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12/30 100 Things we've learned in the past year..
12/15 Holiday cheer from the Kramers
12/10 Schools forced to keep quiet about nits
12/09 Lindane (sadly still prescribed for kids with lice) compared to agent orange
12/07 North America acts to reduce risk of exposure to lindane
12/05 NRDS says no to malathion in head lice shampoos
11/16 A Step Closer to Eliminating Lindane
11/6-11/10 6 - 10 November 2006 , Geneva , Switzerland
11/6 Killing head lice just got easier
10/30 'TIS THE SEASON...FOR HEAD LICE
10/25 Where do you throw the lice shampoos?
10/25 Risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and exposure to hexachlorocyclohexane, a nested case-control study
10/23 Parents 'embarrassed' by head lice
09/13 Ban Lindane Now
08/23 Of lice and libel
08/10 ABC broadcast on mysterious diseases included descriptions of people believing they had bugs in their skin.
08/01 It's Ok To Nit Pick
08/01 EPA to end use of lindane
07/20 NDP Leader Jack Layton Gives Blood for Toxic Chemical Tests
07/05 District sticks to no-tolerance policy on lice
07/01 After 4 years, district to reinstate 'no-nit' policy
06/14 Head lice 'are becoming indestructible'
06/1 Kink in Federal Law Is Prompting Schools To Stop Picking Nits
05/25 EPA Scientists Cite Pressure In Pesticide Study
05/25 Hair hygiene thru Mediker
05/02 Head Lice Win Again!
Los Angeles County School District SaysYes to Lice Eggs (Nits)
04/28 People recommend pesticide treatments for head lice as though it is the only poison exposure in a child’s life.
04/26 A Longitudinal Approach of Assessing Urban and Suburban Children’s Exposure to Pyrethroid Pesticides
04/11 Lindane Bill Does Not Pass NY Assembly
04/11 School Nurse Disagrees with Boston Globe
04/06

Scientific Photographer Needs Lice Samples

04/06

Scientists Warn Parents on Pesticides and Plastics
Study suggests increased cancer risk in young

04/04

Poison Caused by Topical Pesticides
Another risk to consider.

03/22 Moms Up In Arms Over Head Lice!
02/16 Malathion Testing for Infants -- A BAD IDEA
01/23 EPA criteria for testing pesticides on human subjects
Read carefully
01/23 The Human Louse and Disease
Recent studies support the critical need for preparedness and lice prevention.
01/17 Lindane linked to Leukemia in children
Todays news item, but known for decades!

 

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