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• Laser printer particles as dangerous as cigarette smoke?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Australia, Cigarette, Dangerous, Hazard, Health, Printer, Queensland, Queensland University Of Technology, Queenslanduniversityoftechnology, Study

  Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIn today's edition of How Your Office is Slowly Killing You, a study emerging from Queensland University of Technology suggests that laser printers can emit clouds of ultra-fine particles that compare to "cigarette smoke and motor vehicle emissions." Reportedly, 13 out of 40 models tested were deemed "high emitters" of

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• HP ridicules Queensland study linking laser printer particles to potential health issues

  Published: August 3, 2007, 9:31 am

  Tags: Dangerous, Hazard, Health, Laser Printer, Laserprinter, Printer, Printer Particles, Printerparticles, Queensland University, Queensland University Of Technology, Queenslanduniversity, Queenslanduniversityoftechnology, Study, Tuan Tran, Tuantran

  laser printer particles are dangerous is shaping up to be just as contentious as those studies proving that cellphones are/aren't dangerous. As you'll recall, the Queensland University study tested 62 "relatively new" laser printers from Canon, HP, and Toshiba and found 17 to be "high emitters" of potentially dangerous, ultra-fine toner

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• Scott Rudin & Disney Snag Coveted 'Dangerous Book' Rights

  Published: August 6, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Dangerous Book For Boys, Dangerousbookforboys, Disney, Iggulden, Scott Rudin, Scottrudin

  resoundingly popular The Dangerous Book for Boys is about to become a movie, and it's producer Scott Rudin and the Disney studio who'll be bringing the best-seller to the screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, prolific producer Scott Rudin (Lemony Snicket, The Hours, Sleepy Hollow) is the winner in a hotly-contested rights battle, and

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• Corporations Don't Care About Your Safety

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:09 am

  Tags: Corporations, China, Dangerous Products

  only shoddy, it's downright dangerous.One of the prime countries that's willing to exploit its worker's to provide American corporations with cheap merchandise is China. It's become clear recently that China really doesn't care about the safety of Americans as long as they get their money.It seems like we find about about more dangerous Chinese

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• Chinese toy maker commits suicide after recall

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:28 am

  Tags: Bid Bird, Bidbird, Chinese Products, Chinese Recall, Chineseproducts, Chineserecall, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Diego, Dora, Elmo, Fisher Price, Fisherprice, Hansheng, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Lee Der, Leeder, Recall, Recalls, Safety, Southern Metropolis Daily, Southernmetro

  Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysIf you are like me, you've been wondering how someone who was responsible for exposing hundreds of thousands of children to a hazardous substance could live with himself. Turns out, he couldn't. According to the state-run Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper in Beijing, China, Zhang Shuhong, co-owner of Lee Der

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• Product Recall: Mattel Barbie and Tanner Playsets

  Published: August 14, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Barbie, Barbie Tanner, Barbieandtanner, Dangerous Kids Toys, Dangerouskidstoys, Kids, Magnets, Mattell, Recall, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys

  Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Mattel are recalling even more magnetic toys. The Barbie and Tanner Playsets have powerful magnets that can detach and be swallowed by children. If more than one magnet is swallowed, they can attract each other and cause serious intestinal issues, including

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• Product Recall: Mattel Doggie Day Care magnetic toys

  Published: August 14, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: Chinese Toy Recall, Chinesetoyrecall, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Doggie Day Care, Doggiedaycare, Hazardous Toys, Hazardoustoys, Magnets, Mattel Recall, Mattel Toys, Mattelrecall, Matteltoys, Product Recall, Productrecall, Recall, Toy Recall, Toyrecall, Toys Magnets, Toy

  Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel, announced a recall of Doggie Day Care magnetic toys due to the presence of small magnets which can come off and be swallowed by young children. If more than one magnet is swallowed, they can attract each other and cause intestinal

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• Allergic to Wasps and Bees? Might want to skip the Mosto!

