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Sewer system probed following plutonium spill

World Net Daily (CO)

July 02, 2008

City officials in Boulder, are investigating whether plutonium, the key ingredient in triggers for nuclear bombs, was washed into their municipal wastewater system when the metal was spilled during a project at the NIST.

According to a report in the Denver Post, the contamination may have reached the municipal system when two people involved in the spill a week earlier washed their hands in a washroom, just feet from the lab where a vial holding a quarter gram of plutonium powder was spilled.

Federal workers contaminated with plutonium

World Net Daily (CO)

July 02, 2008

An unspecified number of federal workers on the Boulder, Colo., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology will have to be treated for plutonium contamination after an accident.

NIST officials confirmed that a "small number of personnel" have tested positive for the exposure and will undergo chelation treatment in hopes of preventing an advanced risk for cancer.

Death toll linked to Gardasil vaccine rises

World Net Daily (CA)

June 30, 2008

Anaphylactic shock, foaming at mouth, grand mal convulsion, coma and now paralyzed are a few of the startling descriptions included in a new federal report describing the complications from Merck Co.'s Gardasil.

The document was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Judicial Watch, a Washington group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, and it has details of 10 deaths just since September.

Report blasts juvenile group-home care

NOLA

by Jan Moller

June 24, 2008

Louisiana's oversight of private group homes for abused and neglected children is inadequate, and conditions are often abysmal in facilities that are charged with caring for some of the state's most vulnerable residents.

The litany of problems in group homes investigated by the Advocacy Center ranges from poorly trained staff and shoddy facilities to a failure to provide adequate medical and dental care. And the state rarely punishes homes that run afoul of state regulations.

Wal-Mart recalls 39,000 key chains due to lead | Reuters

Reuters (UK)

June 19, 2008

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is recalling 39,000 Chinese-made key chains after lead was found in the products, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The button, clover, leaf and heart charms on the "Hip Charm" key chains were found to have high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested, the agency said.

Chiropractic: As Individual as a Handshake

ChiroWeb

by Charles Masarsky, DC

June 12, 2008

Well-meaning but misinformed friends, relatives and even health professionals often dissuade parents from placing their children under chiropractic care.

This often is based on the misperception that a chiropractic adjustment is "too rough," and that a young child's spine should not be "subjected" to it. In reality, a chiropractic adjustment has much in common with a handshake.

Chiropractic Can Offer Relief From Stress-Related Pain, Health Problems

American Chiropractic Association

by Angela Kargus

June 11, 2008

Millions of Americans are suffering from stress-related pain and headaches as they find themselves struggling with tough economic times, according to a new Associated Press-AOL Health Poll.

In light of these alarming new survey results, patients may wish to consider the benefits of chiropractic care for the treatment and prevention of stress-related headaches and muscle pain, says the American Chiropractic Association (ACA).

'Don't let the bedbugs bite' no longer just a bedtime pleasantry

pressofatlanticcity.com

June 08, 2008

The first thing to know about bedbugs is this: If we don't face our fear of them, they will win. "Bedbugs are kind of horrifying to people," entomologist Richard Cooper said last week.

First, the bad news: Nowhere is completely safe. It's a myth that bedbugs afflict only the poor and the dirty. All that is required for a bedbug infestation is that the bugs somehow get introduced into the home, apartment, hotel room or almost any other interior location. "Las Vegas has tremendous problems with bedbugs."

Drinking from water bottles can lead to 'water lips'

King News 5 (WA)

by Jean Enersen

June 08, 2008

Water is considered the world's healthiest drink. Some call it the secret to losing weight and looking young.

But one doctor says drinking bottled water could actually be like smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.

Student rocks MTV with logo made from deadly E coli bacteria

Scotsman News

by Marc Horne

June 08, 2008

Student rocks MTV with logo made from deadly E coli bacteria - For more than 25 years it has brought infectious tunes to people around the globe.

The project is the brainchild of Edinburgh College of Art student Ross Colquhoun and will go on public display this month. Staff at the School of Biological Sciences at Edinburgh University helped out after being contacted by the 24-year-old.

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