Word: toxicants
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...individual Saudis have been funding the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Last November an adviser to the Saudi government warned that if the U.S. withdrew its troops, the monarchy would arm Sunni insurgents. Saudi clerics have stepped up their denunciation of Shi'ites as heretics. And King Abdullah has endorsed toxic rumors that Shi'ites are trying to convert Sunnis to their faith...
...wages in check in part by shifting more work to part-time employees, who now constitute over 33% of Japan's workforce, up from 20% in 1992. Business leaders insist wages must be suppressed for Japanese companies to compete globally, but Katz points out that enforced fiscal austerity is toxic for the economy as a whole. "If every company cuts wages at the same time, no one is going to buy your products," he says. "That is what's happening...
Chinese shoppers are used to warnings about tainted food. According to a November report by the Asian Development Bank, food-borne disease affects 300 million Chinese per year, costing up to $14 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses. But a recent string of high-profile health scares involving toxic ingredients has consumers worried about more than a stomachache...
...Teeth, Bad Toxins By 2012 half the crematoriums in Britain will have filters that reduce emissions of mercury, which is used for dental fillings. The toxic metal can cause severe pollution when vaporized...
...genetic changes and vulnerabilities present in an individual’s cancer,” wrote Myles Brown, chief of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at Dana-Farber, in an e-mail. “This is sure to lead to both more effective and less toxic treatments and improved outcomes for our patients.” —Staff writer Xianlin Li can be reached at li3@fas.harvard.edu...