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South Africa: Parents Want Shampoo Banned (AllAfrica.com)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:10:30 GMT)
Parents of children who have suffered from severe hair loss after using a lice shampoo want to start a support group to pressure the government to remove the product from the shelves.
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Nix to nits: Schools urged to be tougher (Hamilton Spectator)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:40:09 GMT)
A group of city parents are bugged out by head lice in Hamilton's schools.
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City has free Bug Busters clinics (Hamilton Spectator)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:39:58 GMT)
Hamilton Public Health Services runs Bug Busters clinics to screen and offer parents help in treating lice infestations. They also provide treatments for low-income families that can't afford the expensive shampoos.
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Keep head lice away (The Olympian)
(Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:11:56 GMT)
The formal name is pediculosis. Kids call it cooties.
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Haverhill dad at odds with school policy on head lice (The Haverhill Gazette)
(Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:24 GMT)
Haverhill dad Eric Stafford wants regular head checks reinstated at his daughter's school after she came home with head lice this fall. Stafford said at least six children in his daughter's first-grade class at the Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter School were also infected with the tiny bugs.
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Winnipeg spas, beauty salons go uninspected, CBC finds (CBC)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:04:57 GMT)
Despite complaints of unsanitary conditions at some of Winnipeg's 900 spas and beauty salons, there are no mandatory health inspections at such facilities, CBC News has found.
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Pennsylvania Fugitive Squad Works the Night (Officer.com)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:04:37 GMT)
Over the next three nights, a hand will knock on 44 doors and tote 79 warrants for fugitives from justice.
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Common chemical still requires caution (Northwest Herald)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:39:56 GMT)
When giving your pet a bath or flea treatment, a local veterinarian says to check the label.
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New Poll Reveals That Proposed "Organic" Standards for Fish Will Fail to Meet Consumer Expectations (Kansas City InfoZine)
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:18:57 GMT)
National Organic Standards Board Meeting November 17 - 19 to Decide on Final Recommendation that Does not Meet Fundamental USDA Organic Principles
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Looking Out For Head Lice (WHIZ News Zanesville)
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:11:38 GMT)
They're creepy crawly and anyone can get them. They're head lice and can be a nuisance for parents and schools. Head lice are mostly found on children ages 3 to 11 and the signs of infection can be easy to spot.
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Keep head lice away - The Olympian
(Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:03:48 GMT)
Keep head lice awayThe Olympian, WA - Nov 16, 2008Whatever you choose to call it, an infection of head lice is no fun for parents or kids or schools, but is a fairly common nuisance that takes persistence ... |
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Nix to nits: Schools urged to be tougher - Hamilton Spectator
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:37:19 GMT)
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Schools wonder if it's worth losing class time over lice - Columbus Dispatch
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:26:22 GMT)
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Mother charged after children found in squalid conditions - Allentown Morning Call
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:03:08 GMT)
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Teenager's lice shampoo shame - Independent Online
(Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:32:02 GMT)
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Parents want shampoo banned - Independent Online
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:26:23 GMT)
Parents want shampoo bannedIndependent Online, South Africa - Nov 15, 2008Parents of children who have suffered from severe hair loss after using a lice shampoo want to start a support group to pressure the government to remove ... |
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Fighting lice: It's in the bag - Newsday
(Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:06:36 GMT)
Fighting lice: It's in the bagNewsday, NY - Nov 9, 2008It's always unsettling to get a note home from school saying someone in the class has head lice. But Mariana Verkerk of Manhattan offers a way to prevent ... |
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Looking Out For Head Lice - WHIZ
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:07:06 GMT)
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Looking Out For Head LiceWHIZ, OH - Nov 12, 2008They're head lice and can be a nuisance for parents and schools. Head lice are mostly found on children ages 3 to 11 and the signs of infection can be easy ... |
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Tackling lice problem need not be a head-scratcher - Boston Herald
(Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:19:04 GMT)
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Life Science - The Smart Set
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:25:21 GMT)
Life ScienceThe Smart Set, PA - Nov 14, 2008Lowly, unlovely lice, that is. Despite their unwavering lineage, I was shocked to find them crawling on my own children. I knew that lice still existed, ... |
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Tech Thinker Lawrence Lessig Announces Potential Run For Congress
(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 165343 -0500)
Creative Commons founder, free information advocate and Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig announced today the formation of an exploratory committee looking in to a potential bid for a U.S. Congress seat. He announced his maybe-decision (with a more finalized announcement coming March 1) today on a new Web site, lessig08.org.
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Blacker Than Black Nanotubes are the New Black
(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 155443 -0500)
We told you about a new ultra-black material back in January and guess who was the first group to come knocking on the researchers' door?
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City of the Future
(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 145438 -0500)
What will San Francisco look like 100 years from now? According to the winning entry in a "city of the future" contest, residents will live in a forest of sinuous towers.
IwamotoScott Architecture took home the $10,000 prize for its "Hydro-Net" design, which also envisions an underground web of carbon-nanotube-walled tunnels where people travel in hydrogen-fueled hover-cars.
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New Study Rocks the Breastfeeding Boat
(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 145330 -0500)
For years, mothers have been divided sharply on the issue of bottle-feeding versus breastfeeding. Studies have long supported the notion that breastfeeding provides infants with benefits like improved immunity to diseases, better maternal bonding and a plethora of important nutrients.
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Down the Hatch
(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 112215 -0500)
Welcome to the prey’s-eye view of the three-spined stickleback. Mark Purnell, a research fellow at the University of Leicester in England, stained the fish to highlight the skeleton and examined surface textures on the teeth. Each tooth is about the width of a human hair, and its texture indicates what the fish ate.
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