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...eaten some peanut butter hours beforehand, raised alarms that the slightest exposure could prove fatal. It turned out that the girl also had asthma, a dangerous combination, since the lungs of asthmatics are more prone to swelling and shutting down when aggravated. Contact - in kissing, for example - through mucous membranes can also heighten the chances of an attack. For the most part, touching a food allergen is not a problem unless you then rub your eyes or stick your fingers into your mouth - both of which young children are fond of doing. Even so, parents' worries about the mere possibility...
...stomping around in pig poop and mud in knee-high boots. He is a farmer in Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai, where providing the raw ingredients for heparin is a big business. Liu's farm produces a key source of heparin: pig intestines. (Heparin is derived from the mucous membranes in the intestines.) Nearly half the world's pigs are in China, so companies like SPL have set up shop. In SPL's case, it first began buying raw heparin in 1996, established its own production facility to make the API in 2000 and began selling to Baxter, among others...
...this coming." Coleman also told the crowd of over 30 Allston residents that his company has yet to determine exactly what caused the leak. Styrene is commonly used in the manufacture of plastics, rubbers, and other resin compounds. Short-term exposure to the chemical can cause irritation of mucous membranes and gastrointestinal effects, while long-term exposure can damage the central nervous system, causing headaches, fatigue, or depression. After Turner Construction was notified of the leak the same morning, officials from Turner and its subcontractor Spiniello Construction, used fans to divert the fumes away from the neighborhood. They also channeled...
...forbidding sales in stores other than pharmacies, ordering the pills placed behind counters, limiting the amount sold per customer and requiring purchasers to show a photo ID and sign a register. The medicines contain pseudoephedrine, a decongestant that works by shrinking blood vessels in the nose, lungs and other mucous membranes. Drug traffickers long ago discovered they could dissolve the pills in common chemicals and heat the mixture until the liquid evaporates and a powerful stimulant powder--known as meth, crank, crystal or ice--remains. As a result, 23 other states are considering similar legislation, and last week a federal...
...working theory, says Dr. Tam, is that the illness is spread by airborne respiratory mucous and saliva droplets. In Hong Kong, where 47 patients were under observation for pneumonia by the end of last week, the Department of Health urged at-risk hospital workers to wear protective gloves, masks and gowns...