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TIME OUT FOR KIDS Little trooper

Man, it sucks to be a kid these days. Everywhere you look you find yet another assault on America's littlest citizens. Take this AP story about a recently released American Academy of Pediatrics study on the effects of advertising on children. As AP quotes the study:

"Young people view more than 40,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines, and in schools..."

Use care with "fire salts," which produce colored flames when thrown on wood fires. They contain heavy metals that can cause intense gastrointestinal irritation and vomiting if eaten. Keep them away from children.