Asbestos exposure at Nashua FAA center alarmed union
Workers at the Boston Center radar operation in Nashua faced asbestos releases during construction and a second leakage. Up to 80 employees were exposed, with air tests showing levels six to thirty times higher than federal safety standards. The controllers union urged immediate evacuation, noting delayed notice and loss of trust.
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Nashua
N.H
New England
Boston Center
Federal Aviation Administration
Controllers
Wmur-Tv
Boston Globe
FAA
Associated Press
Rate of hysterectomies levels off in US study
The CDC reports hysterectomy rates in the United States leveled from 1988 to 1993 despite aging baby boomers and more second opinions. Fibroid shrinkage options and laser therapy are cited as alternative treatments, with critics arguing many procedures remain unnecessary.
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Atlanta
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Susan
Hillis
U.S
Sidney Wolfe
Public Citizen
Wolfe
Lisa Cox
National Women’s Health Network
Astronauts test new robot arm on Discovery mission
Astronauts Jan Davis and Stephen Robinson tested a five foot Japanese robotic arm aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to handle tiny tasks outside the cargo bay as a satellite released to study Earth's ozone layer began gathering atmospheric data. The test comes as NASA aims to use the tool on future space stations and reduce spacewalks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Discovery
Earth
Jan Davis
Stephen Robinson
NASA
Space Agency
International Space Station
Shuttle
Curtis Brown Jr
Space Station
National standards loom for organic food labels
Maryland farmer Eric Rice shows the appeal of organic apples as government moves toward first national standards for organic foods. The rules would require federal certification across farm to market, with up to 10000 fines for mislabeling, aiming to reassure consumers and legitimize organic producers and markets.
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Middletown, Md
Eric Rice
Rice
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
States
Katharine DiMatteo
The
Organic Trade Association
Fruit of the Loom to cut 4800 jobs, add five plants
The Associated Press misreported job cuts at Fruit of the Loom. The company says 4,800 workers will be eliminated at six plants, with no cuts at Greenville, Mississippi, where jobs will be added at five plants.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Fruit of the Loom Inc
Greenville
Miss
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