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...best way to keep down future costs is to avoid creating so many problems in the first place. Pollution can be reduced by such technological advances as new non-toxic solvents for washing aircraft engines, and plastic granules to replace grit for blasting paint off aircraft fuselage parts. Baking soda is being tested as a nonlethal paint remover, and scientists are also investigating the potential for lasers to do the job. Noting that bacteria can strip paint from buried tin cans, scientists are examining the feasibility of getting microorganisms to do the same job for aircraft fuselages...
...consistently ignored showroom signals about its cars. The company failed, for example, to develop a new sports utility vehicle like the Ford Explorer, which represents one of the hottest market segments. When buyers yearned for minivans, GM simply slapped new plastic panels on a seven-year-old chassis and rolled out the Chevy Lumina All-Purpose Vehicle. Result: while GM has made steady improvements in car quality, its selection and styling have tended to lag far behind its U.S. and Japanese rivals. "GM hasn't listened to its dealers," says an Atlanta Buick dealer. "They haven't paid any attention...
When the students enter the lab, they see the cadavers set up on metal tables. The bodies are covered first with layers of plastic and material to keep them moist, and then with a blue denim-like cloth. A metal bucket at the end of the table collects the excess formaldehyde that drains from the body. "Sometimes [the bucket] seems like it's getting a little full," says Elbert Huang...
...Another plastic bucket under the table is for the removed organs. All parts are kept and eventually buried with the body at the Medical School's burial ground in Tewksbury, or else returned to the donor's family...
...should be no surprise that the companies leading the $5 million campaign against Question Three are the very same industries that manufacture virgin plastic packaging. These industries (92 percent of the opposition money comes from out-of-state) include major corporations like Dow and Dupont, who of course will lose if the initiative wins--at least in the short term...