Some air hazards can be difficult to identify. But one obvious hazard is cigarette smoking. Quitting smoking does not have to be the very first removal of unhealthy exposure, but it is good to consider it an eventual goal. When you feel ready to quit smoking, you can work closely with your Holistic Healthcare practitioner (e.g., Oriental Medicine practitioner) and/or use the Ideas presented on the Smokefree Home Page. The main area of the Smokefree Home Page contains tools for clearing up problems with second-hand smoke exposures at work, school, home, and restaurants.

Since exposure to low levels of toxic chemicals at work can contribute significantly to chronic illness, it is important to learn about what chemical hazards might exist for you at work and then eliminate or protect yourself from those hazards. The goal should be to breath fresh, clean air most of the day. Some of the things at work which can create air hazards include carpeting, copy machines and laser printer toner fumes, office furniture (especially particle board ) and upholstered chairs which can outgass formaldehyde, adhesives (glue, cement, etc.), chemicals used in making a product, chemicals produced and given off into the air from the process of making a product, exhaust fumes, etc. It is important to learn about what chemicals you may be exposed to. For example, if you work in a photography lab or make pottery, or work as an undertaker, or in a lab making circuit boards, or .... you may be exposing yourself to significant levels of toxic chemicals and are not aware of it.

"Sick schools" -- schools where students are exposed to hazardous or unehealthy air are becoming more common. In fact, several Massachusetts schools have recently closed because of asbestos hazards (information that was kept from parents, by the way). Asbestos is definately not the only hazard at schools. To learn more about air hazards at schools, please see the proceedings from the 1996 Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Canada (AEHA) Conference. Some school districts in the U.S. will be getting grants from the Federal government for building new schools, but they may end up building more "sick schools" unless they are closely supervised by Environmental Medicine specialists.

Indoor air pollution in homes is common. This can happen from building materials, carpeting, and furniture outgassing chemicals, poor ventilation, cleaning products, pesticides, biological pollutants (e.g., mold, bacteria), radon, smoking, and a numer of other situations. One of the best resources for building a healthy home or fixing current (and sometimes undetected) air quality problems in a home is the Healthy House Institute.

Sometimes working with the medical office or the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) office in your place of work or school can help identify potential hazards. Keep in mind that IAQ and medical offices may rely on government standards for hazardous chemicals. Such standards are often useless because industry lobbying changes the levels said to be "safe". But these offices can at least help you identify chemicals you (or your children in schools) are being exposed to.

Cleaning up air hazards can involve:

An excellent article on various chemical pregnancy hazards is entitled, Learning Disabilities Attention Deficit Disorder - A.D.D. and Hyperactivity on the Chem-tox.Com web page. Other pregnency hazards include physical trauma which may contribute to future health disorders including increased risk of suicide in men. However, it is ideal to take a relaxed approach to eliminating hazards during pregnancy. That means to avoid putting yourself through "guilt trips" about inadvertant exposures. Fortunately, most of the hazards are obvious and relatively easy to avoid.

Smoking, use of hard drugs such as cocaine, and excessive alcohol consumption are well known pregnancy hazards. One simply should avoid these hazards to the extent possible during pregnancy.

Common food substances that should be avoided include artificial sweeteners, MSG (including hydrolyzed proteins, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract), fake foods such as olestra/olean, foods with alot of additives or preservatives, and non-organic dairy foods. To the extent possible, shop for organic foods even if it costs a little bit more. Fluoridated water and fluoridated toothpaste should definately be avoided since low-level fluoride exposure has been shown to increase perinatal deaths and hyperactivity in young animals. It is best to stick with spring water for cooking and drinking.

Avoid getting work on mercury amalgam fillings or placement of composite fillings (or sealants) while pregnant. If a filling must be placed, use the composite filling, not the mercury filling. If work on a mercury filling must be done, it is crucial to use the IAOMT protocol to prevent significant exposure to mercury.

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Make this your preferred store

As a featured store at the Boise Square Mall, Sears on North Milwaukee has been providing attractive deals on yard equipment, kitchen appliances and apparel for the whole family since 1988.

Keeping your yard looking sharp isnt that tough when youve got the right equipment. Homeowners can depend on our lawn and garden department for the latest models of lawnmowers, riding mowers and tractors. We also carry everything you need for fencing projects as well as hoses and sprinklers when battling the hottest weather. During the winter months, well be your source for snow shovels and salt spreaders for sidewalks and driveways.

