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Parents want shampoo banned - Star
November 15, 2008, 3:47 am

Parents of children who have suffered from severe hair loss after using a lice shampoo want to start a support group to pressure the government to remove the product from the shelves. The parents say no more children should face the risk of the ...

SA bans farm use of Lindane - Star
November 8, 2008, 5:43 am

The neurotoxin Lindane, the active ingredient in a controversial anti-lice shampoo, is to be banned in South Africa for agricultural use early next year. Lindane is also known as Gamma Benzene Hexachloride. Gerhard Verdoorn, spokesperson for the ...

Life of pain after using lice shampoo - South Africa Mercury
October 26, 2008, 5:57 pm

The directions for use which appear in large print on the side of the box of Gambex lice shampoo are not hard to follow. They read: "Wet hair thoroughly with warm water. Apply about 30ml (2 tablespoonfuls) to the affected area and work into a ...

Teenager's lice shampoo shame - Independent Online
November 8, 2008, 2:30 am

The 17-year-old seems to be a typical teenager. She plays in a band and sports a chic modern jet black hairstyle with a streak of purple on the side. But behind the Cape Town girl's piercing blue eyes is a hidden shame that she has carried since she ...

Pesticide TBT added to U.N. trade watch list - Reuters
November 3, 2008, 8:19 am

ROME (Reuters) - A pesticide in paints used on the outside of ships has been added to a "watch list" to protect countries from importing toxic products, the United Nations said on Monday. Tributyltin (TBT) becomes the 40th chemical to be put on the ...

It's that itchy, icky lice time of the year - Detroit News
October 13, 2008, 5:58 pm

Just hearing the word makes you itch. If you're a parent with young children, you know the word I mean. It starts with an L. You're already starting to scratch, aren't you? Now that school is back in full swing, there is usually an uptick in cases of ...

Ban on pesticides may face NAFTA test - Globe and Mail
October 22, 2008, 12:04 pm

Dow AgroSciences is considering using the controversial investor-protection provisions of the North American free-trade agreement to seek compensation from the federal government over Quebec's ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides. The company, a ...

Adding the 'Nasty Nine' to the 'Dirty Dozen' - The Daily Green
October 13, 2008, 5:58 pm

Scientists working for the United Nations Environment Program are reviewing nine chemicals that could be added to the original "dirty dozen" list of banned toxic chemicals. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants banned nine ...

MCC test lice shampoo - Star
October 30, 2008, 5:52 pm

The Medicines Control Council (MCC) has launched an investigation into the use of a lice treatment shampoo, which has sparked a health scare among parents because its active ingredient may cause anaemia in children. The council did not rule out ...

Eat up and be a good consumer - Sunday Herald
September 20, 2008, 2:36 pm

THE?FOOD?AND?DRINK INDUSTRY is at pains to tell us that we needn't worry?about?the?controversial packaging chemical?Bisphenol?A. Tests on laboratory animals have already put it in the frame as an endocrine disrupter, or "gender bender ...

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