Health

Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Tobacco

Posted on September 1, 2018

But teens are tech-savvy and aren’t necessarily buying devices made just for marijuana. For instance, Lambert said, they’re learning how to refill their Juul pods, the cartridges that contain e-juice, with different blends, including marijuana oils, with the help of video tutorials on YouTube.

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(Español) Policía de L. A. indemniza a familia de desamparado asesinado a tiros por el LAPD

Posted on August 23, 2018

(Español) La familia de Keunang discrepó de los antedichos hallazgos y llevó el caso a un tribunal federal. El jurado responsabilizó a los agentes y fue entonces que la ciudad decidió llegar a un acuerdo con la familia.

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Bans on Toxic Pesticides.

Posted on August 22, 2018

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 PROGRAM # 8408 12:00 PM PT Bans on Toxic Pesticides. In a landmark case, Monsanto has been ordered to pay 289 million in damages to a terminally-ill man with cancer. The judge found Roundup weedkiller caused the man’s cancer and Monsanto “acted with malice and oppression.” On other news, a federal court […]

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(Español) Negligencia institucional podría estar envenenado a los niños

Posted on August 16, 2018

(Español) Este viernes un jurado de California encontró responsable a Monsanto en una demanda presentada por Dewayne Johnson, jardinero de una escuela, quien dijo que los herbicidas de la compañía Monsanto, incluido Roundup y otros que contienen glifosato le causaron cáncer.

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For Many College Students, Hunger Can ‘Make It Hard To Focus In Class’

Posted on August 14, 2018

Some schools are also using the Swipe Out Hunger program, which allows students to donate their unused meal plan vouchers, or swipes, to other students to use at campus dining halls or food pantries.

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(Español) Revocan reglas de autos limpios pero California y otros estados contraatacan

Posted on August 10, 2018

(Español) Trump propone congelar requisitos de niveles de emisiones exigidos a la industria automotriz antes de las regulaciones impuestas por el gobierno de Obama, y dejarlos así hasta 2026.

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Rollback of Clean Car Rules. Also, Smoke from Wildfires: Health Alerts.

Posted on August 9, 2018

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 PROGRAM # 8399 12:00 PM PT Rollback of Clean Car Rules. The Trump administration is proposing to rollback landmark federal clean car and fuel economy standards. About 20 state Attorney Generals are countering with legal challenges, stating the new plans will cause people to breathe dirtier air and pay higher gas prices. […]

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Breathing ‘A Chore’: California Wildfires Threaten The Health Of Young And Old

Posted on August 9, 2018

Kimberly McCoy, who lives in Fresno, has seen that firsthand. She and her son both have asthma, and she said her chest feels tight and her son has been wheezing. McCoy said she hasn’t let her son outdoors in recent days. “That’s really hard for an active 6-year-old,” she said.

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(Español) Disparidades raciales severas en arrestos por mariguana a pesar de su legalización en D.C.

Posted on August 9, 2018

(Español) En 2017, dice la Policía Metropolitana, “el 86 por ciento de los arrestados eran negros, a pesar de que los residentes negros sólo son alrededor del 47% de la población del Distrito de Columbia”.

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