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...There is a lot more to recover, some of it highly toxic. Three "radiation sources" (U.S. officials are not sure exactly what, as they are going from sketchy inventories) are still missing. All are potentially lethal. One missing isotope is probably buried in a looter's garden, the U.S. official told TIME. It will eventually be retrieved, he adds. Since the buy back operation, when the officials also warned people of radiation's dangers, other barrels have been spotted floating in a nearby river...
...outdoor markets and prompted some residents to don surgical masks. Most garbage service returned to normal by week's end, but the crisis renewed attention to the so-called "eco-Mafia," the Mob's alleged responsibility for ecological damage caused by its grip on public infrastructure such as toxic-waste disposal and water distribution. Organized-crime clans throughout southern Italy have obtained a sizeable chunk of public works services, often by bidding through a front company. Once contracts are obtained, environmental activists say, Mob bosses defy laws meant to protect the ecosystem and maintain public-health standards. The mayor...
...farmers, each cultivating less than a tenth of an acre. Chinaveg gave them special seeds and pesticides acceptable to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which were demanded by customers like KFC. In turn, the farmers sold the pesticides for a quick profit and ruined the crop with highly toxic replacements. Come harvest, the farmers tried to sell for a higher price on the open market...
...state-run TV channel that serves up a starchy diet of Kim coverage, propaganda songs and chaste films with revolutionary themes. But errant desires are hard to control: the document states that customs authorities seized twice as much porn and other contraband in 2002 as they did in 2001. Toxic foreign influences typically enter the country via its porous border with China, across which Chinese and North Korean traders smuggle videotapes and music cassettes. While food remains in desperately short supply, surplus porn has sent prices tumbling. In 1995, according to a Chinese broker who works the border, a skin...
...further down the line nanotechnology could have unexpected - and potentially disastrous - consequences. The "gray goo" scenario was first suggested by nanotech researchers some 20 years ago, back when nanoscience was mostly theory. It refers to the possibility of building microscopic machines that could, for example, roam the planet devouring toxic waste, or surf our bloodstreams targeting diseases. The easiest way to manufacture such machines in the enormous quantities required would be to enable them to reproduce themselves, just like viruses and other microscopic organisms do. It's these "self-replicating nanobots" that have stirred Prince Charles' concern. But most nanoscientists...