The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) encourages parents to work as a community during back-to-school and send their children to their classrooms free of pediculosis, a communicable disease. NEWTON, Mass., Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- September is National Head Lice Prevention Month! No matter what the school policy or other more pressing public health issues in the news – head lice infestations known medically as pediculosis, can be extremely challenging for the people who have them. The NPA encourages parents to work as a community during back-to-school and send their children into the classroom free of pediculosis, a communicable disease. Routine screening and early detection with a comb should be the parental "go to" prevention tool, striving always be …
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Insect Apocalypse
Generally unloved and disregarded, insects are in fact the most successful group of animals on Earth and have been for more than 400 million years. With a million described species (and a lot more still out there to find) and numbers measured in the quintillions, insects underpin almost all terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. But in the last few decades, populations all over the world have collapsed with terrifying speed. The declines are so severe that we stand on the brink of total ecosystem collapse. After all, as Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson pointed out; ‘these are the little animals that run the world’. Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/insect-apocalypse …
Ron White – an Unsung Hero
The late Ron White from Anderson, South Carolina was an unsung hero. He was the extremely creative person who generously volunteered his time and ability to find a way for our small nonprofit, in the absence of financial means, to develop and market a quality lice and nit removal comb for children with pediculosis. We called it the LiceMeister comb and it set a high new standard for such medical devices around the world. It was because of Ron's help that millions of children have and continue to be protected from the toxic effects of pesticide treatments that otherwise would have been repeatedly applied to their scalps. The LiceMeister comb became the comb for all reasons. It works to screen, detect, identify and remove head lice and their eggs. It is easily cleaned and families as well as …
Remnants of Two Banned Insecticides Nearly Eliminated in Great Lakes Region
Two banned insecticides known to linger in the atmosphere have been all but eliminated from North America’s Great Lakes region, a study finds. “For once we can report something positive,” Marta Venier, an environmental chemist at Indiana University and coauthor of the study, told Environmental Health News. “A few of the chemicals we’ve been measuring for a long time are well underway to being eliminated from the atmosphere.” Scientists analyzed data from a U.S.-Canadian monitoring program that has tracked atmospheric concentrations of insecticides at several sites in the Great Lakes region. Measurements, taken every 12 days, date back to the early 1990s. Three of the insecticides studied — DDT, chlordane, and hexachlorobenzene — have persisted in the atmosphere, …
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Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find
Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs to kill fleas are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is being done. The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Fipronil and another nerve agent called imidacloprid that was found in the rivers have been banned from use on farms for some years. There are about 10 million dogs and 11 million cats in the UK, with an estimated 80% receiving flea treatments, whether needed or not. The researchers said the blanket use of …
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Over 40,000 tons of neurotoxin were stored without any protection in North Macedonia
The tests undertaken by the Ministry of Environment of North Macedonia at Pelenica, a tourist location next to the Skopje suburb of Drachevo, showed a high concentration of lindane (HCH). Lindane is a neurotoxin that can harm the nervous system, liver, and kidneys, and may be carcinogenic. OHIS, the now-defunct chemical complex that was responsible for the site, did not place the hazardous waste in concrete pools, as is the case with the two landfills in OHIS’s yard, which makes the chemical particularly dangerous for the soil and groundwater in the area. Testing confirms presence of illegaly deposited toxic substances in the soil According to tests done at several points on the site, high concentrations of HCH were detected in the top soil layer, at a depth of 20 …
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SAVE THE DATE! FEB 16TH Miami Event – ‘The Protection Of Children’
WELCOME TO AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION Thursday February 16th , 6:15 P.M. – 8:15 P.M. (tentative)Doors open at 5:45 P.M.Renaissance Ballroom5910 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33144 HOW PUBLIC POLICY IS PUTTING OUR CHILDREN AT RISK Significant Increase in Child Human Trafficking Exponential Increase in Youth Deaths from Fentanyl Alarming Increase in Suicides of Young People Decrease in Mastery of Basic Academic Skills Deadly Vaccine mandates Gender ideology WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? That is the Question our Panelists Will Be Asking of Each Other and the Audience Moderator– Christine Dolan, Chief Investigative Correspondent, CDMedia, Senior Editor Christine Dolan is a seasoned Investigative Journalist, television producer, author, and photographer. She is …
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Facilitations in the Clinical Diagnosis of Human Scabies through the Use of Ultraviolet Light (UV-Scab Scanning): A Case-Series Study
A discovery supported by serendipity seems to offer a new source of support for the diagnosis of the viability of scabies infestations through in vivo and in situ identification of burrows and mite bodies when illuminated by 365 nm of UVA light (UV-scab scanning). This procedure is able to identify a tunnel visible to the naked eye thanks to its bluish-white luminescence much more efficiently than any other visible-light sources. The body of Sarcoptes scabiei also emits a dot-like luminescence (white or green), although this is visible only when magnifying a common digital photograph at full size on any monitor. To a greater extent than in full clinical conditions, this procedure promises the best diagnostic results in paucisymptomatic forms characterized by ab initio …
Forensic doctor explains her lice-related diagnosis at negligent homicide trial
Nov. 16—The negligent homicide trial of Christian Cummings enters its fourth day on Thursday with a doctor from the state's largest health care corporation expected to explain whether lice are dangerous or not. Dr. Resmiye Oral, the head of Dartmouth Health Child Advocacy and Protection Program, will likely be asked to address the organization's guidance on lice. Lice have become a key focus in the trial, where a jury will decide if Cummings, 24, is guilty in the negligent homicide death of his 1 1/2 -year-old daughter Kamryn Cummings in February 2019. Authorities say she was a victim of neglect, and an autopsy determined lice infestation was a contributing cause, said Dr. Christine James, a former New Hampshire deputy medical examiner who performed the autopsy. James testified …
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