Posts tagged school

• “Cinnamon Challenge” a dangerous game says Poison Control Centers

  Paul Napoli | March 31, 2012 4:48 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  What may seem as a harmless dare involving a common kitchen spice, could cause serious injury or death. America’s 57 poison control centers are warning the public that a game called the...

• Is your child in one of 70,000 classrooms across U.S. with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas?

  Paul Napoli | March 02, 2012 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Parents across the country will likely be shocked to find that their child may be sitting in a classroom every day that has high levels of a radioactive gas, and that their school has not tested...

• Roadway obstructions may have played a part in the crash of a school bus with a dump truck in NJ

  Paul Napoli | February 26, 2012 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Transportations officials say a preliminary report into the fatal crash of a New Jersey school bus with a dump truck shows there were obstructions limiting the visibility of the roadway. The...

• Medical scan dye may damage the thyroid gland, cause hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism

  Paul Napoli | January 25, 2012 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new study has found that iodine-based radiographic dye that doctors use to increase contrast during medical scans can damage the thyroid gland in some patients. Every year, millions of...

• Four students burned in school science experiment

  Paul Napoli | December 05, 2011 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Four students suffered burns after a science experiment performed by their teacher went horribly wrong. Thursday morning, students in a ninth grade science class at Maple Grove Junior High...

• Study Finds Patients Often Suffer Hospital Delay in Getting Emergency Heart Attack Procedure

  Paul Napoli | June 22, 2011 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  June 21, 2011 A new study shows that hospitals are failing to transfer patients who need emergency heart attack procedures to better-equipped hospitals within the recommended time. Researchers at...

• NYC to Remove Hazardous PCB Lighting Fixtures from 772 Schools

  Paul Napoli | February 24, 2011 1:56 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  February 23, 2011 New York City has agreed to remove fluorescent lighting fixtures in 772 schools because testing shows many are leaking toxic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or...

• Over 80 NYC Elementary Students Poisoned After Drinking from School Water Fountain

  Paul Napoli | June 04, 2010 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  More than eighty elementary school children from Public School 20 in Flushing, Queens became sick after drinking contaminated water from the school’s water fountains. Students of PS 20,...

• This “Hot Dog Season,” will Consumers take Study Linking Heart Disease and Processed Meat to Heart?

  Paul Napoli | May 19, 2010 1:05 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A new study has found that eating processed meats such as hot dogs, sausage, bacon and deli meat may dramatically increase risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. Study researchers from the...

• People Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis Due to Med Students’ Errors

  Paul Napoli | May 18, 2010 12:54 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Errors by medical students hosting a Diabetes Testing event at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque on April 24, 2010, may have exposed participants to certain diseases, including...