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The opposition party declines to press the issue, and the media concede it will go away.
There was no evidence of a Marin County deficit in later-stage cancers, mortality rates remained stable despite distinct mortality declines observed in comparison regions, and disparate age-specific incidence trends were observed within the larger age group (aged 40+ years) targeted by screening programs [ 6 ] . In addition, mammography utilization data do not suggest substantially elevated rates of screening among Marin County women.
But the bottom line is that you can't put the nuke genie back in the bottle because human behavior inevitably declines to its lowest common denominator--in other words, we all act like the meanest, stupidest person in whatever group we happen to be in.
Sexual-harrassment law may be dangerously broad and vague, as Rosen says, but if this is not considered sexual harrassment, it surely ought to be--even if there is no quid pro quo and even if he backs off and zips up when she declines.
They include algal blooms that are potentially hazardous to human health, low dissolved oxygen concentrations, declines in the health of fish and shellfish populations, loss of seagrass beds and coral reefs, and ecological changes in food webs.