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U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card

Lung Association report says feds and most states neglect preventing tobacco-caused illness TUESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new report card gives the U.S. government consistently failing grades for not protecting Americans from illnesses caused by tobacco. According to the Am...

American Lung Association Report Card Flunks Federal Government and Most States for Neglecting to Prevent Tobacco Caused Illness

2009 Presents Tremendous Opportunities to Reverse Tobacco Caused Public Health Crisis Editor's Note: Complete report including federal and state grades available at: www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org . WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association released it...

Chinese Chilli Flunks Food Safety Tests

Thirteen percent of Chinese chilli products have failed safety tests in the latest scare for China's maligned food industry, state media reported. China's quality control watchdog found excessive amounts of preservatives in 13 percent of 46 chilli products tested across the country recently, Xinhu...

Flunks in Biological News

Get a whiff of this: Smell test could sniff out serious health problems

...a problem with memory, this kind of test would be difficult.? So what does it mean if a child, or someone unlikely to have an age-related disease, flunks the sniff test? “If they fail our test, that’s a pretty good indication that there’s something wrong with their sense of smell. Maybe there’s an obstr...