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According to a study conducted in part by the Harvard School of Public Health, infants are enticed by the sweet taste and candy-like appearance of Camel Orbs—but if ingested, the pellet can lead to poisoning and even death...
Released last year by the R.J. Reynolds Company, the dissolvable product contains one milligram of nicotine per pellet, and the Camel Strips version contains roughly three times as much. These levels can induce varying degrees of poisoning symptoms in children depending on the body weight of the child and the amount of dissolvable ingested, ultimately leading to severe—and possibly fatal—consequences...
...some were significant enough to make headlines at the time (like New Hampshire's legalization of gay marriage in June), others sneaked onto the books without much notice at all (Arkansas now prohibits the sale of toy guns that look real--unless they're of the BB, paintball or pellet variety). With the New Year, Illinois became the 19th state to outlaw texting while driving; North Carolina, a major tobacco-producing state, outlawed smoking in restaurants and bars; and California became the first state to partly ban trans fats in restaurant food...
...violence erupted in Rosarno on Jan. 7 after two African immigrants were shot by white men with pellet guns. The town's immigrants responded by burning cars and vandalizing shops, prompting retaliatory attacks by residents. By the end of the weekend, at least 70 people - most of them migrant workers - had been injured. In the aftermath, the Pope called for tolerance and the government evacuated about 1,000 immigrants to neighboring cities to ensure their safety. The migrants also received uncharacteristically sympathetic media coverage. "This Time ... The Negroes Are Right," read the headline on Jan. 9 in the conservative newspaper...
...demoted from this position following the death of Emerson College student Victoria Snelgrove, according to the Globe. Snelgrove was killed at a 2004 Red Sox pennant celebration when a pepper pellet fired by a police officer struck...