Word: toxicants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alzheimer's, researchers will have to explain how it might be doing damage. They are pursuing a growing list of theories. It may be that folate bestows some protective effect directly on the cell. Or it may be that without folate to control it, homocysteine reaches levels that are toxic to neurons or to the cells that line blood vessels. This could lead to the type of ministrokes found in Snowdon's earlier studies...
...everyone is coloring outside the lines, between what is sacred, what is secular. Ministers call on lawmakers to pass gun-control laws, lawmakers call for religious revival, and Al Gore appears on Larry King Live, not just to talk about his three-point plan to make the Internet less toxic but also to recall his days as a divinity student and cite parables and argue that Littleton is "a spiritual signal," a chance to ask questions that aren't for church or state, but both...
HATE SITES The Web carries more than 1,400 racist, anti-Semitic and other hate sites--not to mention websites specializing in police photos and morgue shots--according to the Wiesenthal Center. Many of these pages have names that could easily turn up in homework searches. It's ugly, toxic stuff. The best antidote is to teach your children to find it as repugnant...
...alarm that sounded in Littleton should wake up all Americans to the special needs of our children. This nightmare is ours because of this hard truth: the toxic culture of guns and screen violence that kids have to navigate has been created by adults who are supposed to offer protection and guidance...
GUILT-FREE SHOPPING Wish you knew more about what goes into the products you buy? Now you can. The Green Marketplace www.greenmarketplace.com promises that its goods, which range from household soaps to gardening supplies, weren't tested on animals and don't contain toxic chemicals. You can order online...