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Pittsburg Cancer Centre Warns of Cell Phone Risks To Children
By JENNIFER C. YATES and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Writers
Thu Jul 24, 7:13 AM ET
PITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Herberman is basing his alarm on early unpublished data. He says it takes too long to get answers from science and he believes people should take action now — especially when it comes to children.
"Really at the heart of my concern is that we shouldn't wait for a definitive study to come out, but err on the side of being safe rather than sorry later," Herberman said.
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Watch What Pre-School Boys Watch!
Watching Violent TV at Pre-School Age Linked to Aggression in Young Boys
Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, November 5, 2007
Watching violent television programs between the ages of 2 and 5 years of age is clearly linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviors in boys when they reach age 7 to 9, according to a new study published in the November 2007 issue of Pediatrics.
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Motocross - A Dangerous Sport?
AS 10-year-old Anthony Dombrowski Jr. soared high into the air aboard his dirt bike on ''Pee Wee'' night at the Milford Rider's Club Motocross Track, his father looked on calmly from behind a chain link fence that separates the track from relatives and spectators.
Suddenly, Anthony lost control of his bike in mid-air and went sprawling onto the hard, dry ground.
''Anthony's hurt, he's hurt,'' screamed 10-year-old Alisha Jasudowich, another rider.
Smacking your child outlawed in Spain
Reuters, December 20, 2007 at 7:00 PM EST:
MADRID — Spanish parents will be banned from smacking their children, congress voted on Thursday.
UN Art Competition 2007

Title: "Education can defeat poverty. People must study hard for their future." - 7 year old Jessica Tania, Indonesia
The level of detail in this submission to the UN International Children's Art Competition held in June 2007 is simply amazing.


