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...such products sold in the U.S. today contain known toxins. Formaldehyde and toluene, both identified by the EPA as carcinogens, are part of the mix in many common cosmetics, as are phthalates, chemicals that have been linked to birth defects. For the average consumer, opening a bottle of nail polish once every so often is a negligible risk. But for professionals exposed to them consistently, it can be a bigger problem...
...Koran forbids them to wear saffron or silk or expose skin from navel to knee. But Imam Mohamed Magid, who heads a moderate mosque in Sterling, Va., calls debate over Islamic clothing misdirected. "I wish there was more talk about women as leaders rather than talk about whether nail polish is acceptable in Islam," he says. "We need to move forward...
...Easing Tensions Re "How to avoid a new cold war" [June 18]: Whenever someone asks me to explain the murky goings-on in Eastern Europe, I say, Read Zbigniew Brzezinski. Zbig is nash, or "one of us," in Russian, Ukrainian and Polish. He has the personal background and intelligence to see everything clearly, as well as the courage and ability to expound on it coherently. The West cannot afford to allow his advice to go unheeded. Ksenia Lena Maryniak, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, EDMONTON, CANADA
...begrudging realization that Republicans lost their majority last fall because of the perception that they were fiscally irresponsible. "The Republican leader has said any number of times that we need to earn our way back into the majority," Kennedy said. "Part of that process is making sure that we polish our credentials on fiscal discipline...
...apparent confirmation, in a report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty, that the the CIA used a base in Poland to hold high-value terror suspects, including Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, between 2002 and 2005 as part of a secret operation known as extraordinary rendition. The Polish government rejects the finding...