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...arena,” but he added that “these critical roles are not without their attendant scientific controversies.”“There are always areas of causal uncertainty that take a long time to resolve, but there is often also an urgency to prevent harm and protect the health of people,” Bloom said. “The impetus from citizens and communities is necessary both to expose health problems and eventually to solve them.” Also honored yesterday was Kenneth Olden, former director of the National Institute of Environmental...
...before, and it was called the 1970s. But despite the warning signs out there, don't expect a return to 1970s-style inflation. As long-term interest rates rise, it should cool the economy's bubble-spot, real estate, which will cause consumers to rein in their spending and prevent companies from raising prices too much. Meanwhile, as gas and oil production recover from the Gulf Coast hurricanes, fuel prices should stabilize or even fall...
...cosmetic issue, largely caused by ill-advised swallowing of toothpaste, while fluoride critics say it shows that children are accumulating too much fluoride overall. The World Health Organization sets a fluoride-safety standard of 1.5 p.p.m.--well below the EPA's 4-p.p.m. rule--partly to prevent enamel fluorosis. And in Western Europe, where the drop in tooth decay in recent decades is as sharp as that in the U.S., 17 of 21 countries have either refused or discontinued fluoridation, contending that fluoride toothpastes offer adequate protection. (Only Ireland adds fluoride to most of its water systems, while Switzerland fluoridates...
...graces the walls of Harvard University, Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans seemed a long way from his childhood home.The son of two sharecroppers who had six years of education between them, Evans was orphaned by the age of 16. But his parents’ untimely deaths did not prevent them from inspiring their seven children with a message that would send them on paths to great success.For more than 35 years, Evans has filled a wide range of roles at Harvard—from his primary job in admissions to a number of administrative and advisory positions for freshman...
...After that, things got ugly. Officials started the impeachment process, then stopped it. In early August, residents surrounded their village committee building to prevent the removal of account books they said would prove corruption. On Sept. 12, police drove the demonstrators away. Roughly 30 people were arrested and 10 remain in custody. Several dozen "hooligans" that Taishi residents believe are paid by local officials now terrorize the village threatening to attack anyone who, like Lu, tries to enter or leave. "Now they're there every day, intimidating people into removing their names from the impeachment petition," Lu says. The village...