| Toxic Cosmetics Getting Under the Skin of Concerned Investors
Health-conscious investors and consumers are starting to demand cosmetic companies report and ban toxic ingredients. SocialFunds.com -- As new studies expose the high number of toxic ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics, many consumers are asking just how safe are the products they use every day. Meanwhile, many investors are asking how safe from liability and market changes are the companies that manufacture and sell these products.
"The ground is shifting for manufacturers across all industries, including personal care," stated Noran Eid, an analyst at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. "Investors should be aware of these issues when assessing long-term competitiveness and profitability."
Richard Liroff of the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) agreed: "the safer cosmetics issue is part of larger safer chemicals policy issue.
MySpace, Facebook Pages Called Key to Dispute Over Insurance Coverage ...
Litigation over an insurer's refusal to pay health benefits for anorexia or bulimia may turn on what is revealed from the alleged sufferers' e-mails and postings on the social networking sites MySpace and Facebook. The plaintiffs are suing in federal court in Newark, N.J., on behalf of their minor children, who have been denied benefits by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Horizon claims that the children's online writings, as well as journal and diary entries, could shed light on the causes of the disorders, which determines the insurer's responsibility for payment. New Jersey law requires coverage of mental illness only if it is biologically based. Horizon claims the eating problems are not biologically based and that the writings could point to emotional causes.
Five Students Pursue Research Careers with Gilliam Fellowships
Silvia Caballero, Shoa Clarke, Alejandra Figueroa-Clarevega, Daniel Gilmer, and Betty Mbom are not your average twenty-somethings. Their paths through life have already taken them to Africa and Central and South America; to disaster relief efforts, clinics, and leading research labs. They have helped create support networks for minority students, studied tropical diseases at the Pan-American Health Organization, and investigated how HIV suppresses the immune system. Along the way, they have each developed a common passion: a desire to improve their world through science. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected these five young scientists as recipients of this year's Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The competitive fellowships, offered to outstanding students from groups underrepresented in the sciences or from disadvantaged backgrounds, provide full support for up to five years of study toward a Ph.D.
Care about the environment? Eat less meat
Please consider making some changes, for the animals who live horrible lives as objects living under intolerable conditions on factory farms, for yourself and your own health, and for the planet. Posted 23/01/08 at 1:10 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Top Women In Business
The Queens Courier and Queens Business Today will once again recognize the outstanding contributions made by women in the borough during the Sixth Annual Top Women in Business Networking Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 13.During the event, which will be held at Terrace on the Park, there will be a silent auction to benefit Go Red for Women. Cocktails, the silent auction and networking will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the formal presentation and dinner at 7 p.m.The event will also feature Borough President Helen Marshall and City Councilmember Melinda Katz singing "God Bless America."The sponsors of the Sixth Annual Top Women in Business are A&S Whitestone Flowers & Gifts, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, Bombardier, Chase Home Lending, Citibank, Commerce Bank, Con Edison, Daily News, Di Blasi Ford, Elmhurst Hospital, Farrell Fritz, P.C., Flushing Savings Bank, HIP, MetLife, New York Hospital Queens, New York Mets, North Shore LIJ Health System, Parker Jewish Institute, Parkway Hospital, Publimax Printing, Queens Courier, Queens Business Today, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Queens County Savings Bank/New York Community Bank, Queens Hospital Center, Queens Long Island Medical Group, Verizon, Landrum School of Dance and Precious Moments Daycare.
Syria seizes drugs destined for Saudi Arabia
Syrian customs authorities have seized hundreds of thousands of smuggled stimulant pills bound for Saudi Arabia, reported AP.More than 400,000 pills of the amphetamine-like drug Captagon hidden in bathroom tissue rolls were seized last month at a shipping company office in the northern city of Aleppo.The pills were bound for Saudi Arabia and a Syrian man from Aleppo who was involved was later arrested in the Syrian port city of Latakia. Captagon, also known as fenethylline, was listed by World Health Organization in 1986 as a pyschotropic substance, and is banned in most places and was once prescribed as an antidepressant or to treat hyperactive children. .
FDA: Contaminated Pet Food Caused Illnesses, Deaths
FDA intents to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.Colchicine is a highly toxic drug that can easily be administered in excessive doses, especially when given intravenously. There is a narrow margin between an effective dose of the drug and a toxic dose that can result in serious health risks, including death. The FDA is aware of 50 reports of adverse events associated with the use of intravenous colchicine, including 23 deaths. Potentially fatal effects include low blood cell counts, cardiac events, and organ failure."Today's action supports our ongoing efforts to end the marketing of unapproved drugs with serious health risks," said Janet Woodcock, M.D., FDA's deputy commissioner for scientific and medical programs, chief medical officer, and acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).
Camp Alegria Offers Retreat For Latinas Diagnosed With Cancer
If you are a Latina diagnosed with cancer, Campamento Alegria can offer the support, education and networking you need - in Spanish. It is the first oncology camp, providing all activities in Spanish, tailored to the Latina community.
The free camp is April 4-6 at Rotary's Camp Florida in Brandon. Space is limited to 100 women, and applications are due Feb. 29. To receive an application, call camp coordinator Dina Martinez at (813) 745-6812 during the day or at (813) 979-4291 during evenings and weekends.
Activities during the three-day retreat are presented in Spanish. Topics will include stress management, education sessions, meditation and yoga, healthy and beauty, exercise, dance, nutrition, arts and medicine.
Camp Alegria is designed to empower Latina cancer survivors.
3 to shut Superdrug concessions
Mobile operator 3 UK is to close the majority of its Superdrug retail concessions. The company will exit 107 of the 127 concessions it has in the health and beauty chain, which is owned by its parent company Hutchison Whampoa. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more... A is for ADSL B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless D is for Dial-up E is for Education F is for Fibre G is for Goonhilly H is for HSDPA I is for In-flight J is for Janet K is for Kingston L is for Landlines M is for Murdoch N is for Next generation O is for Ofcom P is for Power lines Q is for Quad-play R is for Remote working S is for Satellite phones T is for Trains U is for Unbundling V is for VoIP W is for WiMax X is for Xbox Y is for YouTube Z is for Zombies A 3 spokesman explained the operator initially opened the concessions as a quick way of gaining a high street presence but has since expanded its retail base - ramping up from 100 stores at the start of last year to 270 by the end.
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