31.   It did not help, some officials said, that no single office had responsibility for overseeing the medical and legal responses to the health threat.

32.   It also reflects the continuing revision of the assessment of the health threat caused by anthrax bacteria in the mail.

33.   Lopez said the landfill would be an immediate health threat to the people living around it.

34.   Law enforcement officials say they are receiving a large number of calls from people reporting suspicious mail, but none have been deemed a health threat.

35.   Legislators said the law would give homeowners the chance to protect their families and their pets from the health threat posed by spraying.

36.   Meanwhile, stored waste builds up on the station, taking up valuable space and posing a potential health threat to crew.

37.   McBee said he would not support a ban on the additive because there is great uncertainty on whether it poses a health threat.

38.   Most important, the report said, is that many environmental health threats are preventable.

39.   Nevertheless, I bristle when I read edicts from political hacks who worry more about politics than any purported health threat posed by consuming alcohol.

40.   New Yorkers faced additional health threats from the fires that continued to burn for almost three months following the attack.