Archive for May 9th, 2009

SUNDAY: County child-care center inspection records analyzed - Tulsa World

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
SUNDAY: County child-care center inspection records analyzed
Tulsa World, OK
Photo Illustration/TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer Tulsa County's top-rated child-care centers range from having perfect inspections to serious confirmed complaints such as hitting children with a ruler, treating head lice

Radio 2's Janey Lee Grace and the itchy little problem that goes … - Daily Mail

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Daily Mail
Radio 2's Janey Lee Grace and the itchy little problem that goes
Daily Mail, UK
Janey's family is by no means alone - about one in ten children in the UK is thought to have head lice at any one time. In retrospect, Janey, 43, the co-host of Radio 2's Steve Wright show and onetime Wham! backing singer, realises there was nothing to

UN: Treaty expanded by 9 more dangerous chemicals - NewsWest9.com

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
UN: Treaty expanded by 9 more dangerous chemicals
NewsWest9.com, TX
Another is a pesticide used in combating head lice. Officials say developed countries have signaled that they intend to phase out the production and most of the use of PFOS over the course of the next 10 years.

AP Science NewsBrief at 12:50 pm EDT - TMCnet

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
AP Science NewsBrief at 12:50 pm EDT
TMCnet
Another is lindane, a pesticide widely used in combatting head lice. Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungusSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save

UN: Treaty expanded by 9 more dangerous chemicals - The Associated Press

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
UN: Treaty expanded by 9 more dangerous chemicals
The Associated Press
Another is lindane, a pesticide widely used in combatting head lice. Participating countries have one year to say whether they will ban or restrict the chemicals or whether they will need more time or an exemption, said Donald Cooper,

Sick parents left their tots to scavenge for food in bins - Mirror.co.uk

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Sick parents left their tots to scavenge for food in bins
Mirror.co.uk, UK
The pair had headlice and one had bite marks on her legs and arms. Later, during a police interview last May the tots' mum said she struggled to care for them as she had a medical condition which meant she "had to lie down a lot".
Girls neglected by 'inadequate' parents searched bins for food Yorkshire Post
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Nine toxic chemicals added to banned list: UN - AFP

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

AFP
Nine toxic chemicals added to banned list: UN
AFP
GENEVA (AFP) — Nine chemicals, including headlice treatment lindane, have been added to a list of poisonous substances that are to be eliminated under the Stockholm Convention, the UN Environment Programme said on Saturday.
UN moves to restrict nine more toxic chemicals Monsters and Critics.com
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Nine More Poisonous Chemicals To Be Eliminated - UN - NASDAQ

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Nine More Poisonous Chemicals To Be Eliminated - UN
NASDAQ, New York
GENEVA (AFP)-Nine chemicals, including headlice treatment lindane, have been added to a list of poisonous substances that are to be eliminated under the Stockholm Convention, the UN Environment Program said Saturday. More than 160 signatory states of

Ramirez gets 10 years for injury to child - LubbockOnline.com

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Ramirez gets 10 years for injury to child
LubbockOnline.com, TX
Police in July 2007 found the children starving and covered in lice when they arrived at Ramirez's house in the 2000 block of Avenue L to investigate a miscarriage. First responders thought the youngest two children were dead and witnesses testified

SICK PARENTS LEFT TOTS TO SCAVENGE FOR FOOD IN BINS - Mirror.co.uk

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
SICK PARENTS LEFT TOTS TO SCAVENGE FOR FOOD IN BINS
Mirror.co.uk, UK
The pair had headlice and one had bite marks on her legs and arms. Later, during a police interview last May the tots' mum said she struggled to care for them as she had a medical condition which meant she "had to lie down a lot".
Girls neglected by 'inadequate' parents searched bins for food Yorkshire Post
all 4 news articles