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Point, Shoot, Retouch and Label? - NYTimes.com SAVE
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"Valerie Boyer is 47, a member of the French parliament and a divorced mother of three. She is tall, fashionable and, dare we say it, slim. But she has also created a small furor here and abroad with her latest proposal: a draft law that would require all digitally altered photographs of people used in advertising be labeled as retouched."TAGS
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Point, Shoot, Retouch and Label? - NYTimes.com SAVE
PEOPLE
"Valerie Boyer is 47, a member of the French parliament and a divorced mother of three. She is tall, fashionable and, dare we say it, slim. But she has also created a small furor here and abroad with her latest proposal: a draft law that would require all digitally altered photographs of people used in advertising be labeled as retouched."TAGS
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20 NOV 09
Widely Used Nanoparticles Could Cause Cancer SAVE
"Recent studies however have raised serious concerns about the health impacts of nanoparticles in a plethora of consumer products and now, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles could cause genetic damage."TAGS
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13 NOV 09
Toy safety still a crapshoot (in Canada) SAVE
"Andrus, who specializes in product development, wants to answer a seemingly straightforward question: why are there unsafe products in Canada? The question has proved baffling, because product recalls have not been tracked or studied in such a way that meaningful public statistics exist. No one knows how many recalls can be traced back directly to a Chinese factory cuting corners, for instance, or to design flaws that cause problems with offshore manufacturers. The result is that little is being done to find ways to make products more safely in the first place."TAGS
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11 NOV 09
Stroller Recall: Maclaren Burns Fingers on Response SAVE
PEOPLE
"As a remedy, Maclaren is offering free hinge covers to better protect children. No matter where you live, you can order them on the Maclaren USA website. Yet as of Monday afternoon, it was difficult to access the site because it was overloaded."TAGS
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09 NOV 09
Confusion Over Where Money Lent on Kiva Goes - NYTimes.com SAVE
PEOPLE
"The direct person-to-person connection Kiva offered was in fact an illusion. Kiva’s lenders were actually backstopping microfinance institutions, and since Kiva and other online giving and lending models pride themselves on their transparency, Mr. Roodman and others suggested it might better explain what its lenders’ money — about $100 million over four years — was really doing.TAGS
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The Green Phone Booth: The scoop on recycling glue sticks! SAVE
"Elmer's has partnered with Walmart to take back their empty glue sticks and bottles. All you have to do is box them up, print a label, and drop the box off at Walmart."TAGS
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28 OCT 09
NIEHS awards Recovery Act funds to address bisphenol A research gaps SAVE
"NIEHS will invest approximately $30 million over two years on BPA-related research. This includes existing grants, the newly awarded Recovery Act grants and supplements, in-house research and NTP projects. The NTP effort is part of a larger five-year commitment to collaborate with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research to examine long-term health outcomes resulting from developmental exposures."TAGS