The comparison with PCBs suggests that toxic flame retardants have emerged as a major environmental health concern,

The comparison with PCBs suggests that toxic flame retardants have emerged as a major environmental health concern, ... PBDEs could be as potent a problem as PCBs, which are still polluting people and the environment decades after they were banned. In order to avoid the same outcome with PBDEs, we need to act quickly.

A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle.

Obviously, we want Jason in the lineup but his health is the No. 1 concern.

Obviously, it's considered a nuisance, especially dealing with the droppings. There's no immediate health concern with the crows other than an extreme nuisance.

Areas of concern are more numerous. Most important, continuing deterioration of the financial health of U.S. automakers is a major risk to ad spending, already visible in the third quarter of 2005, and notwithstanding General Motors Corp.'s recent shift back to incentives.