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an   Three UK researchers are studying james P. Dunn, a UK doctoral student A Southeast Community College safety  
Wg l" t1 whether sleeping disorders among the in entomology, reports that trees send training program has helped Arch of  
ii till elderly are benign results of age or con- signals not only to one another, but to Kentucky Inc. earn a Sentinels for Safe- I
C M   tributors to serious health problems. eavesdropping insects as well. ty award for its outstanding mining  
'C,   David Berry, assistant professor of According to earlier research find- safety record in 1987, according to the  
E   psychology, Barbara Phillips, an assis- ings, trees react to insect attacks by, Labor Department’s Mine Safety and  
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eU;`li`, Cook, an assistant professor of neurolo- mulation Of chemicals in their leaves. can Mining Congress, co-sponsors of l
Pu;"·‘·»§ gy, have reeeived 3 $16,545 grant from This alteration makes the leaves less the annual program. The UK commu- il
ndlusi the American Lung Association to tasty and, in some instances, less digest- nity college taught safety to all of Arch’s L
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