. But does anyone doubt that such thoughts will recur in young male minds? (And--equity demands--that complementary thoughts may occur in young female minds?) It is desirable to try to make all who think such thoughts feel guilt, a dangerous emotion? Surely, no one proposes action to prevent students from privately discussing such things? Did not the real fault in that incident lie with those who, stumbling accidently on what was clearly...