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FDA wrapping up safety review of chemical in antibacterial soap after 40 years of delays

The Canadian PressMay 2, 2013 12:30
WASHINGTON - It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet. But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan — the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 per cent of anti-bacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. — is ineffective, or worse, harmful.

Eyes on your 'tube, cube or crushed' ice - Calabarzon city health offices

April 15, 2013 15:01
Frozen delights such as ice-cream, the popular “halo-halo” and “samalamig” or the coolers and thirst quenchers are among the most sought to beat the summer heat. But health authorities here on Saturday advised the consumers to set their eyes on the ice: cube, tube or crushed.

UN seeks to end toilet 'taboo'

March 22, 2013 00:45
The United Nations launched a campaign Friday to lift a deadly taboo on talking about toilets and to turn the world into an "open defecation-free zone." The World Water Day initiative aims to cut the 3,000 children under five who die each day from water-borne diseases like cholera, dysentry and diarrhea, and the 2.5 billion people without access to a toilet. "Here is a silent disaster which needs to have attention," said UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, a pioneer in unsanitized talk about toilets.

Water supplies in war-hit Syria cut by a third: UN

February 8, 2013 11:01
Syrians living in areas affected by the nearly two-year conflict have seen their water supplies cut by one third, putting children at especially high risk of disease, the United Nations said on Friday. The results of the first UN Fund for Children nationwide assessment of water and sanitation since hostilities began revealed that populations in contested areas have only 25 litres (5.5 gallons) of water a day, compared with 75 litres two years ago. Of the estimated four million people in need, 50 percent are children, UNICEF said.

Water supplies in war-hit Syria cut by a third: UN

February 8, 2013 10:20
Syrians living in areas affected by the nearly two-year conflict have seen their water supplies cut by one third, putting children at especially high risk of disease, the United Nations said on Friday. The results of the first UN Fund for Children nationwide assessment of water and sanitation since hostilities began revealed that populations in contested areas have only 25 litres of water a day, compared with 75 litres two years ago. Of the estimated four million people in need, 50 per cent are children, UNICEF said.
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