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Kitchen No. 1 is geometric and blindingly yellow, a paean to plastic modernity. It is the pride of a feverish...
...limits for workers' exposure to vinyl chloride (vc), a colorless gas derived from chlorine and petrochemicals. It is the major ingredient in polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-the material from which seat covers, phonograph records, credit cards, detergent containers, floor tiles, shower curtains, and a vast number of other familiar plastic products are made. In total, a recent Arthur D. Little study reveals, about 2.2 million jobs in industries selling up to $90 billion worth of goods annually depend...
...afield the hunt for the dangerous gas will go is hard to predict. Some scientists fear that burning plastic products in dumps or incinerators releases VC into the air. Others even worry that VC might be emitted from auto seat covers in cars that have been parked all day in the sun. Beyond that loom potential dangers from scores of other contaminants in man's everyday products. As more is learned about them, more bans and controls are likely...
...strange object buzzing some 160 ft. above an open field recently knew only that it was not Superman. Actually, the small oddball aircraft winging at 60 m.p.h. was Jefferson County's new law-enforcement weapon out for a test flight. Designed and built out of balsa wood and plastic by sheriffs deputies (who are also model-airplane buffs), the new gadget patrolling the skies was a pilotless plane remotely controlled from the ground. The 8-lb. airborne arsenal can carry up to 2 Ibs. of smoke bombs and tear-gas canisters-to say nothing of grenades and other explosives...
Diners are emptying salt shakers into plastic packages-or taking the shaker itself-for home consumption. Even at tony establishments run by Manhattan's Restaurant Associates, well-to-do customers are making off with people-bags filled with everything from fruit to nutcrackers...