Word: toxication
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...Scalia philosophy would slam the courthouse door shut on citizens bold enough to seek to enforce environmental laws that safeguard our air and water, defend our wildlife heritage and protect communities from toxic pollution. When Congress passed the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act, these laws gave people the power to file lawsuits to prevent environmental crimes and protect their families' health without having to wait on the slow grind of government's gears. But Justice Scalia would strip citizens of the power to protect their families from pollution...
...polluting plant would be able to hold the company accountable for violating the law. Justice Scalia argued that the Court was making it too easy for people to fight environmental threats in their own neighborhoods. Never mind that the factory in question had poisoned a river by dumping toxic mercury into the water 489 separate times...
...hospice, which well-meaning clergy members imported to this country from Britain in the 1970s, ministers to only 17% of dying Americans. "The word hospice has toxic connotations," says Clausen. That's partly because Medicare starts a fatal clock ticking on hospice patients: it will reimburse for hospice only after two doctors certify that a patient has less than six months to live. But many doctors are reluctant to do so, especially for unpredictable diseases like heart failure. Some physicians also fear regulatory scrutiny, since the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration has actually ordered investigations of hospice patients who live...
...Unfortunately, some of the treatments for head lice are more dangerous than the bugs. Earlier this month, a Colorado schoolgirl suffered severe burns after she was treated with gasoline. Other remedies are highly toxic; lindane, used in some prescription remedies, has just been banned in California...
...rest of the house got pretty good marks. The only mold was in the air-conditioning coils, which we'll get cleaned. We shouldn't store chlorine bleach and ammonia-based cleaners together in the upstairs bathroom. If combined they can produce highly toxic chlorine gas. The paint-storage room would be better off vented out of the house. Fumes from the garage are not an issue because our garage is freestanding. Still, Brennan urges us to get a carbon-monoxide detector...