Word: safe
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...Safe Alternative...
...tragic radioactive contamination of Bikini Island [April 3] gives more insight into the many and serious faults of the U.S. Government's nuclear policy. The Atomic Energy Commission unwisely judged the island safe for its inhabitants' return. Now the Micronesians will again be moved, since testing indicates the presence of radioactive poisoning...
Proponents of atomic reactors declare that nuclear power is a safe alternative to our energy needs. If in the future today's safety standards are found to be inadequate, will the remedy be to move Americans as they have Micronesians...
...long been a dream of population-control experts, to say nothing of millions of men and women all over the world: a safe antidote that can be taken after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Such a perfect morning-after pill still eludes medical science. But Japanese researchers believe they have developed the next-best thing, a vaginal suppository. If administered as early as two weeks after a woman has missed her period because of pregnancy, it can induce abortion about 90% of the time with barely any side effects...
...hours after the drug was administered (in the form of three to five waxy, bullet-shaped white suppositories inserted one at a time into the vagina at three-hour intervals). The World Health Organization has given its blessings to more widespread clinical trials for the drug. If it proves safe and reliable, WHO officials feel it can help to contain an exploding global population. Some medical questions must be settled as well. An overdose of a powerful abortifacient may possibly have serious consequences. For this and other reasons, strict limits have been placed on a similar second-trimester vaginal suppository...