Safe Fourth of July fireworks safety tips
Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Council on Fireworks Safety urge readers to follow label directions, supervise children, buy from reliable sellers, use outdoors, have water ready, and avoid homemade devices. Do not relight duds, store properly, soak and discard used fireworks, and wear eye protection. Check local laws and only use legal consumer fireworks.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Council On Fireworks Safety
Joe Thibodeau
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kansas
U.S. Department of Transportation
Campaign urges focus on distracted drivers in safety push
Washington AP reports a NETS coalition launches a campaign to educate drivers about distractions such as phone use makeup eating and conversations. Surveys show 15 percent regularly engage in distractions while driving and authorities plan public comments and a meeting to address driver inattention.
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Genome Project marks watershed in biology and medicine
The public and Celera sequences approach a first draft of the human genome. Experts say this milestone could transform cancer and heart-disease treatment, drug design, gene therapy, and diagnostics, with decades of work ahead to map genes, their functions, and regulation.
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Associated Press
Human Genome Project
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White House
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Celera Genomics
Rockville
Celera
Jennifer Nyborg
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Screening teens for cholesterol at Brookline High
In Brookline Massachusetts teens face early heart risk. Beano Zylber 14 and classmates tested after a private screening by Boston Heart Foundation. Dr Laura Hemphill notes genetic and dietary factors raise future heart disease risk and early action can help.
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Zylber
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Brookline High School
Laura Hemphill
Boston Heart Foundation
Timothy Bricker
Texas Children’s Hospital
American Heart Association
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