Monday, October 17, 2011

What's in The News Today

A 15-car pile up on the racetrack ended in killing Dan Wheldon. A winner of the Indianapolis Dan Weldon 33 years-old died yesterday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His car flew over a 15 car pile up and slammed  into a catch fence around the 2nd turn. He was airlifted to University Medical Center where he died two hour later. The race was only a few minutes on its way  when several cars crashed and burst into flames leaving debris all over the track.

CBS News. (October 17, 2011). Dan Wheldon dies in 15-car IndyCar crash. Retrieved October 17, 2011, from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/16/sports/main20121120.shtml

New radiation alerts about cell phones. Researchers from Environmental Health Trust have declared that radiation from cell phones is measured by a 6 foot 2" person weighting 220-pounds. The question that rises is the child or a person of lesser weight radiation exposure. The standard testing is based on old history about who are the users? Another study reported that a child's bone marrow takes in 10x of an adults. What does this mean for child use?  Precautions should be used when children use cell phones that keeps the device away from their body. Some suggestions: ear piece with a wire, keep the device out of pockets and text more.

abc News. ( October 17, 2011). FCC Test to Measure Cellphone Radiation Flawed, Group Says. Retrieved October 17, 2011, from http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fcc-test-measure-cellphone-radiation-cancer-risk-flawed/story?id=14750275&rss=rss-wabc-snippet-7091254

Was the mother of Baby Lisa Irwin drunk? Baby Lisa Irwin has been missing since October 4th and her mother put her down for the night at 10:30 p.m, "Deborah Bradley previously said."  Today she stated that the "last time she saw Baby Lisa was on October 3rd at 6:40 p.m." Lisa went previously missing on October 4th when her father returned home from a late shift and didn't find Lisa in her crib. She also admitted to be "drinking that night and was drunk, but not enough to hurt Lisa." She also failed a lie detector test.

CNN Justice. (October 17, 2011). Mother: I was drunk when Missouri infant disappeared. Retrieved October 17, 2011, from  http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/17/justice/missouri-missing-girl/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 


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