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Govt yet to get intersection safety advice: MP (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Federal Riverland MP Patrick Secker says any action on improving safety at a notorious Waikerie intersection will depend on how long it takes the state to provide advice to the Commonwealth.

Toy safety should be at top of list (Elkhart Truth)
Be careful this holiday season, especially when shopping for toys. Despite recent advances in toy safety, children can still be strangled, choked or suffer hearing loss from toys, cautions a watchdog organization.

Parents to talk on school safety (Guernsey Press and Star)
PARENTS of children at St Sampson s Secondary School will discuss the safety of the approach roads to the new schools at Les Nicolles.

Zinc Supplements Safe for HIV-Infected Children, Study Says (U.S. Department of State)
Washington - In a study funded by the Johns Hopkins Family Health and Child Survival Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) researchers say zinc-deficient children not receiving adequate amounts from their diet should be given supplements, even if they are HIV-infected. Zinc supplementation is known to decrease the frequency of diarrhea and pneumonia in

Safety at Station Road schools to be raised in Council (Limerick Post)
THE issue of pedestrian safety on Station Road, Newcastle West is to be raised at the next meeting of the Newcastle Electoral Area. Cllr Patrick O'Donovan said that he is anxious that the Council would act swiftly to make provision for the hundreds of primary school children due to attend the new Gaelscoil O Doghair when it opens in January.

Put safety first this holiday (The Tribune Chronicle)
The holiday season has arrived. It's a joyous, yet very busy, time of the year as the hustle and bustle of the season can be overwhelming. And area residents must keep in mind that the season's holiday lights, candles, fireplaces and wood stoves can give rise to greater safety hazards.

Halloween brought safety hazard (Selma Times-Journal)
Public safety was endangered in Castlewood and Lansdown on Halloween night by the hundreds of children who were bussed into those areas to Trick or Treat.

Parents advised to consider safety when purchasing toys (Hispania News)
Consumer protection officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Monday reminded holiday shoppers that although there are thousands of toys on the market, each promising to educate or entertain children, not every toy is safe.

Zinc 'safe' to protect HIV children from deadly illness (SciDev.net)
Researchers have dispelled fears that adding zinc to the diets of HIV-positive children could worsen their infections.

Toy safety warnings issue for holiday shoppers (Durant Daily Democrat)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Though decades of effort have made toys safer, children still choke on balloons, get strangled by yo-yo water balls and suffer hearing damage from loud playthings, a watchdog group warned Tuesday in its annual toy safety survey.

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