Four Conditions Responsible for Most Pregnancy-Related Infections | Healthland | TIME.com: Pregnancy-related infections are one of the leading causes of death among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries — but most of these infections are treatable and preventable, researchers say.Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/10/study-four-treatable-conditions-cause-most-pregnancy-related-infections/?xid=newsletter-healthland
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Four Conditions Responsible for Most Pregnancy-Related Infections | Healthland | TIME.com
Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 137 Cases, 12 Deaths | Healthland | TIME.com
Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 137 Cases, 12 Deaths | Healthland | TIME.com:
Officials have tied the outbreak of rare fungal meningitis to steroid shots for back pain. The steroid was made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. At least one contaminated vial was found at the company.
Mom’s Exposure to Mercury Linked to Kids’ ADHD Symptoms | Healthland | TIME.com
Mom’s Exposure to Mercury Linked to Kids’ ADHD Symptoms | Healthland | TIME.com: The health risks of mercury exposure are well documented, and the harms for still-developing fetuses are particularly concerning. Now, the latest study finds that kids who were exposed to more mercury in the womb were more likely to show problems with attention and hyperactivity and other symptoms of ADHD at age 8.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
It is not criminal to injure schoolchildren with hazardous chemicals. True or False?
"School is suppose to be a safe place," cried an outraged parent to a national TV reporter. True or False? Are schoolchildren safe? Does it matter if the children are harmed by bullets or by chemicals? Does it matter if the criminal is a man or a businessman?
If man walked into a US middle school and threaten a child or teacher with deadly chemicals. Ordered to stand down, he refused, holding them hostage for three days. The incident would make international news. Police and first responders would be called to the school.
The man would have been arrested and held accountable for violation of law. Children would have been offered counseling services. The public would have been outraged while rushing to remove their children. Law makers would have acted quickly to prevent another incident and the US president would have reassured the public and . . . It is criminal to threaten schoolchildren with bullets, even though no one was injured. Witnesses who gave false testimony would face criminal charges.
But -
On October 8, 9, 10, roofing contractor Jim English knowingly gassed 1000 children and teachers at Long Beach Middle School in Mississippi with deadly chemicals. The children and teachers were held hostage by laws requiring their attendance, despite hazardous conditions at the school and reports of dozens of injuries.
The Long Beach police did not respond, nor investigate. Office personnel denied emergency treatment of more than a dozen injured children, then ordered the injured back to class. Assistance principal Richard Whalen demanded that Mr. English stop spraying the chemicals because children had been injured. Mr. English refused.
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Mr. English was not arrested for endangerment of children by spraying chemicals, even though more children and teachers were seriously injured. First responders did not treat the children, nor offer counseling for those suffering trauma.
The public was not outraged, choosing instead to ridicule the injured. Jim English was never held accountable. Mississippi law makers did nothing. The local papers published a misleading article, that quoting Long Beach School Superintendent Bob Ferguson that the chemicals were not toxic.
In the U. S. it is not criminal to injure schoolchildren with chemicals. Those who gave false testimony to the court in the above true event were never held accountable. In the twenty five years since the tragedy at Long Beach Middle School, no one has apologized, no lawmaker has ever tried to prevent another tragedy. No U. S. President has acknowledged that U. S. schools are no safer now than they were in 1985.
Those who harm U. S. schoolchildren with deadly, cancer-causing chemicals are getting away with murder. True.
Submitted by Nancy Swan, who was seriously and permanently injured from exposure to some of the most deadly chemicals manufactured while teaching at Long Beach Middle School in 1985. No one was ever held accountable to the injured. Read more Toxic Justice - Nancy Swan
If man walked into a US middle school and threaten a child or teacher with deadly chemicals. Ordered to stand down, he refused, holding them hostage for three days. The incident would make international news. Police and first responders would be called to the school.
