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Did Pb Make Them Do It?
A new study reveals a strong link between exposure to lead in infancy and childhood, and violent crime.
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Lead exposure in childhood linked to criminal behavior later
"Children who are exposed to lead at a young age are more likely to be arrested later in life."
I stabbed my hand once with my pencil as a kid. The lead is still embedded in my skin.
I say this so that you all watch your backs... "Children who are exposed to lead at a young age are more likely to be arrested later in life." ... more -
Thieves Stealing Lead from British Church Roofs
This reminds me of a story last year about meth addicts in California's central valley stripping the copper from farm irrigation systems.
When commodity prices rise so high, you get some weird crime, that's for sure..., This reminds me of a story last year about meth addicts in California's central valley stripping the copper from farm irrigation syste... more -
Realtors: How to make the most of your leads
You pay to get leads - that's how it works. However, most of them are junk, right? Here's how to make the most out of your leads (even the junk ones) and maximize your business. I used to be a Realtor - check it out. You pay to get leads - that's how it works. However, most of them are junk, right? Here's how to make the most out of your leads (ev... more
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China Offers Production Guidelines for Seafood
China is the world's largest producer and exporter of seafood and its shipments to the United States have grown significantly over the last decade. The country produced about 54 million tons of seafood this year, more than the world?s next nine largest seafood producers combined. By comparison, the United States produces about 5 million tons of seafood a year. China is the world's largest producer and exporter of seafood and its shipments to the United States have grown significantly over the... more
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Holiday Shopping Season Brings Toy Safety into Focus
In the first of two reports on toy safety, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at how the recent controversy over lead levels in toys is affecting consumer shopping this holiday season.
(With News Hour video)
PAUL SOLMAN: Levels ranging from 7,000 to 10,000 parts per million, as much as 1 percent lead, more than 15 times the paint standard. But according to Nord's agency -- the one mandated to protect us -- it's perfectly permissible.
DON MAYS: It's not considered paint, so the regulations actually don't cover it.
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NANCY NORD, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: We have on the books a ban on lead paint. Anything above 600 parts per million is in violation of our standard, and we will recall it.
PAUL SOLMAN: But the American Academy of Pediatrics is now urging Congress to lower the standard from 600 parts per million to 40. Why? Well, new research shows that even very low levels of lead are more dangerous than we ever thought, levels that show up in the blood and stay in the system for decades.
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"....Even with the recall, surveys show that fewer than 5 percent of consumers turn in the offending product." In the first of two reports on toy safety, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at how the recent controversy over lead ... more -
China Grabs West's Smoke-Spewing Factories
In its rush to recreate the industrial revolution that made the West rich, China has absorbed most of the major industries that once made the West dirty.
This is the ninth in a series of articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China's epic pollution crisis.
Link to complete coverage:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/21/world/asi...
"A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that if all the goods that the United States imported between 1997 and 2004 had been produced domestically, America's carbon emissions would have been 30 percent higher." In its rush to recreate the industrial revolution that made the West rich, China has absorbed most of the major industries that once m... more -
China's Seafood Industry: Dirty Water, Dangerous Fish
FUQING, China - Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.
Fuqing is one of the centers of a booming industry that over two decades has transformed this country into the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, and the fastest-growing supplier to the United States.
This is Part VIII of "CHOKING ON GROWTH"
A series of articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China's epic pollution crisis by The New York Times.
Link to complete coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/world/asi...
This might be worse than toxic toys! FUQING, China - Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with mur... more -
California sues 20 firms for lead in toys
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawful quantities of lead."
The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges the companies knowingly exposed children to lead and failed to provide warning of the risk, which is required under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, known as Proposition 65.
If the suit is successful, the companies could pay a $2,500 fine for each violation, according to the complaint. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, clai... more -
Parents told to watch out for dangerous toys
The story
Urging shoppers to be vigilant, federal regulators on Tuesday highlighted a broad array of potential toy safety hazards, including the lead-based paint that forced manufacturers to recall millions of popular toys over the past several months.
Consumer groups, though, warned that they found numerous cases where toys that posed a choking hazard or lead danger had improperly made it to store shelves. "Consumers looking for toys still face an industry full of safety loopholes," said the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
Three days before the start of the busy shopping season, Nancy Nord, acting chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, issued safety tips in a two-page release that called on parents to "stay informed" about safety risks by reading product warning labels and signing up for direct e-mail notification of recalls at www.cpsc.gov. The story ... more -
Sleeping Pills for Kids Top Global List of Bad Products
"Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.
In announcing its bad products awards for 2007, Consumers International said the top prize went to the US subsidiary of Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceuticals for promoting a sleeping drug for children." "Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst prod... more -
Criminal Element
Has the Clean Air Act done more to fight crime than any other policy in American history? That is the claim of a new environmental theory of criminal behavior. Has the Clean Air Act done more to fight crime than any other policy in American history? That is the claim of a new environmental the... more
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Lead-stick
What's wrong with smearing colored lead on your lips so that you can lick or eat it off with every bite of food you take?
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Lead in Cub Scout Badges
Why would the Cub Scouts be getting stuff from China anyway?
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Images from a Chinese Toy Factory
It's easy to forget with all of the import issues we've been having with China that there are underpaid workers on the other end, being subjected to even worse living conditions. Images from daringfireball.net It's easy to forget with all of the import issues we've been having with China that there are underpaid workers on the other end, bein... more
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Guess What?! There's Lead on Toys From China!
It's been a couple weeks at least since the last recall from China, so we were totally due for another. Same as the last time - lead or lead paint on toys from China above acceptable levels. Who is even still buying toys these days?? I don't have kids, but with the number of recalls, I can promise you, if I did, the only toys they'd be getting these days are books! It's been a couple weeks at least since the last recall from China, so we were totally due for another. Same as the last time - lead ... more
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Lead Scanner to Give You Peace of Mind
In light of the current wave of lead paint scare from Chinese toys, etc... here's a hand held lead + other hazardous materials scanner. You might want this. Or not. In light of the current wave of lead paint scare from Chinese toys, etc... here's a hand held lead + other hazardous materials scanner... more
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Mattel Recalling More Chinese-Made Toys
Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets children can swallow or which could have lead paint.
The recall includes 7.3 million play sets, including Polly Pocket dolls and Batman action figures, and 253,000 die cast cars that contain lead paint.
Yikes! Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets children can swallow or... more
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