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 For the past few years, California officials have been distributing
lunchboxes in a healthy eating campaign promotion. 300,000 of these lunchboxes
were sold and according to health representatives, each and every one of the lunchboxes
present a heath hazard in itself by containing high levels of lead.
The study was conducted on...
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 Pediatric researchers at Washington School of Medicine crib
bumper pads, intended to protect the infants from sustaining injuries on sharp
edges could actually harm if not cause the death of the child.
Researchers reviewed three U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission databases, tracking deaths and injuries sustained by babies due...
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 A high number of people reported to have suffered from mild
to serious cases of diarrhea while traveling to Latin
America. Because of this scientist have developed a new vaccine in
the form of a patch to decrees if not completely eliminate the number of cases.
According to a study conducted on 177 and presented at...
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 More and more cases of children wearing clunky soft-soled
clogs popularly known as Crocs are being reported in the us, Singapore and Japan.
Incidents were reported at railway stations and shopping
malls around the world where particularly young children were injured after
getting their toes caught in escalators.
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 After a recent bird flu outbreak in China's southern Guangdong Province, China's
Ministry of Agriculture will send 12 teams to analyze, supervise and prevent
the spreading of the virus to nearby areas.
With the autumn season approaching, China is taking precautionary
measures to ensure that events in recent years do not re-occur...
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 A recent, rather unusual study presented at the Interscience
Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy meeting in Chicago showed how regularly people tend to
wash their hands after different activities.
The research was not conducted in laboratories as you may
think but in the public bathrooms themselves.
Six bathrooms...
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 Exactly one year after discovering E.coli infected spinach,
health control tested a package of Dole lettuce positive for the same virus.
E.coli is one of many species of bacteria living in the
lower intestines of mammals, known as gut flora.
The lettuce package from Dole's Hearts Delight salad mix was
sold at a store in...
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 Doctors will be stripped of their traditional white coats as
part of a new hygiene project to make hospitals as clean as possible. It has
been known for years that the white robes doctors wear are not hygiene
efficient enough to protect patients against possible viruses on the clothes
the doctor wears underneath their uniform. Ties,...
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 Effective as of immediate, teenagers with ages between 16
and 17 years old, goes for every one else too, are prohibited from using the cell
phone while behind the wheel.
Those caught when disobeying this simple rule will be fined appropriately.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited Sequoia High School
on Thursday to sign...
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 According to the Italian press, Italian people are outraged
by the growing prices of pasta. Pasta is Italy’s national dish and can be prepared
in over 600 variations.
Italian consumer groups have called a one-day strike against
buying pasta in protest at the increasing costs that have seen its price rise
by almost 20%.
The...
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