The man would have been arrested and held accountable for violation of law. Children would have been offered counseling services. The public would have been outraged while rushing to remove their children. Law makers would have acted quickly to prevent another incident and the US president would have reassured the public and . . . It is criminal to threaten schoolchildren with bullets, even though no one was injured. Witnesses who gave false testimony would face criminal charges.
But -
On October 8, 9, 10, roofing contractor Jim English knowingly gassed 1000 children and teachers at Long Beach Middle School in Mississippi with deadly chemicals. The children and teachers were held hostage by laws requiring their attendance, despite hazardous conditions at the school and reports of dozens of injuries.
The Long Beach police did not respond, nor investigate. Office personnel denied emergency treatment of more than a dozen injured children, then ordered the injured back to class. Assistance principal Richard Whalen demanded that Mr. English stop spraying the chemicals because children had been injured. Mr. English refused.
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Mr. English was not arrested for endangerment of children by spraying chemicals, even though more children and teachers were seriously injured. First responders did not treat the children, nor offer counseling for those suffering trauma.
The public was not outraged, choosing instead to ridicule the injured. Jim English was never held accountable. Mississippi law makers did nothing. The local papers published a misleading article, that quoting Long Beach School Superintendent Bob Ferguson that the chemicals were not toxic.
In the U. S. it is not criminal to injure schoolchildren with chemicals. Those who gave false testimony to the court in the above true event were never held accountable. In the twenty five years since the tragedy at Long Beach Middle School, no one has apologized, no lawmaker has ever tried to prevent another tragedy. No U. S. President has acknowledged that U. S. schools are no safer now than they were in 1985.
Those who harm U. S. schoolchildren with deadly, cancer-causing chemicals are getting away with murder. True.
Submitted by Nancy Swan, who was seriously and permanently injured from exposure to some of the most deadly chemicals manufactured while teaching at Long Beach Middle School in 1985. No one was ever held accountable to the injured. Read more Toxic Justice - Nancy Swan
Saturday, September 29, 2012
eBay Guides - Tibetan Silver - A Buyer s Advisory
eBay Guides - Tibetan Silver - A Buyer s Advisory
If you use Ebay to buy jewelry for yourself, a gift, or may be worn by a child or teen under 18, please read the entire advisory by clicking on the above link. Highlights from this article are quoted below.
If you use Ebay to buy jewelry for yourself, a gift, or may be worn by a child or teen under 18, please read the entire advisory by clicking on the above link. Highlights from this article are quoted below.
Metallurgical testing of twelve items offered for sale on EBay as Tibetan Silver indicates that these articles frequently contain no silver whatsoever. In addition, test results from the initial tests in 2007 found that high levels of lead and other dangerous metals such as arsenic can be present.
. . . adults exposed to lead can suffer increased blood pressure, fertility problems, nerve disorders, muscle and joint pain, irritability, and memory loss. Children are even more susceptible to the effects of lead exposure and even very low levels of exposure can result in learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and behavioral problems, stunted growth, hearing impairment and kidney damage. Higher levels of exposure can cause permanent mental trauma, a vegetative or comatose state and even death. Children under the age of six are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead because their brains and central nervous system are still being formed. A recent tragedy in Minnesota highlights this point.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
MomsRising.org | Disney: Get toxic chemicals out of Princess and Spiderman lunch boxes
MomsRising.org | Disney: Get toxic chemicals out of Princess and Spiderman lunch boxes
Disney: Get toxic chemicals out of Princess and Spiderman lunch boxes
Phthalates are toxic chemicals already banned from children's toys because we know they're dangerous to kids. But they aren't yet banned from all products intended for kids: It turns out phthalates can be found in many back-to-school products as well, including lunch boxes and backpacks! This year, an independent study found levels of phthalates in Disney-licensed lunch boxes that would be illegal if these products were toys. In fact, these lunch boxes had levels 20 times higher than the legal toy phthalates limit!
Kids and cartoons? Classic. Kids and chemicals? Not so much.
Join us and our organizational partners to tell Disney to do the right thing for kids and take toxic chemicals out of their lunch boxes!
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