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Warning: Do NOT Get Sneezed on by a Walrus

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Our above headline comes courtesy of the indispensable online news source @BuzzEdition and provides us with a great lesson in personal risk management — and one that Sea World may want to consider.

It’s not exactly breaking news since the story happened in 1984 (the year … not the novel), but the gist is that a middle-aged man went to his doctor complaining of eye pain. After a few exams, the doc determined that he had a mite under his eyelid.

DailyParasite expounds:

Ok, weird, but not that weird, right? Wrong. Orthohalarachne attenuata is a species of mite that normally is found in the nasal passages of fur seals, sea lions, and walruses. In seals, the mites can be both prevalent (as in almost every single seal has them) and abundant (as in more than 1000 mites per seal and in a few cases in one study, more than 2000!).

So how did this odd mite get into the guy’s eye?

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Turns out that two days before his first doctor’s visit, he had visited SeaWorld — where he stood too close to some walruses and got sneezed on.

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Thus, don’t get sneezed on by a walrus. Or a seal. And if you run SeaWorld — or any other establishment where seals and walruses intermingle with human, don’t let your seals and walruses sneeze on people.

Alcohol: A Risk from Scotland to South Africa

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When you hear news reports about physical violence, it is not unusual to learn that alcohol sometimes plays a part. In Scotland, however, alcohol-induced violence has taken center stage.

Just yesterday, the head of Scotland’s biggest police force has said that alcohol has played a major role in 14 murders in his area in the past 10 weeks. Stephen House, the chief constable of Strathclyde Police, is grappling with a disastrous trend spreading through his jurisdiction.

“We know that the violence is driven by drink. We see the death and the misery and the lives ruined. Something has to be done about it.”

Searching for options, House called for supermarkets and other alcohol distributors to look at raising their prices to hopefully quell the mass buying and consuming of alcohol in certain areas of Scotland.

But it’s not just Scotland that struggles with the numerous risks associated with drinking. As I covered in a blog post back in October, the United Nations issued a report stating that Russia’s population has fallen by 6.6 million since 1993, and by 2025 the country could lose a another 11 million people.

The reason? According to experts and the AP, it’s vodka, which has contributed to the country’s drastically high mortality rate.

So now we have Scotland and Russia dealing with problems associated with alcohol. Let’s add to that South Africa, which, in just two days, will see hundreds of thousands of fans cheer on their teams — and some (or most) will do so while intoxicated. Facebook has even created a “2010 FIFA World Cup Drinking Game” on their site for those watching from the couch. In preparation for the ensuing bacchanalia, the CDC has gone so far as creating a page entitled “Stay Healthy During the World Cup in South Africa,” which touches on alcohol use.

Alcohol, a risky libation for many countries.

Up Next for Congress: The Food Safety Bill

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Now that the financial reform bill, one of the most important bills in history, has passed through Congress, many lawmakers are now focusing on something just as important: the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The bill, S.510, aims to “amend the federal food, drug and cosmetic act with respect to the safety of the food supply.” In other words, it will expand the power of the FDA, enabling regulators to be more vigilant in preventing food contamination. One key supporter of S.510 is Congressman John Dingell (D-MI), who held a briefing May 19 to call for the swift passage of the bill, citing recent E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce. Also on board for the passage of the bill is Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), who issued a public statement last week.

“The American people continue to be at risk from dangerous outbreaks while critical food safety reform legislation, which includes provisions that would be helpful in addressing a widespread outbreak through preventive controls and interventions, remains stalled in the Senate, Congresswoman DeLauro said Friday. “I urge the Senate to act quickly before more people become victims of contaminated food and our faulty food safety system–the longer the food safety bill is delayed, the more vulnerable our food safety system remains.

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And delayed it has been. The bill was first introduced in March 2009 and the last reported action regarding the reform was in December 2009 when it was put on the legislative calendar.

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The most recent widespread recall focused on raw alfalfa sprouts produced by Caldwell Fresh Foods of Maywood, California. The sprouts have allegedly sickened at least 22 people in 10 states.

Contaminated food kills at least 5,000 people in the United States every year, puts more than 300,000 in the hospital and costs the nation around $152 billion. To not pass the Food Safety Modernization Act would be like giving the green light careless food manufacturers — in essence, giving them a license to kill.

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Obama’s Cancer Panel Set to Release Alarming Report

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This Thursday, the United States will be hit with a report from the President’s Cancer Panel that is an eye-opener.

In an unprecedented move, the panel sides with the nation’s organic food initiative — suggesting that preference be given to such food. The report also stresses the need for more stringent regulation of what exactly goes into or treats (i.e., pesticides) the nation’s food supply — namely, chemicals and antibiotics. And it’s those who have yet to enter this world who seem to be most affected by these possible carcinogens. As Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for the New York Times writes:

In particular, the report warns about exposures to chemicals during pregnancy, when risk of damage seems to be greatest. Noting that 300 contaminants have been detected in umbilical cord blood of newborn babies, the study warns that: “to a disturbing extent, babies are born ‘pre-polluted.’ ”

The report places blame on an unstructured regulatory body, weak laws, even weaker enforcement and a mindset amongst regulators that chemicals are safe unless proven harmful. A first step towards real regulation was unveiled in April when Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a bill termed the “Safe Chemicals Act,” which greatly expands the antiquated Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. The Cancer Panel’s report states that “only a few hundred of the more than 80,000 chemicals in use in the United States have been tested for safety. Many known or suspected carcinogens are untested.”

Among the numerous suggestions from the Panel are:

  • Particularly when pregnant and when children are small, choose foods, toys and garden products with fewer endocrine disruptors or other toxins. (Information about products is at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com or www.healthystuff.org.)
  • For those whose jobs may expose them to chemicals, remove shoes when entering the house and wash work clothes separately from the rest of the laundry.
  • Filter drinking water.
  • Store water in glass or stainless steel containers, or in plastics that don’t contain BPA or phthalates (chemicals used to soften plastics). Microwave food in ceramic or glass containers.
  • Give preference to food grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers and growth hormones. Avoid meats that are cooked well-done.
  • Check radon levels in your home. Radon is a natural source of radiation linked to cancer.

An estimated 562,000 deaths were blamed on cancer in 2009. It is the second deadliest killer, after heart disease, and cancer cases in children are on the rise. Let’s hope the report from Obama’s Cancer Panel brings awareness to the food we eat and regulation towards how it’s made.