Save Our Seahorses (SOS)
Advice and Guide Gossamer, enchanting and beautiful – the seahorse seems like a creature from Harry Potter or a magical kingdom. One has to see it to believe it and marvel in its wonder. Replace the sight with heavy industries producing plastic, paints, pesticides and chemical products. Add in a chemical incinerator and machineries to process toxic wastes. This is the fate that awaits the Sungai Pulai estuary in Malaysia. The 913 hectares of mangrove land will be cleared for a chemical industries estate. No wonder floods, Tsunami and rising temperatures are becoming more rampant in this part of Asia.
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Cecilia Cheung Delivers a Baby Boy
Celebrity NewsHong Kong actress and singer Cecilia Cheung gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on Aug 2, 2007 at around 9:45pm. Her husband, superstar Nicholas Tse was accompanying Cheung from the very beginning. It was confirmed and announced by father of Nicholas, Patrick Tse told the media at a local hospital.
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Recall Fisher-Price Toys Tainted with Lead Paint
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Made in China, Toy maker Fisher Price is recalling nearly a million children’s toys because of lead tainted paint which include popular birthday Dora, Prince Diego, Elmo and other plastic toys. All in all are 83 different types of toys sold to United States between May and August.
This is the first lead painted recall for Fisher Price following after another recall of 1.5 million wooden toy trains and train parts which affected the Thomas and Friends toy line in 2005 and 2006. However, close to two-thirds of the toys were quarantined before the suspected toys making their way to the shelves in the market place.
The list goes on to recent bout of sub-quality and safety level for made in China products ranging from recent dog-food scare and deaths in Panama that was related to chemicals in Chinese-made cough syrup. Fortunately, the intensify risk of using Chinese brands has lead to Fisher Price to discover non-approved lead tainted painted or rather exceed 0.06% during in house investigation.
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