Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

Is d'Artagnan a Three Musketeer?

Both the foraging in fields and woods and the small husbandries of household and barn have now been almost entirely replaced by the consumer economy, which assumes that it is better to buy whatever one needs than to find it or make it or grow it.

“He's not the sort of man you can order about. If He wants you to suffer, you blerry well suffer.”