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Asbestos found in children’s crayons, consumer group finds

Asbestos found in children’s crayons, consumer group finds

Posted by | Aug 9, 2018 | , ,

It’s back to school time for kids all over the country but even if your kids aren’t quite ready to go back, it’s still time to buy school supplies. However, parents of elementary school kids take note: Playskool crayons, the brand sold at Dollar Tree, have been found to have trace elements of asbestos. (A spokesman for Dollar Tree said all of its children’s products are independently tested and meet all legal and safety standards. Until they don’t!) RELATED STORY: The corrupt EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing Kara Cook-Schultz, toxics director at U.S. Public Interest Research...

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Grieving Orca still swimming with her dead calf in Northwest

Grieving Orca still swimming with her dead calf in Northwest

Posted by | Aug 9, 2018 | , , ,

Even those of us who have never been parents are feeling the full weight of the grieving orca who, after more than two weeks, is still carrying her dead calf around. The 20-year-old whale known as J35 continues to swim around off the tip of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, with the rest of her pod who have also helped her. The calf died July 24th. No, animals are not people. But this display proves that animals have deep, familial bonds and should be treated with...

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Arizona migrant shelter worker accused of sexually abusing 8 teenage boys

Arizona migrant shelter worker accused of sexually abusing 8 teenage boys

Posted by | Aug 9, 2018 | , ,

Levian Pacheco, a youth care worker at a federally funded Arizona migrant shelter that’s part of the government’s network of privately run facilities for unaccompanied minors, has been charged with eight counts of abusive sexual contact of a ward and three counts of sexual abuse of a ward in connection with incidents from August 2016 to July 2017 at Southwest Key’s Casa Kokopelli facility in Mesa. Documents report that the eight unaccompanied minors were between 15 and 17. Pacheco denied the allegations. “‘The allegations include that the defendant touched six of the victims on their genitalia over their clothing, and that he...

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Exercise treats addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system

Exercise treats addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system

Posted by | Aug 9, 2018 | ,

New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support treatment — and even prevention strategies — for addiction. Scientists in Britain previously found that just five minutes of brisk walking can alleviate withdrawal symptoms caused from giving up smoking. They believe that exercise stimulates how much dopamine (a mood enhancing hormone) is produced which reduces the desire for nicotine. RELATED STORY: Squats: A great daily exercise for people of all ages We know that exercise can be addictive and that other...

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Woman is harassed for being muscular (but there’s a silver lining)

Woman is harassed for being muscular (but there’s a silver lining)

Posted by | Aug 9, 2018 | , ,

First, there was fat shaming, then came orthorexia (where we shame people who want to be healthy), and then we gave women who were thin a hassle and now, women who are too strong. RELATED STORY: Plus-sized model speaks out after confronting a body-shamer on a plane But while this kind of thing might have worked a couple years ago, in 2018 you can’t just openly mock people without getting a bit of bite back. Check out the video...

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