Word: sprayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lagoons slowly filled, district engineers, aided by technicians from the University of Illinois, tested sludge in demonstration projects. The results were startling. The soupy product was easy to spray where needed with standard irrigation equipment and did not smell bad -both distinct advantages over animal manure. Better yet, used as a soil nutrient, it caused clay and even silicate sand to bloom. Still, nobody wanted sludge because of its despised origins. "We flew thousands of miles looking for people to take it," says Ben Sosewitz, general superintendent of the district. "Some people laughed at us. Though we had developed economical...
Indians of the Quinault tribe in Washington State went a step further. Two years ago they had had enough of vacationers, who defaced sacred rocks with spray paint and ruined the beauty of their beaches with tons of litter. So they closed the 25-mile stretch of beach and wilderness area on the Olympic Peninsula to all nontribal people...
...Astronaut Jim Irwin bounded down the last step of the lunar-module ladder to join Scott, he kicked up a spray of fine black moon dust and shouted: "Oh boy, it's beautiful out here. It reminds me of Sun Valley." Scott reported the dust was 6 in. deep and "like soft, powdered snow." But it presented no problem to the astronauts. Together, the two men quickly launched into the now familiar unloading rou-tine of moon landings. Then they turned their attention to a machine that all the world was waiting to see: the first man-driven vehicle...
...practice that is far more serious -the inhaling of fumes from aerosol canisius becoming a fatal fad. Youngsters seeking a high spray the mist into a bag or other container and breathe deeply. About four deaths a month are now being recorded, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The gas propellants (usually fluorocarbons) in hundreds of different kinds of household sprays can kill quickly. They are carried by the blood from the lungs to the heart, where they interrupt normal cardiac rhythm...
...Another reaction was to blame environmentalists for the infestation. Because he recommended no aerial spraying of pesticides, Elmer Madsen of the Bristol, Conn., conservation commission received a box of squirming caterpillars from an angry resident. Someone else called him one night to complain "The noise of the worms eating is keeping me awake." This month three aspirants for political office in Bristol announced that they would run on an ecological backlash ticket. Their theme: Spray pesticides next year...