Lawmaker asks GAO to investigate school lunch safeguards against deadly E. coli
Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches Harvard researcher made ill by tainted coffee doesn’t believe incident was an accident
Victim: Harvard coffee poisoning not an accident Nearly 1,000 children in central China test positive for lead poisoningBEIJING — Nearly 1,000 children in a central Chinese province have tested positive for excessive lead in their blood, state media reported Tuesday, the latest of several lead poisoning cases involving thousands of children across the country. China detains 15 parents for unrest over lead poisoning, claims links to banned sectBEIJING — Police in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of local children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said Wednesday. Teen trippin’ on ADHD drugs can be a real downer; study finds surge in calls to poison centersCHICAGO — Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows. Officials begin lead poisoning investigation after 1,300 children sickened in central ChinaBEIJING — Health and environmental officials have been sent to central China to investigate who is responsible for pollution from a manganese processing plant that caused more than 1,300 children to become sickened with lead poisoning, a local government official said Monday. China says 2 environmental officials being investigated after 2nd lead poisoning caseWENPING, China — Two environmental officials were being investigated Saturday after more than 1,300 children were sickened with lead poisoning caused by pollution from a manganese processing plant in central China. Chinese factory officials detained in new lead poisoning case after 1,300 children sickenedBEIJING — China has detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds. Chinese state media say 1,300 children sickened in new lead poisoning caseBEIJING — More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in central China, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said Thursday. Chinese state media say 1,300 children sickened in new lead poisoning case in HunanBEIJING — More than 1,300 children have been sickened in a lead poisoning case in China’s central Hunan province, the second such case involving a large number of children in the past month, state media said Thursday. Lead poisoning that sickened hundreds of children stokes tensions in Chinese townCHANGQING, China — Farmer Wang Zhifan jabs a stubby finger toward the sprawling smelter blamed for poisoning hundreds of local children with lead. He bares his yellowed teeth and spits hard. Police, security guard China factory after villagers protest over lead poisoning incidentCHANGQING, China — Dozens of police and plainclothes officers guarded a Chinese smelting plant in central Shaanxi province on Wednesday, days after hundreds of villagers stormed the factory because more than 600 children from two nearby villages had been sickened by lead poisoning. Chinese mayor apologizes for lead poisoning that sickened hundreds of children: reportCHANGQING, China — A mayor apologized to residents of two Chinese villages where more than 600 children were sickened by lead poisoning, saying a nearby smelter targeted by angry protests would not reopen until it meets health standards, state media said Tuesday. Number of kids sickened by lead poisoning rises to 600 in northwestern ChinaBEIJING — More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination, state media reported. HEALTHBEAT: Planning hot lines to help avert flu-swamped ERs, by urging low-risk to stay homeWASHINGTON —Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn’t arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it. Bitter pill to swallow for states at risk of losing poison control centers to budget cutsSAN FRANCISCO — Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field almost 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication. |
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