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November/December 1981
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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WANT TO HEAR THE LATEST SCOOP? Then dial the Sierra Club's new Washington hotline, which brings folks up to date on national legislation affecting water policies, clean air, nuclear waste, MX missiles, wilderness preservation, and more. Call 202 / 547-5550 day or night—while Congress is in session—for a two-minute digest , of what's happening on the Hill.

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MELTDOWN MEDICINE: The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that state health officials begin stockpiling supplies of potassium iodide, a controversial thyroid blocking agent, to dispense to the public in case of "radiation emergencies" such as nuclear reactor accidents. (The FDA also warns that the drug has numerous side effects . . . causing goiters, hyperthyroidism, and "iodine mumps".)

THE FED FEEDS THE METER: The General Services Administration, the giant housekeeping agency of the federal government, is spending $239,000 a year to rent a run-down 60-year-old garage to house the presidential motor pool and State Department automobiles. That's about $400 a month for each of the 80 vehicles!

A TALKING EXIT SIGN that can tell people how to get out of a building in case of fire or a power failure-or even warn of danger on the far side of a closed door-has been invented by a Connecticut company .... PEPSICOLA HAS BARTERED WITH BULGARIA to recoup the cost of establishing five Pizza Huts and two bottling plants in that country. Pepsi will receive mineral water, confectionery, forklifts, bottles, and wine in exchange for its investment .... Travelers Insurance Company has started REHIRING RETIRED EMPLOYEES ON A PART-TIME BASIS . The Hartford, Connecticut concern says it gains experienced workers, .and the pensioners enjoy :he added activity and income .... LARGE AMOUNTS OF LICORICE OR CHEWING TOBACCO, when ingested aver A long period of time, can rob the body of the vital mineral potassium, according to a recent medical journal report .... Brown University has begun an URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY for its students. a nineteenth-century carriage house in Providence, Rhode island will be retrofitted with a solar greenhouse, aquaculture and composting facilities, and an energy-efficient heating system.

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