Word: toxicants
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...Over the last several days, the incoming administration has moved toward the idea of creating one federal agency which would have the purpose of taking most of the toxic assets off bank balance sheets. Since the figure at Citi is probably at least as large as the $300 billion pool that the government is guaranteeing, the combination of bad paper from Bank of America, Wells Fargo (WFC), JPMorgan (JPM), and the next tier of large US banks is almost certainly close to $1 trillion...
...federal government really does not want to build a "bad bank" to take toxic assets from America's largest financial institutions. It has taken a number of measures to avoid...
...sexual assault is at least times more for people in prison than in normal society. It is despicable that we take away people’s liberty and dignity so readily under mass incarceration. Worse, while under the state’s so-called care, they are placed in toxic, dangerous, and frightening environments, and we are surprised when they commit more crimes after their release. Increasing the number of correctional officers and placing people in solitary confinement is not going to make prisons better but worse. We ought to look at reforming the laws and prisons that produce crime...
...have more sweat glands than any other animal on earth--we can sweat almost a gallon an hour. We don't think of ourselves as poisonous, but our mouths are as full of noxious, infectious bacteria as is a Komodo dragon's, and a human bite can be seriously toxic...
Energy efficiency can also have its downside. The California building codes you praise ("airtight shells") have harmed some who have reacted to the chemicals trapped inside. The much touted compact fluorescent lightbulbs can increase symptoms in people with migraines and other conditions. Plus, if they break, they can release toxic mercury. And when one burns out, you can't toss it in the trash; you have to waste gas driving the bulb across the county to a toxic-waste disposal center. Karen M. Campbell, SACRAMENTO, CALIF...