Word: toxicants
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...another. Some contained less of the active ingredient than was specified on the label. Others were past their expiration date. Some were filled with inert lactose or powdered chalk. Still others were poison. In 1990 more than 100 Nigerian children died from a painkiller that had been made with toxic ethylene glycol instead of propylene glycol. In 2003 phony adrenaline led to the deaths of three children undergoing surgery in the city of Enugu. Akunyili's sister Vivian, a diabetic, died in 1988, a victim of fake insulin...
...community-action group, questioned some of the study’s findings. “Cambridge is pretty clean,” he said. Because Cambridge is very dense, Nakagawa said, the ranking is a result of unavoidable smaller violations, rather than a reflection of the presence of large toxic dumps. He said residents should be more concerned with air pollution from vehicles alone, a topic the study did not address. Faber said the report did not examine these air pollutants because Massachusetts does not release enough data on that subject. Yet Nakagawa agreed that organizing Cambridge residents against...
...addressing climate change in speeches he is making around the world.” Kathleen Frith, the director of outreach and communications for the center, wrote in an e-mail. During his political career as a congressman and vice-president, Gore played a major role in cleaning toxic waste sites and encouraging businesses to adopt environmentally friendly technology. As vice president, Gore was instrumental in drafting the Kyoto Protocol, a global initiative designed to limit carbon wastes. Gore is currently the chairman of Generation Investment, a London-based investment firm with a focus on environmentally responsible firms. He also speaks...
...ideal alternative as a drug-trading route. Over the past decade, officials say, the Calabrian clan has evolved into Europe's leading cocaine trafficker, with a network extending from Europe to South and North America and Australia. Its members are also deeply into related criminal enterprises like arms dealing, toxic-waste dumping, money laundering and graft from public-works contracts. Last week, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu declared that 'Ndrangheta is "the most entrenched, most powerful, and most aggressive of Italy's large criminal organizations...
...department, the Republicans have discussed using the fiscal savings of one bill to help pay for breast-cancer screenings, for instance. But they are also likely to promote bigger proposals, like health-insurance protection for the first six months of unemployment, educational reforms to benefit the disabled, and Superfund toxic-waste cleanup. One congressional group, the Renewal Alliance, which includes such Republicans as House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich and Senators Dan Coats and John Ashcroft, will meet for the first time this week to push a menu of compassion-loaded programs, including flextime, charity tax credits and enterprise zones...