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Despite initial installation costs usually upwards of $400,000 for a synthetic-grass field, compared with $150,000 for grass, the increased usage and much reduced maintenance costs can make the switch a bargain. And teams that have the new synthetic grass say it's safer than real grass, which can become dangerously uneven if it's overused. Steve Lowe, groundkeeper for the Claremont School District, says players have had many fewer injuries on the synthetic field...
...These are the very people who will be able to put the pieces together and make the world safer...
...stay in our pre-Harvard worlds. Old pleasures like watching TV, going to the movies or hanging out in the Starbucks parking lot lose their novelty after only a few days. High school gossip, while always good for a few laughs, is still high school gossip. And anything is safer than a moment to reflect on the horror we left behind...
...fact, where there's smoke, there's danger. Researchers from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported last week that smoke from bidis is no safer--and may be more dangerous--than that of conventional filter cigarettes. In a series of 90-minute sessions, researchers asked 10 healthy young volunteers to smoke bidis, flavored and unflavored, as well as their usual filtered brands. An analysis of the volunteers' blood revealed that nicotine levels were significantly higher after they smoked the bidis than after ordinary cigarettes. In some cases, the levels of exhaled carbon monoxide were higher too. "Kids think...
Making it illegal to light up in any of Boston’s 2,263 watering holes will make Boston’s gathering places safer, and certainly more pleasant. Bostonians should welcome the new rule and revel in the healthier, tobbacco-free air they will soon enjoy...