Notes & Comment: Told You So

Article Abstract:

There are warning labels on many different products, and the labels run the gamut from nonsense to good sense. Cans of deodorant, for instance, admonish "'Do not spray in eyes.'" The Viagra label, however, warns that "'An erection that lasts longer than four hours requires prompt medical attention.'" In the late 1990s, labelling has become political as well.

United States, Social aspects, Labels, Warning labels

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Something in the water: one man's pursuit of microbial mayhem

Article Abstract:

Gerba specializes in the transmission of microbial infections, primarily those that are water-borne. Germs from inanimate objects can be transmitted easily, and children get sick so frequently because they are always touching theirs noses and mouths. Gerba's research is discussed.

Research, Practice, Biography, Microbial contamination, Microbiologists, Gerpa, Charles P.

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Against all odds: the implacable in pursuit of the improbable

Article Abstract:

The lost causes that people pursue encompass a wide variety of issues, from world government and Esperanto to efforts to reduce the average size of human beings. In some ways lost causes say more about the human spirit that more rational pursuits do.

Humor and anecdotes, Activists, Social reformers, Idealism

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