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...will make the major changes that are needed: the U.S., Germany or Japan? Developing countries, including giant China, where energy consumption has been a fraction of that in industrialized countries, say they have the right to use more energy now. Even the U.S. Senate is reluctant, for some elusive reason, to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which calls for a reduction in greenhouse emissions. By the time everyone has recognized the true seriousness of global warming, it will be too late to take action. KAY TOMORI Tokyo...
...data derived from ice cores, it appears the earth keeps cooling and warming by itself and has done so since long before fossil fuels started being burned by humans on a large scale. Unfortunately, most people think global warming can be reversed if other sources of energy are used. This is a gross oversimplification. We should use our resources not to find ways to stop this natural phenomenon, but rather to discover ways to adapt to it. There is a great need for more objective education and more research funds to better predict future weather changes. EMMANUEL MAICAS Moncton...
...story on the National Institutes of Health's new guidelines on human stem-cell research contained two errors [HEALTH, Sept. 4]. Under the guidelines, government-funded scientists will not be allowed to use early-stage embryos. They will be able to use material provided by private companies derived from embryos left over from in-vitro fertilizations. Also, contrary to what we said, there is no ban on using federal funds for fetal-tissue research...
...hard to tell what's worse: mosquitoes, which can carry disease, or DEET-based insect repellents, which can be toxic to children. Capitalizing on the growing interest in DEET-free alternatives, Biorganic Safety Brands has developed a line of ShooBug Repellents that it claims are safe for use around kids and pets. Using extracts of tree and plant oils--most notably cloves--the new products block a neurotransmitter receptor in bugs that doesn't exist in humans...
Congress and the Supreme Court have given prosecutors such powers in order to protect against terrorists and spies. But too often, argues Jonathan Turley, national security expert and law professor at George Washington University, prosecutors use national security to make their jobs easier, not to make the country safer. "The government routinely makes outlandish allegations about national security," he says, "to force plea agreements...