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...schedule now seems far too leisurely. Last week's grim news spurred new public warnings and calls for faster action. In Denmark an Environment Ministry spokesman went on television to urge fellow Danes not to panic -- but to use hats and sunscreen. German Environment Minister Klaus Topfer called on & other countries to match Germany's pledge to stop CFC production by 1995. Greenpeace activists in Britain met with Prime Minister John Major and implored him to halt the manufacture of all CFCs immediately...
...British Isles, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and much of Belgium, Germany and Russia. Regions farther to the south could be affected too, albeit not so severely. Life in the far north could come to resemble that in Australia, with ozone alerts and stern warnings to wear sunglasses and sunscreen...
...colleagues argue that tanning shots might offer protection for fair-skinned patients who sunburn easily, a group increasingly at risk for skin cancer as the ozone layer shrinks. But is that anything that can't be achieved at lower cost and less danger with a smear of sunscreen and a wide-brimmed...
...Special Operations Forces prepare for next year's Olympics in Barcelona, Washington is sparing no expense to train them in antiterrorism methods. Next month 150 elite troops will train during a week-long sail aboard a luxury cruise ship leased by the Pentagon. Price: $450,000. Sunscreen not included...
...experiment has inspired some unavoidable clowning around. Captain Tom Taylor of the Ada County sheriff's department jokes that it is hard to persuade prisoners "to wear the little red nose and the funny hair." In fact, the inmates wear their own clothes and are routinely warned to use sunscreen to protect themselves from the hot summer sun. Meals are served at picnic tables, portable toilets are set up near the tent, and prisoners sleep on military cots. Says Marshal Carr, serving a sentence for driving under the influence: "It's fun really. I use it to catch...