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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 2001
Page
2
Local debate over a one year penny sales tax reveals voter confusion about its reach and duration. Cedar Rapids could face another vote or petition drives extending the issue into 2002 and beyond. A Gazette column weighs both sides noting potential impacts on households and the politics of ongoing voting.
Los Angeles Times reports Teflon products such as non stick cookware water repellents and engine additives may release trifluoroacetate TFA a persistent pollutant that accumulates in seasonal wetlands in California and Nevada Researchers led by Scott Mabury of the University of Toronto found TFA forms when Teflon is heated to 500 C The Montreal Protocol urged TFA monitoring though its environmental effects remain unknown.
The Gazette promotes sustainable paper use by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle at City Carton on 4250 Sixth St SW or via the nearest recycling location.
Dutch researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center report that women with BRCA mutations who undergo preventive mastectomies show near zero cancer development in the study. In contrast, a control group receiving only regular screening saw about one eighth develop cancer and one death over the roughly three year follow up.
President Bush defends his positions on climate, missile defense, and GM crops during a six day Europe trip. He vows clear stances despite protests at the G7 summit in Italy and meets Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair in London before traveling to Italy. Barbara Bush accompanies him while Jenna remains in the United States for a summer job.
President Bush began a European swing arriving in London on July 18 and meeting Queen Elizabeth and PM Blair to discuss missile defense and Kyoto rejection. He attends the G8 in Genoa July 20-22, then meets Pope John Paul II and Berlusconi in Rome before visiting Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo with 5,000 to 7,000 U.S. troops as part of KFOR.
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