Word: toxication
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Instead, members of the North Cambridge Toxic Alert Group hoped to attract the attention of local research firm . Little Co. (ADL). ADL was holding its annual shareholders meeting at the club...
Although the city banned such testing a few months ago, ADL obtained court permission to continue the potentially toxic research during the appeals process. The case is currently being considered by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...
...Iranian troops driving deep into the Huwaiza marshes in western Iraq two weeks ago were equipped with gas masks; Western observers of the aftermath of the struggle reported that none of the dead were wearing the masks. Nor did they show signs of having been exposed to toxic agents. While denying that chemical weapons were brought to bear against the invaders, however, Major General Sultan Hashem Ahmed, an Iraqi sector commander, said, "If we had gas, we would have used...
...More disturbing were signs that another, as yet unidentified toxic substance had been used on some of the soldiers. Since doctors do not know what that agent is, they are not sure how to treat the victims or what the extent of their injuries will...
...broken down more than five months earlier and never been repaired. A temperature alarm, which would have alerted workers to the trouble, had not been properly set. A flare tower that could have destroyed some of the escaping gas was out of commission. And a "scrubber," designed to neutralize toxic vapors, was not turned on until after the reaction had raced out of control...