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March 28, 2008|Volume 36, Number 23


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“Pool water is a complex bit of chemistry that all begins with an old friend, that double-edged sword called chlorine. Gallons of chlorine are added to pools in the form of bleach to kill off bacteria. Without a disinfectant like chlorine, swimming pools would be an infectious disease outbreak waiting to happen. The flip side is that chlorine is highly reactive; it not only kills bacteria, but also combines with organic chemicals coming from people’s bodies. ... These reactions create chloramines and trihalomethanes (THMs), a brew of toxic chemicals that are the culprits behind all the dry skin, frizzy hair and heavy chlorine odor. ... Like swamp gas emerging out of a lagoon, the chloramines and THMs waft out of the pool and into swimmers’ lungs. And they are just as harsh, if not harsher, on airways than on skin.”

Dr. Gary Lee Ginsberg, lecturer in epidemiology and public health, in his article, “Swim at Your Own Risk,” E/The Environmental Magazine, March 4, 2008.

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“Right now, the United States is enjoying a very special moment in world-historical affairs. The Bush administration’s policies may have made it highly unpopular in many parts of the world, and America’s relative economic heft is nowhere as great as it was 50 years ago, but in terms of sheer military power, the United States is unequalled, not just in relation to other countries like China and Russia but in all of history.”

Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his article, “Look Before You Leap,” New Nation (Bangladesh), March 5, 2008.

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“Governments will have to grapple with tough choices under any global emissions policy strategy. We can’t escape the fact that somebody somewhere — and soon — will need to start paying the price for such a policy. ... The reality is that a sacrifice of some sort will have to be incurred by the present generation for the sake of people who will exist many years from now, in richer societies than ours and, most probably, in countries not our own. ... Not surprisingly, the proposition that today’s relatively poorer generations should help richer future generations to live better is particularly hard to sell to citizens of developing countries.”

Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, professor in the field of international economics and politics, and adjunct professor in forestry and environmental studies, in his article, “Carbon Prices, Not Quotas,” Forbes, March 6, 2008.

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“While the U.S. has high scores [on the 2008 Environmental Performance Index] on some issues — drinking water, sanitation, forest management — we have very weak results on a number of issues including policies to address climate change, ozone air pollution affecting nature and sulfur dioxide emissions. In Europe, people are shocked that the U.S. ranks as high as 39th as all they hear about are our poor results on greenhouse gas emissions. Within the U.S., people are shocked to hear that we rank as low as 39th as everyone assumes that we are the world’s environmental leaders.”

Daniel Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, “U.S.A. Slips Behind Ecuador in Environmental Ranking,” NBC30.com, March 6, 2008.

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“American theater has virtually no conception of public dialogue, no space to consider our broadest concerns as Americans. In the deepest sense, ours is a theater of private enterprise: Its economic base and its prevailing subject have a common identity. But with this play we imagined a theater that could use the simple commonality of attending a play, of being an audience, as a platform from which to take account of our shared history as citizens.”

Elinor Fuchs, adjunct professor of dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, and Joyce Antler, about their play “Year One of the Empire,” an account of the three-year war fought by the United States in the Philippine Islands from 1899 to 1902, in their article, “Year One of the Empire: Why We Wrote a Play About the Spanish-American War,” History News Network (WA), March 17, 2008.


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Emissions cuts could actually aid economy . . .

Trudeau to be honored for raising awareness of veterans’ issues

Saturday series returns to remind ‘kids of all ages’ that . . .

Concert honors ‘Black National Anthem’ composer

RNA molecule found to suppress lung cancer tumors in mice

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Grant to Yale Cancer Center will promote clinical trials . . .

Conference pays tribute to Brazilian statesman and author . . .

Exhibition features Haggadah illustrations by modern artists

New exhibition space hosts show exploring themes of loss, renewal

‘SCLAVI’ tells tale of emigrant’s search for his place in the world

‘Religion and the Big Bang’ is the theme of Shulman Lectures

‘Faith and Fundamentalism’ is focus of three-part Terry Lectures

‘Visual Exegesis’ features artistic interpretations of biblical texts

The relationship between photography, history and memory . . .

‘Middle Passage Conversations’ will bring scholars together . . .

Conference to explore benefits of alternative, complementary therapies


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