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To: Grainne who wrote (21083)	4/27/1998 12:49:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Does anyone here love Oliver Stone's movies like I do? I think he is immensely talented. I found an interview with him, and a discussion of his new movie, "U-Turn" in the Irish Times, and thought someone might enjoy reading it. irish-times.com

To: Grainne who wrote (21083)	4/28/1998 2:41:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

HI Christine, I don't doubt the number of deaths at Chernobyl, but it must be remembered that they were due to high levels of radiation. Those plants were poorly designed and did not have a containment building. I am still in favor of nuclear power. How many people have died in France which is almost all Nuclear? I believe that I heard sometime last week that some of the people were moving back to Chernobyl now. Del

To: Grainne who wrote (21083)	4/28/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christine, Going back over this thread (just an eeny bit)I saw you mention the 12th anniversary of Chernobyl. Yes, I agree with you that it was a terrible tragedy. The numbers. Yes, some people have published big numbers (hundreds of thousands, or even millions for those with what scientist call the outliers), but most of the mainstream estimates are the tens of thousands. It's really impossible to know for sure how many cases of cancer will result from this accident, since attributing responsibility for each case of cancer in a population is beyond our knowledge. One thing is clear though, to most of the people who make up those numbers--big and small. This accident was completely devastating to a very large region. Beyond the area immediately affected, there were very severe social/political and economic impacts that lasted for many years, affecting most of the European population in at least some way. We have in the U.S. approximately 120 commercial power reactors. Some of these are sited near urban areas. If a Chernobyl-scale accident were to occur at one of these urban reactors, the social/economic impacts on the U.S. would, IMHO, be comparable to being engaged in major war with an enemy country. Also, I wanted to post my latest finding on flea control. And, BTW, after 7 days of professional flea treatment, Tina appears to be flea-free. From MEDLINE: -------------------- TITLE: Comparison of flea control strategies using imidacloprid or lufenuron on cats in a controlled simulated home environment. AUTHOR: Jacobs DE; Hutchinson MJ; Fox MT; Krieger KJ AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom. SOURCE: Am J Vet Res 1997 Nov;58(11):1260-2 NLM CIT. ID: 98027982 ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of monthly treatments with imidacloprid (an adulticide) or lufenuron (an insect development inhibitor) for protecting cats against Ctenocephalides felis felis in a simulated home environment. ANIMALS: 3 matched groups of 4 cats each. PROCEDURE: A self-propagating flea life cycle continuously exposing cats to 'natural' infestation was established in 3 pens. Small artificial infestations were later superimposed to mimic the effect of a cat roaming outdoors and acquiring extraneous fleas. One pen housed an untreated control group, and the other 2 pens housed cats treated every 28th day with an imidacloprid spot-on formulation or lufenuron suspension, respectively. Flea counts were performed at 14-day intervals for 112 days. RESULTS: Flea numbers increased on control cats around day 42 when mean counts on cats in the imidacloprid and lufenuron groups decreased by 100 and 86.8 percent, respectively. Fleas were not found on any imidacloprid-treated cat, but lufenuron-treated cats were consistently parasitized. CONCLUSIONS: Imidacloprid administered at monthly intervals maintained flea burdens below the limit of detection, whereas clinically important flea populations developed in the lufenuron treatment pen. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results from this experimental model suggest that flea populations within a home may be controlled by carefully timed on-host treatments with potent long-acting insecticides such as imidacloprid. MAIN MESH SUBJECTS: Benzamides/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY/THERAPEUTIC USE Cat Diseases/DRUG THERAPY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Fleas/DRUG EFFECTS Imidazoles/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY/THERAPEUTIC USE Insect Control/METHODS Insecticides/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY/THERAPEUTIC USE ADDITIONAL MESH SUBJECTS: Administration, Cutaneous Animal Cats Comparative Study Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Environment Female Housing, Animal Male Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Time Factors PUBLICATION TYPES: CLINICAL TRIAL JOURNAL ARTICLE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL LANGUAGE: Eng REGISTRY NUMBERS: 0 (Benzamides) 0 (Imidazoles) 0 (Insecticides) 103055-07-8 (fluphenacur) 105827-78-9 (imidacloprid)