BITS AND PIECES
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July/August 1980
By the Mother Earth News editors
A NEW PROCESS developed by High Voltage Engineering Corp. uses low doses of electron energy to reduce diseasecausing organisms in sewage sludge to harmless levels . . . at about half the cost of alternative methods. The company is also under contract to two Israeli firms to treat poultry feed in order to eliminate pathogens that might affect humans consuming chickens fed on the grains.
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UPDATE YOUR DOG'S DISTEMPER SHOTS! Evidence is mounting that multiple sclerosis may be caused by the same virus that's responsible for canine distemper .... Minnesota had to return the $3.5 million it had received from the EPA to be used to locate new hazardous waste dumps, because the state COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE SITE that local people would allow to be used for that purpose .... In 1947, 40,000 Atlantic ridley sea turtles were seen nesting on a Mexican beach, but now there are probably FEWER THAN 500-1,000 NESTING FEMALES LEFT .... Pediatricians are puzzled over a new illness-called Kawasaki, after the doctor who discovered it-that CAUSES HEART ATTACKS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN UNDER FIVE .... A daily walk of a mile. or two for a pregnant heifer helps her have fewer problems giving birth, and dairy cows that get such exercise will average AN EXTRA THREE QUARTS OF MILK A DAY .... Oregon has become the first state to OUTLAW DISPOSABLE DIAPERS, on the grounds that human wastes should end up in sewage treatment plants and not in garbage dumps .... The Krugerrand Coin Division of International Gold Corporation (Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box AA, Dept. 7140, Norwood, New Jersey 07648) is offering a free FACTS ABOUT GOLD booklet .... It takes the yearround production of 315 SQUARE MILES OF FOREST to make the throwaway pager items used by our nation's McDonald's franchises!
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