Hot potato: will safety questions curb public appetite for gene-spliced food?
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Environmental and consumer groups oppose the Food and Drug Administration's May 1992 decision to regulate genetically-engineered foods as if they were conventional foods. Critics of the decision claim that consumers have a right to know what is in the food they buy.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Dam safety; does record flooding threaten the Aswan High Dam?
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The occurrence of earthquakes, heavy downpour and faulty engineering has hightened the threat of the Aswan High Dam's failure. After enduring a 5.3 seismology magnitude in 1981, the dam has been subjected to engineering evaluations for the damages it sustained.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Setting the pace: Volvo, safety, and the environment
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Volvo has been able to gain a favorable reputation by taking safety and environmental concerns into consideration when designing its automobiles. Volvo is researching side-impact air bags and is developing environmentally compatible cars.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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