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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...pesticide for $460? That's what dozens of college-age Nebraskans did in 1998 after reading a school-newspaper ad urging students to "earn extra money." They called 402-474-PAYS, signed a seven-page consent form and popped a pill loaded with the active ingredient in Raid roach spray. Dow AgroSciences commissioned the trial to vouch for the safety of one of its top-selling bug killers, chlorpyrifos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poisoning For Dollars | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...fare for the souped-up floating dragsters that rend the Mekong's serenity with their high-pitched whine?and probably 50 times safer. That it took two days to chug the 300 km downstream instead of six hours seemed a reasonable trade-off, particularly after watching boatloads of spray-drenched adventurers go roaring past, teeth clenched and legs braced against every bone-rattling bounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...officer went to Fairfax Hall to investigate reports that youths were spray painting graffiti on the building. The officer was unable to locate the vandals...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

...means of catching them evolve constantly, and therein lies CSI's hook: the public's post-O.J., post-Monica fascination with DNA and modern forensics. Killers are traduced by their own dandruff; sleuths use aerosol to reveal telltale traces of blood. It's an appealing notion--spray-on justice--and CSI aims to make the science "approachable, understandable and fun," says executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. CSI underscores its tech savvy with innovative visuals: a whooshing special-effects sequence whips you through a poisoning victim's veins. Then there's the novel, noirish location. "You go to Vegas to escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Murder in Six Easy Steps | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...died by suffocation. Find a seed follicle on a strand of the victim's hair? It was ripped out of her head. To unearth these nuggets, the writers and researchers go to forensics conventions, scour gory tomes like Practical Homicide Investigation and collect gadgetry catalogs for products like Clue Spray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Murder in Six Easy Steps | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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