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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/1/1970 | See Source »

...Tropical forest study involves the South American rain forest-one of the earth's principal suppliers of oxygen. "Ecologically unwise use of the huge Amazon forest could have environmental repercussions with global effects," says Blair. "Yet we know less about this forest than about any other ecosystem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Advent of Big Biology | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...shoots too little, he does not get the kick he wants; if he shoots too much, he risks coma and death from an overdose. An overdose depresses the brain's control of breathing, slowing respiration to the point where the body simply does not get the oxygen it needs. If he tries to stop suddenly?cold turkey?he must endure the screaming, nauseating, sweating agonies of withdrawal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kids and Heroin: The Adolescent Epidemic | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

Nurse Pinneo was treated first for malaria, but within 24 hours of admission her temperature had soared to 107°. To get that fiery fever down, the doctors put her in an oxygen tent and packed her in ice. Her sister, Rose Pinneo, a nursing instructor at the University of Rochester, flew down to care for her. Lily Pinneo was dehydrated and had to have her fluid balance restored. Then her chest cavity filled with fluid and had to be punctured and drained. She developed pneumonia. Even after her throat ulcers had cleared, she could swallow only a few sips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Killer from Lassa | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

Each year the U.S. alone paves over 1,000,000 acres of oxygen-producing trees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fighting to Save the Earth from Man | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

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