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...single cause has been identified. It had long been Pentagon doctrine that if a soldier didn't immediately become sick from chemical weapons, he or she would never suffer any adverse effects from them. But recently the Pentagon has conceded there is little proof for that theory, and that low-level exposure, perhaps combined with other environmental or medical factors, may have played a key role in triggering the problem years after exposure...
...fundamental idea driving cryonics, the freezing of the body referred to in your report, comes from the observation that frozen tissue will remain unchanged, literally, for thousands of years. When today's doctors declare you "dead," they have basically decided that you suffer from an incurable condition, one that no future medicine will ever be able to reverse. But what about the things medicine will be able to do in the future? Cryonics is for those illnesses we don't yet know how to cure. Cryonics is available now if you want it. THOMAS DONALDSON Half Moon Bay, California...
...only terminally ill, but have made a rational decision that they want to end their lives. However, their reasons remain unjustifiable to society in general. So then, who is to determine who really qualifies for the procedure? Are we going to restrict it to simply those who suffer physical pain? What about mental suffering? It can be claimed that the mental suffering associated with a terminal disease is as unbearable as physical pain. Are we to dispute and disregard such suffering or do we acknowledge such cases and, therefore, kill terminally ill patients who are not in serious physical pain...
...right to die" and "death with dignity" brigade do not occupy the moral high ground on this issue. And they are certainly not the only ones with compassion for those who suffer. All of us feel the pain and anguish of those we love who are terminally ill; like many others, I have personally experienced the anguish of a loved one experiencing a slow, painful death. But my response to such suffering differs fundamentally from those who would legalize euthanasia. As a society we should show compassion for those who suffer, not by saying "we can help...
...Clean-Air Act went a long way toward making the air we breathe cleaner and healthier, but it didn't go far enough. Despite the tons of lead, sulfur dioxide and other combustion products filtered from the atmosphere, millions of Americans suffer from pollution-related breathing disorders, including asthma and bronchitis. In 1993 the American Lung Association sued the Environmental Protection Agency to make it re-evaluate its standards for particulates--very fine dust particles (about one twenty-fifth the diameter of a human hair)--after studies showed that they can lodge deep in the lungs and may contribute...