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...found that store-bought salmon, most of which is farmed, contained 16 times the PCB levels of salmon caught in the wild. The Environmental Protection Agency considers these levels a health hazard, and if they were found in wild salmon would recommend eating the fish no more than once a month. The Food and Drug Administration, the agency responsible for fish sold in stores, says these PCB levels are safe--for now. But it is investigating the primary source of the contaminant: the ground fish meal that farmed salmon eat. --By Alice Park
Massachusetts law stipulates that a police officer may commit an individual suspected to be mentally ill to hospitalization against his or her will only in an emergency situation—if the officer suspects that the individual is a hazard to himself or herself, or to others...
...diverges from his friends'. One is his refusal to join a lawsuit. In May, six of the miners (the other abstainers were Mark Popernack and John Unger) filed a civil suit against Quecreek's operator, Black Wolf Coal Co., claiming that it should have known how close the water hazard next door was. Fogle opted out. The second divergence is his decision to go back into the mine. Some say the two are intimately connected...
...think elderly drivers (67 and over) should have to take a driving test every year. I'm 62 and a lot can happen to your health in a year. I hope I will be able to drive until I die, but I would not want to be a hazard to other people and I might not be willing to admit that to myself. Driving and independence is very important to all of us, but no one should pay with their health, life or safety just because we don't want to give up our licenses when we are no longer...
...Water Ball, this summer's fad toy, has consumer-safety advocates alarmed. They warn that the rubber toy poses a strangling hazard for kids. Some parents say their children have managed to swallow the liquid inside, which in some cases has proved to be flammable and toxic. Consumer-protection officials in New York and Massachusetts are urging the product's removal from stores. Peter Tiger, CFO of Imperial Toy Corp., one of several wholesalers marketing the toy, says his company has sold almost 10 million of the yo-yos and insists they are safe. --By Nadia Mustafa