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A Minnesota company has pledged to remove flame-retardant chemicals from the children's nap mats it sells in California as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday by the Center for Environmental Health in Oakland. Peerless Plastics will pay $...
Winners Hope to Expand Group that Provides Legal Aid in Buenos Aires Slums College Park, Md. – Acclaimed actress Fran Drescher, who charmed viewers with her performance in television’s “The Nanny,” captivated a cheering audience at the University of...
Celebrity judge panel chooses group benefitting Argentinean slums for $5,000 prize A group of University of Maryland, College Park, students might be too old for childcare, but they did appreciate some assistance from the nanny. Fran Drescher, star...
It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor’s great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing...
MANY Americans assume that the chemicals in their shampoos, detergents and other consumer products have been thoroughly tested and proved to be safe. Enlarge This Image Sally Thurer This assumption is wrong. Unlike pharmaceuticals or pesticides...

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