Word: toxicants
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...initiatives. Arroyo's critics, however, claim the money was intended to win support among lawmakers for an intentionally defanged impeachment complaint that would inoculate Arroyo against a more serious proceeding. (Under the constitution, Congress can only attempt to impeach the President once a year). The allegations underscore just how toxic the political atmosphere has become: Arroyo's administration is being accused of bribing lawmakers to support her own impeachment. "What galls the public was that it was done so flagrantly," says political analyst and newspaper columnist Manuel L. Quezon III, referring to the bags of cash. "In the Philippines, everyone...
...Then the subprime credit crisis hit, and suddenly some high-flying hedgies had their heads handed to them. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds worth a total of $1.5 billion collapsed due to their exposure to toxic subprime debt, a debacle that was preceded by the subprime-fueled demise of a hedge fund run by Swiss bank UBS. Basis Capital, an Australian firm with more than $2 billion in assets, was forced in August to liquidate its Basis Yield Alpha Fund, which had previously been one of Australia's best-rated hedge funds. Numerous quant funds, which use computerized analysis...
...cancer where I live is now about 1 in 6 women, and I have known two men who had breast cancer. Your articles would have us blame the victims for their disease - self-induced by unhealthy lifestyles and obesity. The alarming increase in cancers is the result of a toxic environment. As the breast-cancer advocacy group Rachel's Friends says, "You can race for the cure, but you can't run from the cause." If a cure for cancer is found, it will be the result of a grass-roots campaign to stop polluting the environment. Cancer science...
...cancer where I live is now about 1 in 6 women, and I have known two men who had breast cancer. Your articles would have us blame the victims for their disease - self-induced by unhealthy lifestyles and obesity. The alarming increase in cancers is the result of a toxic environment. As the breast-cancer advocacy group Rachel's Friends says, "You can race for the cure, but you can't run from the cause." If a cure for cancer is found, it will be the result of a grass-roots campaign to stop polluting the environment. Cancer science...
Huston's benevolent gesture was a sentiment decades ahead of its time. Today, gold and other precious-metal mining companies are extracting bounties of ore, leaving behind scarred mountainsides, toxic acid-rock runoffs and waste-rock dumps - and although much of the damage is on public land, the mining operations, most of which are multinationals, are not required to pay royalties on precious-metals production, and many escape liability for environmental restoration...