Asbestos Threat Prompts National Health Review
Public officials nationwide weigh asbestos safety as researchers link exposure to cancer and lung disease. debates over casual contact persist. In Howell township New Jersey officials strip coatings from six schools at about sixty thousand dollars, while EPA and OSHA standards guide action.
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Asbestos Debate At Center Of Public Health Talks
The piece surveys health officials across states including Utah, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, and Georgia on asbestos risks in schools. Experts acknowledge uncertain risk levels, with some noting no confirmed cases among school workers and others stressing need for caution for builders and demolition crews.
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Irving Davis
Michigan Health Department
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Holmes Pyles
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Irving J. Selikoff
Mt. Sinai School of Medi
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Aviation milestones trace jet era to spaceflight dreams
A brisk survey charts aviation from the Stratocruiser to Concorde, noting jet age beginnings with the Comet, the 747, and aims toward space passenger flights. It highlights Britain's Comet service, tragic metal fatigue events, diversifying aircraft like Avro C102, and ventures including the X-15 height record and Spirit of St. Louis lineage. It closes with Linbergh’s reflections on future evolution and fuel shifts toward hydrogen amid looming oil scarcity.
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Lindbergh Flight Remembered Fifty Years After Crossing Atlantic
A retrospective recounts Charles Lindbergh completing the Spirit of St Louis flight from New York to Ireland and France. It notes his night landing at Le Bourget and his postflight life promoting aviation and conservation, including warnings about crowded skies.
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France unveils method for weakly enriched uranium
France has developed a new uranium processing method to produce weakly enriched fuel for civilian nuclear reactors that cannot be used for weapons. The French Atomic Energy Agency said it will present details at the international conference in Salzburg Austria as part of aligning with Carter era nonproliferation goals.
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