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...radioactive spill two weeks ago in a Medical School building has raised concerns about Harvard's compliance with safety procedures for radioactive substances...
...spill, which evacuated two Medical School buildings, resulted from improper procedures for collecting radioactive materials, according to Robert Hallisey, director of the Massachusetts Office of Radiation Protection...
...spill of the radioisotope phosphorus-32 was not serious enough to warrant an immediate inspection of the site, said John Kinneman, an NRC inspector...
Some lucky breaks prevent the oil spill from being a disaster...
Less than 10% of the oil dumped into the world's oceans each year is the result of large, well-publicized spills involving wrecked tankers or malicious Iraqi generals. Most of the fouling is caused by thousands of small, unrecorded spills from tankers and ships and by runoff from industrial plants. Oil's assault on the oceans is unceasing. Fortunately, as the Shetlands spill has shown, the seas have a greater ability to absorb punishment than humanity has any right to expect...