Posts tagged kids

• Kids and cars: Automobile backover safety tips

  Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2011 3:46 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Across the country backing up motor vehicles run over at least 50 children each week. Of that number 2 children die and 48 are injured on average. According to the safety organization...

• Have you heard about KidsAndCars.org?

  Wayne Parsons | June 08, 2011 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One of the favorite songs in Hawaii is the great Kui Lee tune Days of my youth. Don Ho made it famous and it captures the joy of being young. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRAVbeLFnI Nothing is...

• Car Hits 2 Kids On Liliha Street - Did You See It?

  Wayne Parsons | October 09, 2009 4:58 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Parents always worry about this call: your son and daughter are at the hospital after being hit by a car. That is what happened this morning according to the Star Bulletin report. Two young...

• When Will Big Tobacco Stop Going After Kids - FDA Bans Flavored Cigarettes

  Wayne Parsons | September 23, 2009 2:34 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  USA Today (9/23, Rubin) reports that on Tuesday, the FDA banned the sale of candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes. The move was authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control...

• Death Of A Child In Hawaii

  Wayne Parsons | August 24, 2009 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Hawaii like most states witnesses teenage death and serious injury most frequently because of suicide and car crashes. A new study shows that Hawaii _ which used to be the safest place for Keiki is...

• Senate passes Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act giving FDA regulatory control of tobacco industry.

  Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 1:42 PM | 13 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I can hear Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity and Chaney moaning and whining already about the American people getting control of the runaway train that their FDA has turned loose on the public for the...

• Suicide spurs investigation of "chemical restraints" in Florida foster care system.

  Wayne Parsons | May 29, 2009 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Miami Herald (5/29) reports, Nearly three of 10 teenage Florida foster children have been prescribed a mental-health drug, and 73 foster kids younger than 6 are taking mind-altering drugs,...

• Hawaii "Brownfields" - Land Contaminated by Pesticides,Hazardous Chemicals or Pollutants Receives Grant for Cleanup

  Wayne Parsons | May 09, 2009 2:47 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A study has shown that Hawaii women suffer higher cancer rates due to pesticide use so when I read that the EPA is giving money to clean up pesticide contaminated land, I know that this is a...

• Six Things Each of Us Can Do In Honor Of Earthday

  Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  If we don't honor and take care of the earth then we probably have totally lost our way. Most of us care and want to do something positive but the treadmill is racing faster every day and time and...

• Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.

  Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 4:10 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  “Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before...