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 Stories About: Australia AND health AND New Zealand AND toxics
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A Rash Attack
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02 Aug 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| A Rash Attack A flight attendant for United Airlines has sued the airline for exposing flight crews to pesticides on planes serving Australia and New Zealand. The attendant, Susan Matthews, says she developed a full-body rash after contact with the pesticides. The spraying -- which has been banned in the U.S. -- occurs about once every eight weeks to keep nonnative insects from hitching rides and potentially wreakin ... |
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| Topics: Australia, health, New Zealand, toxics (all these topics) |
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