Archive for February, 2008
Nicotine patches for child smokers
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008The England body, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), has recently recommended that children as young as 12 years old (and up to 17 years old) should not only be given information, advice and support, but also nicotine patches if they are experiencing serious smoking problems.
Although children have previously been given nicotine patches as [...]
Chemical in baby formula packaging
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008US House Democrat reps, John Dingell and Bart Stupak, are looking into whether a certain chemical used in the packaging of baby formula products poses a danger to infants.
The chemical in question is called ‘bisphenol A’, known to be used by some companies in the lining of baby formula cans and bottles they produce.
Although bisphenol [...]