Choose Safe Toys This Christmas From MARCIAL
County Home Economist MARCIAL urges parents to pick age appropriate toys and check for sturdy construction and small parts. CPSC recommends guidelines to avoid choking hazards, eye injuries, and sharp edges while US labs approve electrical toys. Public guidance includes supervision rules and free consumer guides from the CPSC.
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Marcial
Mages County
National Safety Council
CPSC
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C
Blood and AIDS questions answered by Dr Donohue
A reader asks if uremic blood poisoning can be inherited and about AIDS exposure timing. Uremia results from kidney failure with various causes, some genetic but not common. recovery or dialysis may follow depending on the cause. For AIDS, the average period before blood tests turn positive is two weeks to three months, rarely a year, with symptoms usually within two years and sometimes five or more. No defined safe period after exposure exists. ongoing research aims at treatments or a vaccine.
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CPSC
Toy Manufacturers of America
D.H
Ann Landers
Donnie
Ann
AIDS fears and ignorance haunt a grieving mother
A mother writes of her son Donnie who tested positive for AIDS antibodies after a blood transfusion. She pleads for public education about transmission, the need for family support, and trust in clergy while grappling with stigma and isolation.
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Ann Landers
Jack
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