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House Votes To Curb Lead In Products For Children
Vendredi 29 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Maryland would hire inspectors to enforce a ban on manufacturing, selling, importing or distributing toys and other children's products containing dangerous levels of lead under legislation that passed overwhelmingly yesterday in the House of Delegates.

Non-Toxic Tots
Vendredi 29 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
There's a six-week wait for a $15 stainless steel sippy cup made without harmful compounds. At the annual toy show in New York last month, retailers lined up to put in orders for a children's tea set made of recycled plastic milk jugs. And some big box chains are eager to start selling a $300...

Fenty Taps Md. Official To Direct Health Dept.
Vendredi 29 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty yesterday appointed Baltimore County's top-ranking public health official as director of the District's troubled Department of Health.

Va. Braces for Veterans' Needs
Vendredi 29 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Virginia officials are preparing for a sharp increase in requests for community mental health services from troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and they are concerned that the system will be overwhelmed.

FDA Cites Problems at Chinese Plant Making Blood Thinner
Jeudi 28 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
The Chinese plant at the center of a controversy over the safety of half the nation's supply of the blood thinning drug heparin had problems involving impurities, the quality and use of its equipment, and overall quality control, a preliminary inspection by the Food and Drug Administration found.

New Plan to Target Children's Medical Issues
Jeudi 28 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
The District will target some of the worst health problems affecting District youth, from obesity and asthma to infant mortality and teen pregnancy, through a new public-private partnership to be announced today.

USDA Rejects 'Downer' Cow Ban
Jeudi 28 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer told Congress yesterday that he would not endorse an outright ban on "downer" cows entering the food supply or back stiffer penalties for regulatory violations by meat-processing plants in the wake of the largest beef recall in the nation's history.

Pact Would Give Global AIDS Fight Triple the Money
Mercredi 27 Février 2008 - 22:00 - 9 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
House leaders from both parties and the White House yesterday reached agreement on a bill that would more than triple funding for the Bush administration's global AIDS program, already the largest foreign aid initiative aimed at fighting a single disease in U.S. history.

Va. Urged to Increase Spending on Mental Health
Vendredi 04 Janvier 2008 - 22:00 - 11 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
RICHMOND, Jan. 4 -- As GOP legislators unveiled proposals Friday to overhaul Virginia's mental health system, advocates for the mentally ill urged Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and the General Assembly to pump tens of millions of additional dollars into underfunded programs.

Goodbye to Bob
Vendredi 04 Janvier 2008 - 22:00 - 11 mois depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Bob has dropped his last toy. Robert L. Hundemer, the man who unwittingly became a symbol of the nation's underfunded product safety system, retired Thursday after more than 25 years of government service. In the midst of last year's toy recalls, Hundemer, an engineering technician with the Consu...

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