Watch out for Those Lead Contents in Your Hot Sauce. Do you cook with hot sauce?
You might want to be cautious the next time you pick out a salsa bottle from your local supermarket shelf. Researchers at the Universtiy of Nevada Las Vegas recently found worryingly high levels of lead in four Mexican salsa brands that are available in some parts of the U.S. The brands include El Pato Salsa Picante, Salsa Habanera, Salsa Picante de Chile Habanero and Bufalo Salsa Clasica.
Researchers at UNLV said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently has no benchmark that determines which levels of lead are "unsafe" in hot sauces. Cyclo-What? A Nasty Stomach Bug Spreads In The Midwest : Shots - Health News. Hide captionCyclospora cases have been recorded in 14 states, with Iowa, Nebraska and Texas hit the hardest Cyclospora cases have been recorded in 14 states, with Iowa, Nebraska and Texas hit the hardest It seems like the Midwest is a hotbed for medical mysteries these days.
Earlier this week, scientists traced a brand-new virus to ticks in Missouri. Now disease detectives are hot on the trail of another puzzling pathogen in the heartland. A stomach bug has sickened at least 321 people across 14 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Hide captionCyclospora is a tough parasite that can survive for weeks outside the human body.
About 90 percent of the cases have been reported in Iowa, Texas and Nebraska. China Traffic Jam Enters 9th Day, Spans Over 60 Miles. And you thought your commute was bad.
A 62-mile-long traffic jam on a highway leading to Beijing has now entered its ninth day, with no relief in sight, according to Chinese state media. The gridlock on the National Expressway 110, also referred to as the Beijing-Tibet expressway, began on August 14 due to a spike in truck traffic heading toward the capital, AFP reported. The problem was exacerbated by a construction project on the roadway that began five days later, a spokesman for the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau told the Global Times.
Marriage and Anxiety The Effects of Patriarchy on Womens Self Worth. Massachusetts figured out a simple solution to prevent domestic homicide: Target abusers. Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images In theory, domestic homicide should be easy to prevent, since men who kill their wives or girlfriends (85 percent of victims are female) generally give us lots of warning by beating, stalking, and even raping their victims, usually for years before they finally kill.
In reality, it's surprisingly hard to stop someone who really wants to murder you, especially if he has easy access to a gun. Mom denied food stamps shoots kids, kills self. Crime Scene tape is posted at the main entrance to the Texas Health and Human Services Offices in Laredo, Texas, Tuesday, Dec., 6, 2011.
AP Photo/The Laredo Morning Times, Cuate Santos SAN ANTONIO - A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and held a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday. Forgetting 'Little Syria' at 9/11 memorial - Features. New York City, United States - One of Carl Antoun’s favourite things to do in Manhattan’s financial district is to ask passers-by, “Did you know that you’re standing in Little Syria right now?”
Less than 100 years ago, New York City’s renowned commercial district was home to the largest Arab community in the Western hemisphere. Since the 1880’s, Arab immigrants from what was then known as Greater Syria - and later divided into present-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine - settled in this neighbourhood, the first stop in New York City after Ellis Island. Streets that are now lined with skyscrapers housing the headquarters of world financial institutions were instead lined with low-rise Arabic coffee shops, Middle Eastern restaurants and shops. You Carry the Cure In Your Own Heart by Andrew Vachss (Parade Magazine): The Zero 5.0laf - The Official Website of Andrew Vachss. You Carry the Cure In Your Own Heart Emotional abuse of children can lead, in adulthood, to addiction, rage, a severely damaged sense of self and an inabilityto truly bond with others.
But—if it happened to you—there is a way out. Judge orders Detroit to withdraw bankruptcy filing - Jul. 19, 2013. Detroit might have to drop its bankruptcy case if a state court judge's order Friday afternoon is upheld on appeal.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) But Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement soon after the decision that he intended an immediate appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals and would seek to block this latest order from taking effect while the appeal is heard. The order came in response to motions by lawyers for retirees and pension funds for city workers, who argue the state constitution prohibits cutting pension and retirement benefits, as has been proposed in the bankruptcy case. Related: Detroit files bankruptcy The order was from Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, the county that includes the state capital of Lansing. Related: Detroit bankruptcy filing came with only 5 minutes to spare.