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To: James R. Barrett who wrote (1146)	4/2/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<<<>From today's (29 MAR 1999) _San Francisco Examiner_, top of page A7: Report: Feds ignored toxics in plants Toledo, Ohio -- Concerned more about Cold War weapons production than worker safety, U.S. government officials for years stood by as employees at manufacturing plants were exposed to deadly levels of toxic metal dust, a newspaper reported. Following a 22-month investigation, the Toledo Blade said Sunday that since the 1940s, hundreds of workers at weapons plants exposed to the dust from the metal beryllium have contracted beryllium disease. The incurable illness, which attacks the lungs, is sometimes fatal.>>> Geesh,, And these same guys want to help some strangers in a strange land... Something doesn't compute...