Word: toxicants
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...Harvard professor who is vice-president and chief economist of the World Bank defended himself this week against criticism over a memo that apparently endorsed toxic waste dumping in Third World countries...
...memo, which was leaked to the press several weeks ago, Summers wrote: "I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that...
Robertson--most noted for her Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times Magazine article on her ordeal with Toxic Shock Syndrome, and her book, Getting Better, which chronicles her bout with alcoholism--is back, with yet another personal-account book, this one on sex discrimination at Robertson's former place of employment: The New York Times...
Longfellow was closed yesterday, initially because of the fire hazard and then because of the oil fumes. "They were not toxic and in no way dangerous, but very unpleasant," said Richard Carol of Grimes...
...California the lives of the freed condors will be "managed." Stillborn calves left on mountains might keep the birds from flying to flatland sources of toxic food, and moving the carrion around will force natural foraging behavior. Biologists assume that intensive care is temporary. "Right now, we are this species' surrogate parents," says Robert Measta, head of U.S. Fish and Wildlife condor operations. "In the old days, adult condors did this job." With luck, someday they will again...