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Lead-tainted Jewelry Found on Retailer’s Shelves Despite State Warnings

10/11/10 11:00am by California Watch
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In May 2009, the California attorney general’s office ordered a national retailer with nearly three dozen stores throughout the state to stop selling jewelry with illegal levels of lead. Five months later, the state followed up with another warning directed at Rainbow Apparel after finding more lead-tainted jewelry. Three months after that came another warning. And then another.  Read more >

Do You Really Need One? California For-Profit Hospitals Are Performing More C-Sections

9/13/10 1:04pm by California Watch
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For-profit hospitals across the state of California are performing Cesarean sections at higher rates than nonprofit hospitals, a California Watch analysis has found. A database compiled from state birthing records revealed that, all factors considered, women are at least 17 percent more likely to have a Cesarean section at a for-profit hospital than at one that operates as a non-profit. A surgical birth can bring in twice the revenue of a vaginal delivery.  Read more >

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