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People's Burn Foundation launches fourth phase of firefighter education program at FDIC INDIANAPOLIS, April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing in the tradition of providing innovative education programs to our nation's fire service the People's Burn Foundation is pleased to unveil the fourth installment of the To Hell and Back burn prevention and safety series. To Hell and Back IV: Cyanide takes participants inside the body through advanced 3-D visualizations to reveal how Hydrogen...

Smoke particulates from tobacco, cooking oil and wood fires affect cardiovascular function after as little as 10 minutes of exposure, U.S. researchers say. I was surprised we got statistically significant results with this low level of exposure, Joyce Evans of the University of Kentucky in Lexington said in a statement. If we can detect these effects with smaller exposures, then the public health hazard from cigarettes and other particulate exposures may have been underestimated. The study...

Red Wings Forward Distributes Smoke Detectors to Local Fire Departments DETROIT, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg distributed more than 1,300 smoke detectors to local fire departments today at Joe Louis Arena. Zetterberg serves as the Red Wings spokesman for the team's annual smoke detector collection, which provides life-saving smoke detectors to low income families throughout Metro Detroit. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090409/DE97036-a)...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume certain brands of smoked salmon and lox due to possible bacterial contamination. The manufacturer, Niagara Smoked Fish Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, said the products -- distributed in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta -- might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall includes Strubs-brand bagelox Norwegian style Scottish style and Danish style sliced smoked Steelhead salmon; Niagara-brand smoked Steelhead and...

WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) All South Dakota workplaces, including restaurants and bars, will be smoke-free beginning July 1, thanks to legislation approved by the Legislature last week and signed into law today by Governor Mike Rounds. Governor Rounds and the Legislature have delivered a historic victory for...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, was released today: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) The smoke-free restaurant legislation announced today in Virginia fails to protect all workers and the public from the proven dangers of secondhand smoke. We strongly urge the Virginia House and Senate to reject this bill and instead enact a comprehensive, statewide...

Firefighters in Vermont disassembled a chimney on the roof of a building to free a man who said he could not remember how he became stuck, witnesses said. Burlington residents said police and firefighters arrived at the building early Sunday after reports of cries for help coming from the roof and the rescuers discovered a man stuck inside the chimney, WPTZ-TV, Plattsburgh, N.Y., reported Tuesday. Kathryn Rohrer, who lives in an apartment across the alley, said she heard muffled yells early...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A coalition of Texas public health organizations this week launched a radio advertising campaign about the need for a comprehensive, statewide smoke-free workplace law that protects all Texans from the serious health hazards of secondhand smoke. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) The new advertising campaign focuses on the serious health risks of secondhand smoke, the growing number of states that have enacted...

So-called harm-reduction cigarettes pose the same threat to developing embryos as traditional cigarettes, according to a report published by Dr. Prue Talbot of the University of California, Riverside and her colleagues in the journal Human Reproduction.Her team concluded that smoke from these harm-reduction cigarettes may be more dangerous than traditional brands. "Many chemicals found in harm-reduction cigarette smoke have not been tested, and some are listed by manufacturers as...

Authorities in St. Louis said an alleged burglar's Santa-style mode of entry left him trapped for more than seven hours in the flue of a pawn shop's chimney. Police said Charles Bryant, 35, was foiled in his alleged burglary attempt when he found the base of the chimney at St. Louis Jewelry and Loan had been sealed with concrete, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday. Firefighters said they spent more than two hours Wednesday morning using power chisels and hammers to free the...