Sears in Boise is also your destination to get the entire family outfitted with the latest styles for casual and formal occasions. When shopping for clothing, shoes and jewelry, youll find mens suits and sport coats, womens skirts and jeans, and activewear for everyone. Colorful, stylish choices are available for everyone in the family ranging from babies to teens.

Located at the Boise Square Mall, take 1-84 to West Franklin and take a right on North Milwaukee. Youll find the Sears at the back of the mall. Be sure to call us at 208-323-5700 for the latest specials and holiday hours.

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A traffic collision that occurred Sunday evening resulted in a four-hour power outage in Garden City.

The accident happened around 8:38 p.m. near Riverside Drive when police were dispatched to check on a disoriented driver near Navaho Street and Strawberry Glen Road. A witness said a red Ford truck struck an Idaho Power transformer box and then drive off toward Riverside Drive, said Garden City Police Sgt. Abe Blount.

The truck stopped in the front lawn of a residence in the 9300 block of Riverside Drive and the the driver, a 53-year-old Garden City man, was suffering from a medical ailment. He was transported to St. Alphonsus Hospital for treatment and then was released last night.

Damages were estimated between $8,000 and $10,000, said Blount, and the case remains under investigation. No citations will likely be issued.

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VOL. 8 | NO. 1 | Saturday, December 27, 2014

A company affiliated with Robert F. Fogelman II has filed a loan on a key piece of East Memphis property.

Crown Centre LLC filed a $6.1 million loan with Financial Federal Bank for the old Cozymels Mexican Grill location at 6450 Poplar Ave. near International Papers campus in East Memphis, according to a Dec. 17 deed of trust.

The Shelby County Assessor of Propertys 2014 appraisal for the property is $1.9 million.

The old Cozymels restaurant was razed in 2013. A 2012 plan approved by the Land Use Control Board said Fogelman, who is listed as manager of Crown Centre LLC in the deed of trust, was seeking to develop a three-story mixed-use building with retail on the ground floor and office space on the upper floors, but several sources have indicated over the last year that the project could be shifting in focus to a more retail-oriented development.

Fogelman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Anderson has ordered three tax preparers with ties to the Mo Money tax refund scandal from working as tax preparers or having anything to do with the preparation and filing of federal tax returns in any way.

Anderson approved the civil injuction Monday, Dec. 22, against Shandon Allen, Shewanda Hamilton and Tabitha Tunstall based on a request by U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton.

Allen, Hamilton and Tunstall had each managed locations of the Mo Money tax businesses before a 2013 federal court action alleging widespread fraud in the preparation of the tax forms and handling of the refunds led to a court order banning the compnay and its owners from tax preparation.

The three defendants have 15 days from the court order to provide the court a list with contact information of anyone for whom they and their companies prepared federal tax returns from the 2008 tax year to the present. They also have 15 days to provide the court with a list of all employees, independent contractors, managers and others who worked for them in any way.

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LANCASTER, S.C. Two Fort Lawn people died Saturday morning in a fatal accident in Lancaster, but a child survived the wreck, authorities said.

The crash was reported shortly before 10:45 a.m. on Riverside Road, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Tony Keller.

A 20-year-old woman was driving a 2007 Buick heading north on Riverside Road when her vehicle ran off the right side of the road and overturned, Keller said. The driver was partially ejected from the vehicle.

She and a 22-year-old man sitting in the passenger seat were pronounced dead on the scene, Keller said. Emergency responders had to free him from the wreckage, authorities said.

A 2-year-old boy was in a child seat in the vehicle's backseat, he said. The child was taken to Spring Memorial for treatment.

Neither victim was wearing a seatbelt, authorities said.

The names of the victims have not been released.

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Dr. Senga Omeonga met us under a huge mango tree outside the St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Behind the main building, several dozens of disinfected rubber boots worn by health care workers were propped upside down on stakes planted on a patch of lawn.

This is the hospital where he works as general surgeon and the head of Infection Prevention Control. It's also where he came down with Ebola on August 2.

He says his days in treatment were "a living hell." And the experience has changed his view of the world and the way he treats patients.

Dr. Senga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo but came to the country four years ago. He's 53, married and has four children two sons and two daughters. His family lives in Canada.

He remembers how unprepared everyone was for the outbreak. Medical workers were touching patients with their bare hands in the early days. He himself treated a patient with a wound from a motorcycle accident. When the patient was later diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Senga was quarantined. But he didn't catch the virus.

Then he treated a sibling of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian American who flew to Nigeria after contracting the Ebola virus and later died of the disease. And that, Dr. Senga says, is how he thinks he became one of Liberia's nearly 8,000 cases.

