WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAFF) - Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith was among those questioning BP's CEO Thursday when Tony Hayward testified at a Congressional hearing.
Hayward told them he's devastated by the accident in the gulf that's gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Congressman Parker Griffith told Hayward he wanted to get past the public relations shenanigans and focus on action to fix the well.
Griffith also told Hayward that this oil spill is not the greatest environmental disaster facing America.
Griffith said it's cigarettes.
"60,000 Americans will die from cigarette related cancer. I'm a cancer specialist. This is not going to be the worst thing that's happened to America," said Griffith.
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понедельник, 14 июня 2010 г.
Big Brother 2010: Mario the mole given cigarettes task
The Tree of Temptation has already persuaded Mario to secretly throw bread and vegetables into the pool - although several housemates suspect the mole was responsible for the destroyed food.
He has now been tasked with trashing someone else's cigarettes.
The Tree of Temptation ordered the mole to use scissors to cut up a packet of cigarettes by Saturday morning and to blame the incident on another housemate.
Mario was told his future in the house may depend on his ability to complete the task.
Meanwhile, the housemates tackled the Wear It Or Lose It task on Friday afternoon, which required them to put on all the clothes they had brought with them at the same time.
They were given four minutes to do it and any clothes they were not wearing at the end were confiscated.
A number of the housemates will not have to spend much time choosing their outfits in the coming days, as they struggled to complete the task.
He has now been tasked with trashing someone else's cigarettes.
The Tree of Temptation ordered the mole to use scissors to cut up a packet of cigarettes by Saturday morning and to blame the incident on another housemate.
Mario was told his future in the house may depend on his ability to complete the task.
Meanwhile, the housemates tackled the Wear It Or Lose It task on Friday afternoon, which required them to put on all the clothes they had brought with them at the same time.
They were given four minutes to do it and any clothes they were not wearing at the end were confiscated.
A number of the housemates will not have to spend much time choosing their outfits in the coming days, as they struggled to complete the task.
пятница, 11 июня 2010 г.
Proposal to ban the display of tobacco in Guernsey
Shops in Guernsey face being banned from displaying tobacco, if a proposal from health officials gets the backing of the States.
The Health and Social Services Department also wants stricter rules surrounding tobacco vending machines.
Deputies are being asked to agree to ban the display of tobacco at the point of sale and restrict vending machines to adult-only establishments.
The proposals will go before the States in June.
In 1996, the States became the first government in the British Isles to ban tobacco advertising.
The proposals also include making tobacco vending machines token operated and ensuring all products imported into the island include pictorial warnings.
The Health and Social Services Department also wants stricter rules surrounding tobacco vending machines.
Deputies are being asked to agree to ban the display of tobacco at the point of sale and restrict vending machines to adult-only establishments.
The proposals will go before the States in June.
In 1996, the States became the first government in the British Isles to ban tobacco advertising.
The proposals also include making tobacco vending machines token operated and ensuring all products imported into the island include pictorial warnings.
Tobacco Plants Provide New Beauty Secret?
Will tobacco plants provide the next cosmetic filler? Very possibly, according to findings recently published in the journal Biomacromolecules.
Among the beauty-obsessed, the number-one problem with smoking is that it ages your skin. (Let alone what lung cancer does for the complexion.) But a new technique could re-harness the tobacco plant in the name of youthful beauty.
Researcher Oded Shoseyov of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has figured out how to get tobacco plants to produce a human-like collagen. Collagen is the main protein in skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue. It typically declines during the normal aging process, allowing cheeks to sag and wrinkles to set it.
While primarily being marketed for medical purposes — such as for bone and heart repairs — the new synthetic collagen may someday be used cosmetically.
"This is a very unique collagen," said Noa Lapido, assistant vice president of CollPlant, the company handling the patents coming from Shoseyov's laboratory. "It is very very similar to human collagen and, as it has not come in contact with any animals, it is much better and much safer than other collagens."
Most commercial collagen currently comes from farm animals, such as cows and pigs, and human cadavers. Collagen from such sources can carry viruses and prions, such as those associated with mad-cow disease. The new collagen avoids these risks, the researchers say. "This is very interesting Tobacco world news": say Bill.
It is not that tobacco plants naturally have these beautifying or medical benefits. Producing human-like collagen from a tobacco plant is a technological feat, involving the simultaneous "turning on" of five specific genes in a genetically modified tobacco plant.
Cosmetic uses of the new collagen are currently unlikely, Lapido said, as the price is several hundred to several thousand times more expensive than other options. But it may become more reasonable, she said, "in a few years time."
Among the beauty-obsessed, the number-one problem with smoking is that it ages your skin. (Let alone what lung cancer does for the complexion.) But a new technique could re-harness the tobacco plant in the name of youthful beauty.
Researcher Oded Shoseyov of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has figured out how to get tobacco plants to produce a human-like collagen. Collagen is the main protein in skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue. It typically declines during the normal aging process, allowing cheeks to sag and wrinkles to set it.
While primarily being marketed for medical purposes — such as for bone and heart repairs — the new synthetic collagen may someday be used cosmetically.
"This is a very unique collagen," said Noa Lapido, assistant vice president of CollPlant, the company handling the patents coming from Shoseyov's laboratory. "It is very very similar to human collagen and, as it has not come in contact with any animals, it is much better and much safer than other collagens."
Most commercial collagen currently comes from farm animals, such as cows and pigs, and human cadavers. Collagen from such sources can carry viruses and prions, such as those associated with mad-cow disease. The new collagen avoids these risks, the researchers say. "This is very interesting Tobacco world news": say Bill.
It is not that tobacco plants naturally have these beautifying or medical benefits. Producing human-like collagen from a tobacco plant is a technological feat, involving the simultaneous "turning on" of five specific genes in a genetically modified tobacco plant.
Cosmetic uses of the new collagen are currently unlikely, Lapido said, as the price is several hundred to several thousand times more expensive than other options. But it may become more reasonable, she said, "in a few years time."
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