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Wednesday Nov 18 | DailyCandy

Spratters & Jayne Knitwear

Whether it's nasty weather or an unfortunate tweezing incident, sometimes you just want to hide your head.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Peterborough Examiner

Turtle trauma centre nets $2,237 in weekend fundraiser

For her birthday last week, Arisa Brar, 13, asked her friends to forego gifts and instead put their money toward pledges for the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

SC, Ga., hosting 3 injured sea turtles

South Carolina and Georgia are welcoming three endangered sea turtles being flown to the area after they were stunned in cold waters off the New England coast last year.

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Related Topix: Pets, South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, SC, University of New England, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro

Wed Oct 28, 2009

InteliHealth

Illegal Turtle Pets Infected 107 People

The United States banned selling turtles less than 4 inches across in 1975. That's because turtles carry salmonella bacteria that can infect humans.

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Related Topix: Pets, Pediatrics, Medicine, Food and Drug Administration

Mon Oct 26, 2009

BBC

Three turtles dumped in car park

Three pet turtles have been found abandoned in a supermarket car park in Portsmouth.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Examiner.com

Pet turtles responsible for making children sick

According to a study published in MSNBC News , children in 34 states have become severely ill from pet turtles.

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Related Topix: Pets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fri Oct 23, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Kids & baby turtles

At first blush, a baby turtle might seem like the perfect first pet for your kid.

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Related Topix: Pets, Family, Kids

Thu Oct 22, 2009

WCPO-TV9

Researchers Detail Turtle-Linked Salmonella Outbreak

Scientists now report that a salmonella outbreak in 2007-2008 was the largest such outbreak linked to turtles.

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Consumer Reports

Baby & child safety news: Cribs, bedside sleepers, school buses, and pet turtles

Safe co-sleeping with infants? At the recent ASTM International meeting, some final details were being worked out on a safety standardfor bedside sleepers--bassinet-like devices that connect to an adult bed, allowing the baby to be within arms reach of parents.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

KABC

A new report warns people that have pet turtles that they can make you sick.

According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, pet turtles sparked a 2007-2008 salmonella outbreak.

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Netscape

Pet Turtles Linked to Salmonella Outbreak

Posted By Eagle_Eye 2 hours, 44 minutes ago in Health & Fitness Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.

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HON

Health Highlights: Oct. 20, 2009

Concerns over possible botulism contamination have prompted a recall of some apple and carrot portable pouch baby food made by Plum Organics of California.

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Related Topix: Botulism, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pets, Food and Drug Administration, Cervical Cancer, 9

Tue Oct 20, 2009

HealthDay

Health Highlights: Oct. 19, 2009

U.S. Changes Policy on Medical Marijuana: Report Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: U.S. Changes Policy on Medical Marijuana: Report Legitimate suppliers and users of medical marijuana in states where medicinal marijuana use is legal will no longer be pursued by U.S. drug agents, ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pets, Food and Drug Administration, Cervical Cancer, Health, 9

Moms At Work

Pet turtles sicken 107 people -- mostly children

We are a group of working moms who every day engage in a precarious tight-rope act of balancing our jobs and family.

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WFMZ-TV

Report: Pet Turtles Responsible For Salmonella Outbreaks

The symptoms are long gone, but now health officials have targeted a cause in what they're calling the biggest salmonella outbreak of its kind.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Hot Topics: Pet Turtles a Hazard to Kids

Researchers are now warning against keeping turtles as pets after statistic show 107 people have been sickened nationwide in the largest salmonella outbreak to be blamed on turtles.

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WJRT

Report warns against pet turtles

A new report seeks to remind people that having pet turtles, still sold illegally in the U.S., isn't the best idea due to salmonella risk.

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MyFoxChicago

Girls Swam With Turltes, Sickened

Chicago, Illinois - Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

New disease identified in pet turtles

A researcher has identified the first Australian case of a captive turtle being infected with a highly contagious disease, which has the potential to spread to humans.

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Related Topix: Pets, Exotic Pets, Australia, World News,

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Baby Center

"The Middle Wife--cute and funny!!"

The 'Middle Wife by a 2nd grade Teacher. I've been teaching now for about fifteen years.

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