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    With the known link of asbestos to lung cancer, the new finding mentioned in this article that many other diseases can be caused by asbestos only serves as fodder for litigation, clogging of our legal system, and, unfortunately, more enrichment of trial lawyers instead of asbestos victims. Nelson MaransSilver Spring, Md.

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  2. Chemistry

    Carbon Goes Glam: Treated carbon dots fluoresce

    Chemists have fashioned tiny dots of carbon that glow in response to light.

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  3. Animals

    Mixed Butterflies: Tropical species joins ranks of rare hybrids

    A South American butterfly is one of the few animal species that seems to have arisen via the supposedly rare path of crossing two older species.