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...recalls have triggered a wave of phone calls from other worried parents and pediatricians, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But whether more kids actually have elevated blood levels of lead won't be known until October at the earliest, when the CDC updates its quarterly data. High levels of lead interfere with the development of a child's nervous system. Lead can cause cognitive losses, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, delayed growth and seizures...
Recalls are meant to act as a safety valve, a quick way to get potentially dangerous products off store shelves before they do harm. Instead, the wave of recalls this year from China--the source of 80% of the world's playthings--has cast a cloud of suspicion over any toy carrying the MADE IN CHINA label. Keithley met with U.S. toymakers at a safety conference in China in July, and he says they all had one concern: "How can we tighten this...
...leans forward in his chair to speak, warm but convincing at the same time--it's easy to see why Adebari, 43, was elected mayor of Portlaoise, making him the first black mayor in Ireland. But the Nigerian émigré is not just representative of the wave of immigration that has changed Ireland so deeply over the past decade. He is also a sign, he says, of how willing the Irish are to give people like him the opportunity to succeed. "There is no doubt Ireland is a land of a thousand welcomes," says Adebari...
...FRANCISCO Heat wave leaves over 500,000 without power...
...Loud cheers from the crowd got cheeky smiles and a wave from the same two Princes today as they made their way out of Guards Chapel, near Buckingham Palace, after the service. Elton John, who sang sad songs at Diana's funeral, strode out to the kind of applause he'd have been more used to on stage. Even Gordon Brown, as fresh a British Prime Minister as Tony Blair was when Diana was killed, got his own big cheer. (The cool Scot responded with...