Word: toxicants
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...There was toxic blue-green algae last year,” said Charles River Swimming Club Vice President Ulla Hester...
That’s because since 1955, a growing prevalence of factories and pollution-emitting businesses along the river have made it unsafe for humans. In addition, an increasing number of various bacteria and toxic sediment have, due to its location on the river’s floor, been able to sit, then grow and spread, according to Lawaetz...
...while Mother Nature and toxic algae levels offer potential last-minute complications for tomorrow’s race, it was the poor sanitation conditions that made swimming impossible for decades, prompting the 2003 launch of clean-up effort...
...these young patients, however, the strategy turns out to be extremely effective. Simply increasing the dose of certain agents, for instance, gives kids an advantage over some rapidly growing cancers. Young hearts, lungs and kidneys, it seems, are fairly resilient and can be bombarded with higher doses of toxic drugs than most adults can tolerate. And better medications for handling the side effects and consequences of chemotherapy and radiation--severe nausea, vomiting, anemia and infections--help children respond better to intensive treatment...
...Aachi & Ssipak remind us of the joyous freedom of animation: the freedom its makers have, and the liberation of the audience from the timid constraints of 90% of live-action films. The animators' motto might be: We draw you in. And in that magic or toxic world, anything is possible. Can a dream resolve our waking dilemmas? Can excrement induce ecstasy? Can duck sing a gay version of The Pirates of Penzance? Can a rat be a chef? In animation, the answer is always...