Word: tobacco
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...more scientists learn about a woman's heart and what can go wrong with it, the more they realize that females aren't just small males. There are subtle but important differences in how women's cardiovascular systems respond to stress, hormones, excess saturated fat and toxins like tobacco. There are also some pretty big differences in how aggressively doctors treat women with heart trouble--even in the emergency room when they are in most desperate need of help...
...Fleischer dismissed calls for a national ballistics fingerprint database that would link possible criminals to the unique markings left on spent bullets. But after critics accused the White House of being too beholden to the National Rifle Association, President Bush reversed course and ordered the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to conduct a scientific study of the technique, in which microscopic markings on bullets found at crime scenes are compared with stored test firings of thousands of new guns...
...that the rest of the world is quickly catching up. Cancer rates are climbing and could increase 50% by 2020, largely the result of longer life expectancies and changing lifestyles in developing countries. WHO estimates that a third of these cases could be prevented by eating better and avoiding tobacco. --By David Bjerklie
Divestment reflects a sentiment that a particular company—or, in this case, an entire industry—is categorically immoral. Just over a year ago, this criterion was fulfilled when Harvard rightly divested from tobacco companies, which market a product that is uniquely addictive, harmful and irredeemable by today’s health standards. But the requirement is not met by the 11 top American defense companies in which Harvard invests. The weapons they produce, though designed to destroy, still have an important deterrent value. Just as it did during the Cold War, America today arms itself...
Just as the University does not invest in tobacco companies, so it should divest from all companies that bank on killing and destruction...