Dr. Senga was one of the fortunate ones. He was taken to the Ebola treatment unit, or ETU, at the Eternal Love Winning Africa hospital. After several weeks, he recovered and is now back at work.

He spoke with us about how Ebola nearly took his life and how the experience changed his life and the way he practices medicine.

You must have been very scared.

Yeah, I was very, very scared. Knowing what Ebola is and the death rate ... the chance of survival was very, very low. Because I was vomiting, my only hope was to take as much as I can, the fluids, the orals. I was forcing myself.

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Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Dr. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption

Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Dr. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it.

Dr. Senga Omeonga met us under a huge mango tree outside the St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Behind the main building, several dozens of disinfected rubber boots worn by health care workers were propped upside down on stakes planted on a patch of lawn.

This is the hospital where he works as general surgeon and the head of Infection Prevention Control. It's also where he came down with Ebola on August 2.

He says his days in treatment were "a living hell." And the experience has changed his view of the world and the way he treats patients.

Dr. Senga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo but came to the country four years ago. He's 53, married and has four children two sons and two daughters. His family lives in Canada.

We [health care workers] are the warriors, so we need to fight this disease.

- Dr. Senga Omeonga, , head of Infection Prevention Control at St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital

He remembers how unprepared everyone was for the outbreak. Medical workers were touching patients with their bare hands in the early days. He himself treated a patient with a wound from a motorcycle accident. When the patient was later diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Senga was quarantined. But he didn't catch the virus.

Then he treated a sibling of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian American who flew to Nigeria after contracting the Ebola virus and later died of the disease. And that, Dr. Senga says, is how he thinks he became one of Liberia's nearly 8,000 cases.

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Four people are recovering in the hospital after a fiery crash in Orange County. It happened on Narcoossee Road near Emerson Lake Boulevard just after noon on Monday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a Mercury Marquis driving southbound on Narcoossee Road lost control and sped over the median into oncoming traffic. The car hit a lawn care box truck right near its diesel tank, causing an explosion.

Troopers said both vehicles caught fire and several people were stuck inside. That's when Good Samaritan Stuart Chaffin rushed into action, pulling people out of the burning vehicles. Some of them were on fire as well, so I threw them down and helped put them out by rolling them and pulling off their clothes, Chaffin said.

Northbound Narcoossee Road was shut down for hours Monday while crews cleaned up the scene.

The four people hurt during the wreck were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. Two of the victims remain in critical condition, while the other two are listed in stable condition.

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Sydney: The home where eight children were found murdered in northern Australia will be demolished and a memorial built on the site, news reports said Monday.

Flowers continued to be laid by grieving relatives on the front lawn of the home in a Cairns suburb where four boys and four girls aged between two and 14 years old were found murdered on Friday.

The mother of seven of the children and aunt to one girl found dead, Mersane Warria, 37, was charged with their murder and was ordered Monday by a Cairns court to remain in custody until January 30, when the case will be heard again.

After extensive consultation we will remove the house behind me, local member of parliament Gavin King told reporters.

King said the removal of the house and installation of a memorial would comply with the familys wishes and cultural beliefs relating to spirits on the site, broadcaster ABC reported.

Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Taylor was also quoted as saying the home would be torn down.

Warria whose full name is Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday is in hospital with 17 stab wounds to the chest and was not required to appear before the court Monday.

The magistrate declined a request from the defence lawyer to have the case heard by the Mental Health Court.

Under Queensland law a doctor can certify a person for an involuntary treatment order if they are satisfied they have a mental illness.

Meanwhile, Warria will have her case heard in January, a court said Monday, as she struggles to come to terms with what happened.

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Talk about a bad day. Policein Iowasay a man set his own house on fire, then crashed his truck right into this convenient store. Surveillance cameras catch it from different angles. He wasn't finished either. He then led police on a high speed chase, but they caught up to him a short time later.

Christmas carolers on the front lawn are common this time of year. But they probably didn't bring an orchestra with them. Carolers in New Jersey brought a 20 piece brass band to back up their singing. They're called "Improv Everywhere" and they surprised five families last night with the moms acting as accomplices. The concert included Santa and even paper snow.

Finally a Florida spa owner is featuring a beer spa. The treatment includes a suds bath, a beer face scrub and beer bod wrap. It's not cheap, 80 bucks for a 50 minute treatment. The owner claims it detoxifies your body and makes your hair shiny. The liquid by the way is non-alcoholic.

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