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To protect occupational and consumer health from DCM, Germany set technical standards on DCM sales. National measures would not have been practical for regulating the trade and marketing of DCM in the EU. Action to restrict the marketing of dangerous substances to protect human health or the environment must comply with Article 95 of the EC Treaty relating to the internal market. Objecting to immediate adoption of EU standards to ensure adequate risk reduction, the UK - a major producer of DCM - declared that it was necessary to conduct full risk assessments of alternative substances, as well as a detailed socio-economic analysis of... 

Meitner s career took an unexpected turn in the 1930s. When Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) came to power in Germany, he began to rid the universities of anyone who was Jewish. Although Meimer had been baptized as a Christian, she came from a Jewish family. She soon realized that her life would be in danger if she remained in Berlin. So she escaped from Germany in 1938 and took a position in Copenhagen, Denmark... 

According to the studies performed by the Bundesanstalt fur Materi-alprufung, Germany (BAM), this compound may explode when dry, but in the presence of 20% water there is no longer any danger of explosion. It is widely used in analytical organic chemistry for the preparation of dinitrophenylhydrazon and its derivates from ketones and aldehydes. 

Atmospheric pollution resulting from the release of various harmful gases and solid particulates has the result that the air in large cities has become unsuitable and even dangerous for human life. For example, in some cities of Japan and Germany, policemen on the streets breathe oxygen from special cylinders. This opportunity also exists for pedestrians for a fee. In the streets of Tokyo and some other cities in Japan, oxygen cylinders are provided for children so that they can get fresh air on their way to school. Japanese businessmen have opened special bars where humans can get non-alcoholic drinks and fresh air. It should be noted that in the last few years, conditions have improved considerably. 

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