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...sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delivered another blow by suggesting that Unit 2 came closer to melting down than anyone-even the Met-Ed officials in charge on the scene-realized at the time. Nor has Met-Ed helped its own cause. An increase in the incidence of thyroid problems in babies born in the area around the plant since the accident was quickly dismissed; medical authorities found nonnuclear explanations for most of the cases. But when the company twice released small quantities of radioactive krypton gas from the damaged reactor in February, people in the area were angry...
...modern medicine. A radioactive form, or isotope, of cobalt is used in treatment of cancer. Radioactive isotopes of other elements are employed as tracers that enable doctors to follow the paths of substances through the body. For example, iodine 131, given orally or intravenously, is accumulated by the thyroid, which uses iodine to produce hormones. An imaging device detects the gamma rays given off by the isotope and translates them into dots that appear oij a TV screen. Result: help in diagnosing such disorders as hyperthyroidism and cancer...
Doctors are especially concerned because people can obtain PPA without prescriptions. The drug companies themselves acknowledge that it should not be taken by anyone with heart disease, hypertension, diabetes or thyroid disease. These conditions often afflict the overweight, in many instances without their knowledge. PPA, alone or together with other drugs, such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (antidepressants) or indomethacin (an antiarthritic), can induce severe episodes of hypertension. There has also been a case of kidney failure in a woman who had been taking a PPA preparation for a few weeks along with a few tablets of aspirin and acetaminophen...
...friends in Washington. Pfeiffer left IBM in 1976, after marrying fellow V.P. Ralph Pfeiffer Jr., the divorced father of ten children. She turned down several job offers, including one from President Carter, who wanted to make her Secretary of Commerce. Her reasons: she needed time to recuperate from a thyroid cancer operation, and she was reluctant to spend so much time away from her husband. Pfeiffer then worked as a top-drawer consultant to several major companies, including NBC. Last fall, in a surprise move, she became the $225,000-a-year (plus up to $200,000 a year...
Problems that eventually surfaced, sometimes after 20 or 30 years, included clouding of the lens of the eye, leukemia, thyroid cancer, and changes in the genetic material. Particularly vulnerable are fetuses, primarily during their first three months of development, and children under...