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The Special Ed Epidemic: What is happening to our children? Part 1 of 4 part series

The Special Ed Epidemic: What is happening to our children? Part 1 of 4 part series

Posted by | Feb 14, 2018 | , ,

By Sheri A. Marino, MA, CCC-SLP, from WMP Partner: Focus for Health WMP Note: In this 4-part series, World Mercury Project partner, Focus For Health,  examines the special needs epidemic and its effects on schools, the US economy, life after age 21 and the many theories that point to potential causes of the explosion of chronic disease and disability in our children. Pick up a paper anywhere in the world and you are more than likely to see a story about the special needs epidemic affecting public schools. RELATED STORY: The Hushed Chronic Disease and Disability Epidemic That Promises to...

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It could cost Oakland schools $38 million to fix lead contamination

It could cost Oakland schools $38 million to fix lead contamination

Posted by | Feb 13, 2018 | , , ,

The Oakland Unified School District of California has found that in order to address high levels of lead in the water taps at its schools, it will cost around $38 million. A cost the district plans to spread out over five years. (About $22 million of that will be used to replace old water lines and $16 million will replace drinking water and sink fixtures.) Sadly, while that’s quite a lead problem, this discrict isn’t the only one with issues. If there’s one thing the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, taught us, it’s that our lead issues are wide spread....

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OxyContin maker stops promoting opioids, cuts sales staff

OxyContin maker stops promoting opioids, cuts sales staff

Posted by | Feb 13, 2018 |

On Saturday, Purdue Pharma LP, the makers of OxyContin, announced they had cut their sales force in half and would stop promoting opioids to physicians. And yesterday, the company was set to let doctors know their sales reps would no longer visit physician offices to discuss opioid products. Moving forward the company would have only around 200 sales representatives. It’s shocking when part of the Big Pharma machine does something right but it’s about time. RELATED STORY: Opioid overdoses are now more deadly than breast cancer If doctors have any opioid-related questions they will be directed to Purdue’s medical affairs department. From...

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Chemical in McDonald’s french fries could cure baldness: study

Chemical in McDonald’s french fries could cure baldness: study

Posted by | Feb 12, 2018 |

According to a stem cell research team from Yokohama National University, Japan, an ingredient in McDonald’s “world famous french fries” may be the cure for baldness. The team discovered the chemical dimethylpolysiloxane, a silicone used in McDonald’s fry oil to prevent splashing, can be used to mass produce hair follicles on mice.3 RELATED STORY: Dye Your Hair Naturally The study found that using dimethylpolysiloxane proved “widely successful” at creating “hair follicle germs” (HFG)- the cells that help grow hair follicles.4 And once those HGFs were transplanted into the backs of the mice, new black hairs began to grow. RELATED STORY:...

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Woman sticks petri dish under public bathroom hand dryer and photo draws national horror

Woman sticks petri dish under public bathroom hand dryer and photo draws national horror

Posted by | Feb 12, 2018 | ,

Did any of you see this story last week? Recently, new mom Nichole Ward, of Carlsbad, California, conducted a fun science experiment that not only turned her stomach but set the internet on fire! She took a petri dish and put it under a public hand dryer for three minutes. Then, with the top on she let it “incubate” for 48 hours. What grew inside, what came OUT of that hand dryer, is posted in the picture above. RELATED STORY: Parents: The top 10 germiest items in your home She posted her experiment to Facebook, saying, “I stuck the open plate in...

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