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...dioxin. In the end, it is burned, releasing additional dioxin. In between, there's the [emission] of phthalates," says Cohen, noting that PVC is found throughout the hospital, not only in flooring, but also in shower curtains, blood bags and intravenous tubing. "If you can have a safer IV system without exposing patients to toxic substances, especially pregnant women and babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, then hospitals have a responsibility to replace PVC with safer alternatives." Fortunately, safer alternatives exist and may cost as much or less as PVC products...
...slow to get moving - three years passed before the first trial started. Finally, when it became clear in 2003 that the court was proceeding too slowly, prosecutors shifted their focus to high-level cases and transferred the rest to national courts or Rwanda's gacaca system, styled after South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in which alleged perpetrators get lighter sentences if they acknowledge their guilt before an audience of victims or their families...
...Dean Kathleen McCartney said that Duncan is “not afraid to make tough decisions, like, for example, closing failing schools,” and that he is able to work effectively with teachers unions, unlike other school-system reformers who are “very negative” about them...
Duncan has taken a moderate stance in the debate surrounding No Child Left Behind. This June, two opposing camps of educators released manifestos about which reforms the educational system needed: one pushed forcing schools to raise achievement, while the other advocated new funding for school-based health clinics and social programs, saying that schools could not close the achievement gap alone...
...Deep down most of them know the system needs to be changed." - on farmers' thoughts about the U.S. government's massive farm subsidy program, Washington Post...