  Published: August 16, 2007, 10:04 am

  Tags: Headlines, Venom, Triggers, Allergic, Reactions Wasp, People, Developed, Severe, Reactions, Pressed, Armentia Armentia, Suspects, The, Aged, Wines, Dangerous, Reaction, Produce, Whole Body, Spanish, Doctors Alicia, Armentia

  enough that the risk of a dangerous allergic reaction is minuscule-but if they want to be on the safe side, people with bee and wasp allergies may want to avoid drinking freshly made wine, she adds. Journal reference: New England Journal of Medicine (vol 357, p 719) To be honest, we've never heard about bees taking little siestas in our grape

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• Cancer by the Numbers: Cancer of the unknown primary

  Published: August 29, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Cancer, Dangerous, Grouping, Numbers, Origin, Originates, Primary, Prognosis, Stage, Staging, Statistics, The, Treatment, Treatments

  60 years. This is a very dangerous cancer. Only half of patients will live 9 to 12 months after their cancer is found. There are several reasons why this cancer is so serious. First, most of these are fast-spreading cancers. Second, because the exact type is not known, it is harder for doctors to know what treatment is best. Also, the cancer

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• OMG, how cruel: Teabagging

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:29 am

  Tags: Dangerous

  This is an oldie but goodie that somehow I never posted. Watch a distraught mom explain the details of "teabagging" in reference to what happened to her son at camp. (Thanks to Brian for the tip!)

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• Pit Bull Attack Manslaughter Verdict

  Published: September 11, 2007, 8:47 am

  Tags: Dangerous Dogs, Ellie Lawrenson

  Today saw the verdict in the prosecution of Ellie Lawrenson's grandmother, Jackie Simpson. You will remember that Ellie was killed in an attack by her uncle's Pit Bull Terrier on 1 January this year. The five year old girl suffered 72 separate injuries in the attack by the dog, which was a breed banned under law in the UK. The dog, which had

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• Dangerous Dog Owner Sentence Inadequate

  Published: September 11, 2007, 8:01 am

  Tags: Dangerous Dogs

  of the owner of a dangerous dog. The man, whose pit bull-cross injured pets and their owners in a spate of attacks, has been jailed for 14 weeks but he will serve only half the sentence before being released on licence. Cameron Mains' dog, Budweiser, ripped the skin from one man's hand, causing lasting nerve damage, a court heard.

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• Silence Is A Dangerous Sound: The third issue of Portfolio—on newsstands ...

  Published: September 18, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Joanne Lipman, Media, Portfolio, Silence Dangerous Sound

  The third issue of Portfolio—on newsstands this week!—will not feature an editor's letter from Joanne Lipman. Someone tell Graydon Carter that this is a really good idea. [WWD]

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• The most dangerous toys

  Published: September 18, 2007, 5:03 am

  Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Choking Hazard, Chokinghazard, Dangerous Toys, Dangeroustoys, Deadly Toys, Deadlytoys, Kids In Danger, Kidsindanger, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Toy Injuries, Toy Recall, Toy Safety, Toyinjuries, Toyrecall, Toysafety, Trampolines

  Filed under: Health and Safety, ToysWith all the toy recalls of late, one would assume that lead paint poses the biggest threat when it comes to children's toys. Not so, says the non-profit research group Kids in Danger. They have been tracking toy related injuries to children for the past six years and found that the number one injury-causing

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• Let's skip all the way to the brink of insanity and push Ani Difranco and Carmela Soprano in

  Published: September 19, 2007, 3:29 am

  Tags: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Kurt G Del, Algoritms, Computer Science, Math, Romanticism, Ani Difranco, Buddhism, Carmela Soprano, Nihilism, Codependence, Dangerous Knowledge, Ludwig Boltzman, Interconnectedness, Gil Fronsdal, Alan Turing

  watching that documentary, Dangerous Knowledge, for the fourth time now. It's about Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt G del and Alan Turing. If it wasn't for them we probably wouldn't have these machines that make the interwebs and pr0n possible. They all were or went fucking nuts. My Algorithms and Computer Science Theory

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