Word: toxication
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frantically for a nine-megaton warhead, 450 times the yield of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The warhead was blown from the Titan II missile that exploded into flames near Damascus, Ark., two weeks ago. Despite pleas by nearby residents for reassurance that there was no danger of toxic fumes or radiation, the Air Force was determined to keep secret for a time the embarrassing fact that the warhead had been lost and then found a short time later, intact but slightly dented. As a result, the debate in Washington and Arkansas about the accident is as much over...
...years ago, tampons have been a liberating force for women, allowing them to wear more revealing clothing, to participate in such sports as swimming and generally to act more freely during menstruation. Now these products, used by 50 million women, have been linked to a sometimes fatal disorder called toxic-shock syndrome (TSS). Last week one of the more popular brands, Procter & Gamble's Rely, was recalled from the market. and the Food and Drug Administration issued a strong warning against...
...nations now have nerve gases far more toxic than mustard gas. In addition, if airfields and ports were under attack--they weren't in World War I--the dangers would be hard to evaluate...
...suggestion might not be too farfetched. Toning down the ventilation and adding insulation will probably prove the most viable methods of short-term energy savings at the Science Center, but a far more complex process is necessary to combat the main culprit at the labs: fume hoods. In absorbing toxic substances, the hoods consume a tremendous amount of energy and presently must stay on all day and night for safety reasons, Abernathy says. To replace them with more efficient hoods would cost $2500--each. And there are hundreds of them...
...species may not be dangerous to another. In Michigan, researchers found that cows that licked barn wood treated with the preservative pentachlorophenol were starving to death. It turned out, explains Jerry Hook of Michigan State University's new Center for Environmental Toxicology, that "this substance is toxic to the bacteria in the cow rumen." Such toxicity did not show up in tests with rats...