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Hand air dryers vs paper towels

I was reading a news article on Yahoo, and noticed an ad by Georgia-Pacific touting the virtues of paper towels in helping to combat bacteria after washing hands. Of course, nothing has been officially proven no matter what drying method is looked at, but I’ll personally stick to choosing air dryers over paper towels, kind [...]

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Things people tend to misinform about/blow out of proportion

I am no vaccination cheerleader, but misinformation is misinformation, no matter what side you’re on. I happened to look this up while reading an article about “fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva”, since it sounded familiar and as I recalled was blown out of proportion to be poisonous. Then I remembered where I had heard this, on an [...]

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Swine flu vaccine

Barnes said she gets her kids vaccinated against flu each year not only for their own health but to protect others. “My kids hang around kids who might have lowered immune systems. I would hate for them to get something and pass it on,” she said. Shea said she appreciates those arguments, but she’s hesitated [...]

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