Word: toxically
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...been 16 months since the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta began compiling statistics on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, as the disease is now known. During that period, AIDS has struck 547 people in the U.S. and at least 21 abroad, killing 232, more than toxic shock syndrome and the Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaire's disease combined. "This is a very, very dramatic illness," says Dr. James Curran, head of the 120-member CDC task force on AIDS. "I think we can say quite assuredly that it is new." What makes AIDS especially alarming, says Curran, is that...
...dropped over oil concentrations. Unlike straw, another natural absorbent, the pillows are easy to retrieve with a long-handled pole or a net rigged between two trawlers. They are very light, easy to stack and transport to spill sites. After use, they can be buried or burned without causing toxic smoke...
Cyclosporine is not a panacea for transplant problems. It is expensive to make and produces some ominous side effects: it is toxic to the kidneys, and there is some evidence that it is associated with lymphatic tumors. But both conditions appear to be linked to higher dosages. Sandoz is submitting cyclosporine to the Food and Drug Administration for approval this fall...
Forty years after the Hooker Chemical Co. used the site for disposal, and four years after residents discovered the toxic effects from seepage of the waste, the EPA has determined that most of the 400 nearby homes are now safe for habitation. "The Love Canal area is ... as safe as other residential areas in industrial towns around the country," announced Dr. Clark Heath of the Department of Health and Human Services. Only those houses within a block and a half of the canal, many of which have already been razed, are still considered dangerous...
...near the canal two years ago. Indeed, some members of an independent panel of experts that was asked by the EPA to analyze the data felt that the material made available to them was "of very poor scientific quality." Says Member Steven Aust, who is chairman of the Michigan toxic substance control commission: "I do not see how anyone could conclude with much assurance that the area was habitable...