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Settlement to be argued in big pet food case
Associated Press WriterTo their owners, pets are part of the family _ not mere commodities. Legally speaking, it's murkier than that. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Camden will hear oral arguments on a proposal that would bring to $32 million the amount pet food makers...Tags: Animals, Food Safety, Judges, Pets and Pet Supplies, Health Organizations
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China also suffers from indoor air pollution
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterChina is already home to 16 of the planet's 20 most heavily polluted cities -- a noxious consequence of its double-digit economic growth. Now researchers have worse news for the nation's beleaguered lower classes: The air inside their homes is up to 10...Tags: Productivity, Health Organizations, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Renewable Energy
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Do food dyes affect kids' behavior?
Special to The TimesAlmost every parent has a story about their kid bouncing off the walls after downing a package of jelly beans or eating a neon blue-frosted cupcake at school. Most blame the sugar. But some new research suggests that the rainbow of artificial colors...Tags: Roger Clemens, European Elections, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities, Health Organizations
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Report: Ind. workers losing job-provided coverage
Associated Press WriterA new report provides grist for a health policy political debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are covered is dropping. Health plans through work...Tags: Medical Services, Indianapolis, Medicaid, Employers, Government Health Care
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Lawful boost to mental health coverage
Special to The TimesAdvocates battling for more than a decade for improved mental healthcare coverage saw their labor rewarded this month when federal legislation was passed requiring group health plans to provide equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses. The Paul...Tags: Pete Domenici, Illnesses, Mental Illness, Hospitals and Clinics, Laws
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Pesticide exposure
Your story "Citing cost, USDA kills pesticide-testing program; Data used to help gauge food safety" (News, Sept. 28) left readers with a misconception. The discontinued program, operated by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, surveyed the extent...Tags: Regional Authority, Food Safety, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Decades later, lead still lingers at Island Trees school
eden.laikin@newsday.comThe ongoing saga in Levittown about lead contamination at the former rifle range at Island Trees High School began down the road in another district where the problem was almost identical, but the resolution dramatically different. In 1999, Lynbrook...Tags: Fines, Firearms, David Newman, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety at School
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Chinese farmers hit by milk scandal crackdown
Tribune NewspapersPANZHUANGZI, China — Before dawn each day, Gao Peng Hong and his wife join scores of other farmers in this dairy-rich village who must walk their cows to a local milk collection station because of new safety requirements. A byproduct of China's...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Food Safety, Product Recalls, Pets and Pet Supplies, Health Organizations
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Hallandale center, hospital team up to educate young mothers
South Florida Sun-SentinelIt's a baby shower with a twist. In honor of National Baby Safety Month, the Hallandale Community Adult Center, in partnership with Memorial Healthcare System, hosted a baby safety shower as part of its teen parent program. Instead of baby clothes and...Tags: Family, People, Broward County, Children, Diseases
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Tips for choosing a Medicare drug plan
Tips for choosing a Medicare drug plan Health plan or drug plan? Save time and work by deciding. Health plans such as HMOs generally offer lower prices than drugs-only plans but restrict your choice of doctors, hospitals and drugs. Check them all.... -
Chinese tighten dairy rules amid growing reports of teens with kidney stones from tainted milk
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China's State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk. Contaminated milk powder, laced...Tags: Livestock Farming, Business Enterprises, Prosecution, Food Industry, Beverage Industry
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Hearing Thursday on second hospital
The Virginia GazetteFollowing a public advocacy campaign, Riverside Health System is anticipating a strong showing of support next week at the one-and-only public hearing for Doctors Hospital of Williamsburg. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has launched a...Tags: Christianity, Williamsburg, Hospitals and Clinics, Baptist
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