Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Christopher Duvall, who was chief test engineer at Scott Aviation from 1983 until 1985, has told naval investigators the company tested the device in a way that would not properly measure its ability to protect the wearer. Since human tests of the device could not involve actual toxic gases, the Navy called for testing with salt or vegetable-oil aerosols. Duvall says the company knew the device could scrub out those relatively large particles but not the much smaller molecules of poisonous gases. Scott Aviation did not point this out to the Navy. According to Duvall, when more meaningful tests...
Although world leaders and the media rally to protect the endangered elephant from poachers and ivory traders, speakers at an Institute of Politics forum said last night, the destruction is in part a natural outgrowth of urban expansion and farmers' efforts to defend their land...
...usual selling point of skin-care products is to protect against sun, wind and weather. Now trend-alert cosmetic companies hope to wage a profitable war against an additional foe: pollution. Chanel touts the ability of its new Prevention Serum (price: $50 for 1.35 oz.) to counteract "environmental impurities." Estee Lauder's Skin Defender lotion ($45 for 0.9 oz.) promises to shield against the "onslaught of irritants from pollution." The treatments typically contain sunscreen plus ingredients designed to neutralize so-called free radicals, the highly reactive molecules found in some air pollutants...
Critics argue, however, that the referendumwould give landlords a greater incentive to rentonly to the wealthy, driving out of the city thevery segment of the population Meyer says he wantsto protect...
Samenfeld said that computer users could protect against the virus by keeping backups of programs, making their programs write protected and checking all their files using a virus-finding program, like one available for free...