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"Canadian cosmetics contain heavy metals"

By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 16 May 2011 12:17

"Many of the makeup products that Canadian women apply every day contain a number of toxic heavy metals – and some contain arsenic and lead levels that exceed Health Canada recommended limits.

That's what the Canadian environmental advocacy group Environmental Defence found when it submitted 49 makeup products to lab testing. The tests revealed heavy metals in all the products -- none of which were listed on the labels."

Read more: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110516/cosmetics-regulation-report-110516/20110516/?hub=CalgaryHome

"Canadian cosmetics contain heavy metals"

By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 16 May 2011 12:17

"Many of the makeup products that Canadian women apply every day contain a number of toxic heavy metals – and some contain arsenic and lead levels that exceed Health Canada recommended limits.

That's what the Canadian environmental advocacy group Environmental Defence found when it submitted 49 makeup products to lab testing. The tests revealed heavy metals in all the products -- none of which were listed on the labels."

Read more: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110516/cosmetics-regulation-report-110516/20110516/?hub=CalgaryHome

"Sheriff blames cheese for false drug test"

By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 15 May 2011 12:49

"An enzyme found in cheese triggered false drug test results that led North Carolina deputies to think a man with 91 pounds of tortilla dough was actually carrying that much cocaine, the sheriff said.

Antonio Hernandez spent four days in an Asheville jail this month before tests by a state lab showed he was carrying food, not drugs.

A Buncombe County deputy stopped Hernandez on May 1 and found what turned out to be a mix of cheese, shrimp and tortilla and tamale dough in his truck. A portable kit used by deputies changed colors, indicating the mixture was illegal drugs."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43034161/ns/us_news-weird_news/

"Defibrillators: Nursing home use is debated"

By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 15 May 2011 12:39

"When Bernie Grimm discovered his father-in-law's nursing home did not have an automated external defibrillator, he was surprised.

When personnel at Luther Acres in Lititz told Grimm defibrillators are not required in nursing homes and they don't intend to install one in theirs, he was alarmed.

"The public at large and the residents of nursing homes probably have no idea that something so simple is not in place," says the retired chief deputy sheriff of Lancaster County.

"It's almost like not checking the oil in your car and letting the engine burn out."

Read more: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/390166#ixzz1MRaAbBSR

"Top court gives go-ahead to Alberta nursing-home fees case"

By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 15 May 2011 12:35

"EDMONTON — A class-action lawsuit by thousands of Alberta seniors passed another legal hurdle on Thursday when the country's top court ruled that their case, which disputes dramatic fee hikes at nursing homes in 2003, can go to trial.

The Supreme Court of Canada found the lawsuit has enough merit to proceed on two grounds, although the court struck down three others for the claim."

Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com

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