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...about it, since poison-control centers around the world field millions of calls per day and resolve most poisonings over the phone. Still, a lot of lives are lost - 45,000 per year, or 123 per day. Medicines both prescription and over-the-counter, household products, pesticides and the paraffin burned in some stoves and lamps are the biggest killers. Not surprisingly, kids under 1 year old - particularly those in low- and middle-income countries - are at the greatest risk. It's no surprise either that the most effective fixes include simply getting the poisons out of the house...
...town. Weapon-makers first cut the head off a 4-inch nail, which is then chiseled with a heavy hammer into a sharp edge. The nail is then coiled to fit onto a bamboo stick. A groove is cut into the bottom of the stick in order to add paraffin paper wings for the arrow to have better flight. Sometimes, the arrow is dipped into frog or snake poison before being released. The bow is made by forcefully bending hard wood and adding string and springs. The result is a four-foot bow that can shoot an arrow for over...
...Dupuy, giving a tour of LVT's large facility in Malakoff, a Paris suburb, explains the process of laser engraving pioneered by the company in 1988 that burns translucent holes through the film's coating. Previously, subtitles were the result of applying a protective coating of paraffin wax, then stamping the words onto each frame in a zinc strip. This was followed by a bleach bath that dissolved away all parts of the emulsion not protected by the paraffin (the zinc-stamped subtitles), leaving the words in white on each frame. It was an unreliable, error-prone process...
...conserve electricity: burn candles. But toss the old ones-they could have lead wicks, which are toxic when burned and were banned in the U.S. only as recently as October 2003 (visit cpsc.gov for details). And choose soy, vegetable wax or beeswax-all renewable and biodegradable materials-over paraffin wax candles, which are petroleum based. Big Dipper Wax Works' 100% beeswax candles run $10 to $24 at 3Rliving.com...
...other hand, you are seriously involved in the sadomasochistic subculture--if, say, you have attended one or more of the nation's 90 annual sadomasochistic events ("Beat Me in St. Louis," for instance) and own not only handcuffs but also a spanking bench, a flogger, some paraffin wax, an unbreakable Pyrex dildo and various other unmentionables--you call it, simply...