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...brighter note, casual contact with AIDS victims, even over long periods of time, seems relatively safe. Newark Pediatrician James Oleske studied the foster families of nine newborns infected with AIDS and found that none of the foster mothers or siblings showed any signs of infection. Other research presented in Atlanta offered an intriguing clue to the mystery of how AIDS began. Dr. Myron Essex of the Harvard School of Public Health believes that the virus may have originated in a species known as the African green monkey and spread to humans only in recent decades. Essex has found that about...
...bleeding was occurring in the intestine which could signal the presence of a malignancy, doctors were not immediately alarmed; eating red meat also sometimes leads to traces of blood in stool. Indeed, after Reagan was placed on a restricted diet, the blood traces disappeared. Still, to be on the safe side, the President's doctors decided to remove the polyp, asked Reagan to pick the earliest convenient time, and scheduled what was to be a minor operation on July...
...cotton, sugar beets and citrus fruits, but is banned for use with watermelon. Some California farmers contend that their melons picked up the chemical from residues in fields where it had been applied to other crops years ago. Union Carbide insists, however, that its tests show aldicarb degrades to safe levels within 180 days. California Department of Food and Agriculture Director Clare Berryhill voiced "strong suspicions" that some farmers had knowingly misused the pesticide and added, "I'm going to use all the police powers I have to put them away. We are going to nail them to the cross...
...Wall Street, though, Coke jumped $2.37 a share on the announcement, while PepsiCo stock sagged 75¢. In Washington, Democratic Senator David Pryor of Arkansas, an admitted Cokeaholic, expressed his jubilation on the Senate floor. In a speech between a debate over disinvestment in South Africa and action on the Safe Drinking Water Act, Pryor called Coke's capitulation "a very meaningful moment in the history of America. It shows that some national institutions cannot be changed...
...telling a pollster that they prefer soft drinks to be sweeter and lighter, will the next step be for meat-packers to start producing a low-calorie hamburger by just adding a lot of airy filler? And will somebody then try combining it with goat cheese? Is anything safe? Will Hershey bars be filled with raisins and Oreo cookies with pink icing? Will apple pie be made à la mode with Tofutti...