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Wed 24 Mar 2010 12:00am
Head lice can be treated with drug that kills tapeworms - Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Pill that kills tapeworms may help battle head lice.
THE QUESTION Head lice generally are treated with an insecticide solution. But when that does not eradicate the infestation, might it help to try a drug normally used to kill parasitic worms, such as tapewo ...
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Wed 09 Dec 2009 4:43pm
Preparing for the Winter Months: Gardening in October
When you feel that first solid bite in the breeze and you see the songbirds winging their way south, and the trees are bursting with fire-laden hues, you know you can’t be spending the weekend curled up by the fireplace with a excellent book. Not for long.
While the weath ...
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Sun 21 Nov 2010 12:52pm
U.S.-backed pesticide spraying in Guatemala draws fire
Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 12:48 By MATTHEW CREELMAN, SHNS contributing correspondentinternational ShareThis
GUATEMALA CITY - For most of three decades, the U.S. has financed massive aerial spraying of pesticides over a large part of Guatemala in an attempt to eradicate t ...
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Fri 03 Sep 2010 8:51pm
This looks like a movie that need to go on my list to see. Bed bugs were eradicated by the use of DDT. Howard Stern is on the case to back up the doctor who made the film to bring DDT back as well. On the topic of Malaria, we also have the Gates Foundation working diligently on a cure too. We might all remember the jar of mosquitos he let l ...
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Sat 16 Apr 2011 6:09am
Puberty starting earlier for many girls: study - The Early Show - CBS News : A few recent studies point to toxins in the environment as a possible cause or at least exasperating the situation in children.
About 15 percent of American girls now begin puberty by age 7, according to a study of 1,239 girls published last year in the journal Pedi ...
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Wed 20 May 2009 1:20pm
What You Should Know About Flea, Tick Products
Posted on Wednesday, 29 of April , 2009 at 7:31 pm
Protecting your dog or cat from fleas and ticks is an important part of responsible pet care, the Humane Society of the U.S. says.
Although there are many brands of over-the-counter flea and tick products available at supermarkets and pet s ...
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Sat 12 Sep 2009 10:49pm
New Limits on Pesticide Uses Will Protect Salmon (News Release)
Contact Information: Dale Kemery kemery.dale@epa.gov 202-564-7839 202-564-4355
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - EPA has announced plans to place additional limitations on the use of three organophosphate pesticides - chlorpyrifos, diazinon and mala ...
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