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UK Charity Tackles Health Risk For Children - Engaging Website Launches To Educate Children At A Crucial Age In Bone Development
Research from the National Osteoporosis Society has revealed that almost half (49%)* of young people do not know that there are steps they can take to keep their bones healthy. This knowledge gap puts them at risk of osteoporosis and fractures in later life.
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Promiscuous Men More Likely To Rape
This is one of the findings of Sophia Shaw and colleagues from the University of Leicester who will present their research at the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference today, Tuesday 23rd June, at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
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Novel Handheld Device Detects Anthrax With Outstanding Accuracy And Reliability
Veritide Ltd., a developer of innovative biological identification and detection solutions, today reported that new independent data to be presented at the Biodetection Technologies 2009 conference confirm the exceptional accuracy of its Ceeker™ (pronounced "seeker") portable bacterial detection device in discriminating between anthrax spores and similar-looking hoax substances. The data show that in over two weeks of testing at the Midwest Research Institute in Florida, the company"s Ceeker scanner accurately identified 100% of the anthrax samples used and was correct in 95% of tests involving hoax substances. These test results are consistent with similar results produced last year by a New Zealand forensic testing agency, Environmental Science and Research (ESR).
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Statement On Health And Safety In Schools, UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called for a common sense approach to health and safety in Great Britain"s schools. HSE Chair Judith Hackitt today responded to a poll published by Teachers TV. "Hardly a week goes by without another health and safety myth appearing," she said. "Health and safety is blamed for a lot of things not going ahead, but they"re often about something else - high costs, an event that requires a lot of organising or fear of getting sued. "Children cannot be wrapped in cotton wool - risk is part of growing up and our children need to learn how to manage risks in the real world. "The examples cited in the Teachers TV article are quite frankly ridiculous. "Stop worrying about the "conkers stories" and help children learn how to handle risk by doing things and going on visits. Concentrate on the real risks - not the trivia - by putting measures in place to manage them as far as is reasonable, but don"t try to eliminate all risk and don"t stop the activity." Notes 1. There were 585 respondents to the questionnaire, of which 83.8% were teaching staff. It is believed this represents 0.14% of the education workforce, using figures provided by Teachers TV. 2. HSE recently launched a new strategy to promote a commonsense approach to risk management and debunk myths about health and safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/strategy/index.htm 3. Hundreds of businesses have signed up to the new "Pledge" to work with HSE and "be part of the solution" http://www.hse.gov.uk/strategy/pledge.htm 4. Recent research conducted exclusively for HSE found a third of employees wrongly think HSE bans flip-flops at work or children playing with conkers. Read the full findings online at http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/e09044.htm HSE


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