Tuesday, September 6, 2011

A crawling issue: Head lice treatments worse than the pest itself?

A crawling issue: Head lice treatments worse than the pest itself?
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/09/06/6123/crawling-issue-head-lice-treatments-worse-pest-itself
 
"Parents often aren't aware that some of the most prescribed and over-the-counter treatments can be harmful to children, an iWatch News investigation found. The Food and Drug Administration's adverse event reports – collected anonymously from doctors, hospitals and others – detail cases where the pesticides in lice treatments have been involved in conditions ranging from headaches to death. The reports were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."

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