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The report found that, though three mild human carcinogens are used in small quantities in the Fogg's art conservation laboratory, there is no evidence linking the compounds to any employee illness. The study also gave the museum high marks for health and safety overall.
Coghlan said the study found the conservation laboratory's high-tech ventilation system was well-equipped to handle the "thimbleful" of three common chemicals--benzene, sulfuric acid and potassium dichromate--used in restoring artwork and that concerns about asbestos proved to be unfounded. Although small amounts of asbestos remain in...
In the updated story, though, Noah is not the skipper of the rescue project. Instead, it's the name given in advance to the clone of a dead gaur, an endangered wild ox found in India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. The new Noah is expected to be born any day...
But there were also, in the year 2000, signs of greater awareness. Linked by the Internet, hundreds of millions of people rallied for the cause of conservation on the 30th anniversary of Earth Day. Governments from Washington to Lima took steps to protect large wilderness areas from development. Progress was...
9 The 1994 Energy Policy and Conservation Act sparked an influx from Canada to the U.S. of: