Peruvian Doctors Worry Over Pharmacist Diagnoses
Lima physicians express concern as pharmacists frequently diagnose and dispense medicines, including antibiotics, undermining medical oversight. Dr Raul Gamboa recounts a patient given penicillin by a pharmacist for a cold, despite his own prescriptions. Government promises a crackdown amid distrust of inconsistent prescriptions and self medication.
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Pesticide Waste in Lake Michigan Sewers Under Review
Federal experts urge stopping pesticide plant discharges into city sewers in the Lake Michigan watershed. The report notes some plants send liquid wastes to sewers, with concerns over contributing to the lake’s pesticide burden, while solid waste disposal appears not to majorly contaminate the environment. The study calls for monitoring effluent and sludge and surveying related industries. Sergeant Gregory J. Levine has arrived for duty at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
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Almanac Highlights from December 26, 1969
On this day in history milestones include Washington’s army capturing Hessians at Trenton in 1776, a coffee percolator patent in 1865, railroads taken under wartime control in 1917, Churchill’s joint address to Congress in 1941, and a major Northeast blizzard of 1947 with New York City’s record snowfall.
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