Radioactive metal in consumer goods alarms experts
Exposure to tainted materials from chairs utensils elevator buttons and steel may pose long term health risks. Widespread isotope use increased U S recycling and imports from China raise safety concerns as exporters in several countries exploit lax U S rules.
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Radiation risk gaps in imports prompt call for U.S. oversight
Scripps Howard News Service findings show no single federal regulator guards Americans from radiologically tainted items. A 2008 case involved a Chinese cheese grater with Cobalt-60, flagged by a recycler but not recalled due to fragmented authority among five agencies. Other incidents include 430,000 pounds of cobalt-60 laced steel from Brazil. Call for unified agency, radiation standards, scrapyard monitoring, safe disposal incentives, and penalties.
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Radical abortion violence debate and the Tiller case
The piece argues that antiabortion extremism, including calls framing doctors as murderers, incites violence like George Tiller’s killing. It cites UNICEF and New York Times data on unsafe abortions, condemns incitement, and urges clear limits on extremist rhetoric to protect physicians and women seeking legal procedures.
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Debt warning echoed in a call for bipartisan action
A reflection on Eisenhower's farewell warning about fiscal peril describes current peril from entitlement costs, rising deficits, and looming Social Security insolvency. It notes political gridlock over reforms, proposals for raising taxes or adjusting benefits, and the need for urgent nationwide saving and compromise.
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Republicans lack plan on economy
Editor notes Republicans have no concrete economic plan and accuse Obama of socialism while ignoring 2000s GOP governance. It cites Bush era deficits, multi-billion wartime costs funded abroad, Enron era collapses, corporate subsidies, offshore tax shifts, and the debt buildup. The piece argues GOP inaction worsened the economy and mocks anti socialist beneficiaries.
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