Word: plants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said the test was even more severe than the April 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that killed 31 people, cost millions of dollars to clean up and sparked a nationwide environmental protection movement...
Mazda, which is building the Miata in a plant in Hiroshima, plans to sell about 20,000 of the cars in the U.S. during 1989 and 40,000 next year. That is only a small portion of the 10 million-car U.S. market, but the Miata represents another little dent in Detroit's battered pride...
...drug known as Compound Q. In test tubes, it can destroy cells infected with the AIDS virus, but it has not yet been proved to be safe and effective in humans. In the unofficial trial, 42 patients have received Compound Q, which is derived from a Chinese cucumber-like plant. Among those taking the drug is Robert Pitman, 48, of San Francisco. Says he: "I was prepared to get it however I could. I was desperate enough that I would have injected it in my own living room...
Tropical-forest destruction has become an urgent international issue because, as scientists point out, if the trees go, millions of different animal and plant species will become extinct, and the information encoded in their genes will be lost forever. Moreover, deforestation can lead to local disruptions of rainfall patterns and possibly even global climate changes because there would be fewer trees to absorb carbon dioxide from...
...same time, momentous accidents have reminded citizens that commonplace industrial activities have vast destructive power when companies are careless. The deadly chemical accident in Bhopal, India, groundwater contamination at Colorado's Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant and the oil slick from the Exxon Valdez all suggest that safety is too low a corporate priority. "That's why there was such a sense of outrage over the Valdez," Johnson argues. "The consequences of mistakes are just so much greater today...