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Young children are more prone to lead poisoning
Lead poisoning is once again making significant news these days, with several responsible companies announcing the voluntary recall of millions of toys, jewelry, makeup, glazed pottery and other products containing considerable amounts of lead.While lead poisoning was once caused mainly by old paint, today high levels of lead is seen to be contained in several foreign products - mainly from China. Exposure to lead and other chemicals can be from polluted air, water, soil, food, and consumer...
By Karen Crompton And Bruce LesleyUpdated: 01/15/2010 03:16:32 PM MST Click photo to enlarge For the first time in American history, adults do not believe that our nation's children will have the opportunities they had to live happy, healthy and prosperous lives. When Americans no longer...
By Glen McGregor, Canwest News ServiceJanuary 15, 2010 8:05 PM OTTAWA -- In an orphanage in the mountains above the shattered city of Port-au-Prince, twin boys Jacques and Jackson are waiting for the Canadian parents they have never met. The Poirier family of Regina is adopting the two active...
MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has told a local newspaper he was rushed into telling his children about his cancer diagnosis on St Stephen's Day because TV3 had decided to run the story. Explaining the sequence of events to the Community Voice newspaper in Blanchardstown, Dublin, he...
IRISH VOLUNTEERS:�MAYO WOMAN Gena Heraty (39) spent yesterday trying to persuade staff and children at the orphanage where she works in Haiti to sleep inside. It is at Kenscoff, on a hillside about 10km from Port-au-Prince. Yesterday they found the body of an American colleague, Molly, in the...
The letter I always wanted to write Our days are spent together, from 9am-7pm Monday to Friday. The occasional night. I see you laugh, cry, sleep, grow, learn. You make me laugh, you make me grow, and yes, sometimes you make me cry. I am there for you when Mummy and Daddy are at work or away. I am...
Saturday, January 16, 2010 Jamila Achakzai Islamabad The Capital Development Authority's health directorate has set a target of vaccinating the city's 121,000 children below five years of age against the crippling disease during the next round of anti-polio campaign...
LOS ANGELES — The legendary soap opera "All My Children" will feature two Los Angeles politicos playing themselves to celebrate the show's return to...
Y.Mallikarjun Early detection can prevent cardiovascular diseases, stroke, kidney failure: study...
Staff Reporter About 5,000 specially designed eye gears were given to schools to help students witness the event...
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