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                    [Title] => DOH, DTI warn public vs use of hoverboards
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The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday cautioned the public against buying hoverboards, the two-wheeled, gliding motorized scooters, following reports about injuries and potential electrocution connected with its usage.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160110/hoverboard-4.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538846 [Title] => Group wants precautionary ban on hoverboards [Summary] =>

An environmentalist group wants to impose a precautionary ban on the importation, sale and use of popular scooter ride “hoverboard” until it is proven and declared safe.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-02 22:03:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804517 [AuthorName] => Rosette Adel [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/motoring/20150421/berkeley-ebike-cdr-king.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1531513 [Title] => 3 biggest US airlines ban hoverboards as a fire danger [Summary] =>

The three largest U.S. airlines are banning hoverboards because of the potential fire danger from the lithium-ion batteries that power the devices.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-10 17:47:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249317 [AuthorName] => David Koenig [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151211/sean-lamb-hoverboard.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1382469 [Title] => Shedding light on toxic candles [Summary] =>

It won’t be long before hordes of humanity will again be trooping to the cemeteries (or memorial parks and columbaria) to honor their departed loved ones on All Saints’ Day/All Souls’ Day.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294050 [Title] => Protect your family against lead poisoning [Summary] =>

The World Health Organization estimates that there are 120 million people worldwide with unsafe blood levels of lead.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134789 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805275 [AuthorName] => Dr. Willie T. Ong [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 657980 [Title] => Nearly 10,000 babies suffer crib injuries yearly [Summary] =>

Almost 10,000 infants and toddlers are hurt in crib and playpen accidents each year, according to the first nationwide analysis of emergency room treatment for these injuries.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-17 14:59:22 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 612887 [Title] => 'Toxic jewelry' mula China posibleng itapon sa Pinas [Summary] =>

Bunsod ng inaasahang pagdagsa ng mga produkto galing China ngayong “ber months”, hinikayat ng EcoWaste Coalition ang pamahalaan na salain o magsagawa ng toxicological tests sa samples ng mga alahas o kids jewelry  na nagtataglay ng nakalalasong kemikal.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1585337 [AuthorName] => Ni Ludy Bermudo [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611529 [Title] => Group warns of toxic cadmium in kids' jewelry [Summary] =>

Environmental group Ecowaste Coalition has warned against the dangers of cadmium, a known carcinogen found in children’s jewelry in the US.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576819 [Title] => Target trunks manufactured in China, RP recalled after girl pinned by lid [Summary] => WASHINGTON (AP) — Target is recalling about 350,000 trunks manufactured in China and the Philippines after an 18-month-old girl reportedly suffered brain damage from being pinned between the lid and the rim of a trunk. [DatePublished] => 2010-05-21 06:30:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 551631 [Title] => US pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food [Summary] =>

When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-22 17:29:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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