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Whatever CCA's ultimate fate, the existing problem will probably be with us for a long time. Even when a playground is torn down, the wood must still be disposed of--not an easy thing to do. Dumping it in an unlined landfill allows arsenic to seep underground. Mulching it scatters CCA on the surface. And burning it fills the air with toxic smoke. Leaving the structures to disintegrate on their own could take a while. CCA is such an effective preservative that those pressure-treated wooden forts and castles might still be standing a generation from now. In retrospect...
SHARKS Reported attacks were at a 42-year global high last year. Just last week an eight-year-old Florida boy had an arm torn off by a bull shark...
...even used pieces of her husband Jackson Pollock's canvases), Craze's work is simultaneously an assault on tradition and a tribute to what's gone before. His listeners get the future and the past in stereo: the nostalgia of old songs and the excitement of hearing that music torn down and rebuilt for new generations. How many times can you hear the same song before you get sick of it? Craze offers music everlasting life--repetition without monotony, ecstasy without end. Pick up...Pick up...Pick up the needle...
...Africa to watch the first total solar eclipse of the new millennium. But many African traditionalists remained firmly indoors, believing the darkening of the sun to be a bad omen. Zambia declared a national holiday as it hosted an influx of up to 20,000 tourists. While war-torn Angola issued millions of pairs of protective glasses, many in Zimbabwe watched through folded crisp packets. Wildlife observers said animals seemed confused by the sudden switch between darkness and full daylight...
...America is recognized around the world as a successful, multiracial democracy. In a world torn by ethnic, racial, religious and tribal strife, that is a precious asset,” Clinton said...