Posts Tagged “safety”

How to Avoid Scary Scenarios with your Pet on Halloween

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How to Avoid Scary Scenarios with your Pet on Halloween

Halloween is an exciting holiday- especially for those with children who are getting to go Trick or Treating. There are costumes to wear, masks and face painting, wigs and accessories to showcase. There are doorbells ringing, lights, noises and music playing as well as the plethora of yard decorations and fog machines which all add to…

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Tips to Avoid Love Scams

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Tips to Avoid Love Scams

    Be a Tease: Keep the details close to the heart. Profiles should tease, not disclose everything. Don’t provide personally identifiable information to a prospective dating match until there is an established level of familiarity and trust. This includes your hometown, home addresses, work specifics, phone numbers, educational background and information about children via…

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Safety Recall: baby B’Gosh Jacket

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Safety Recall:   baby B’Gosh Jacket

To all Momas out there: if you purchase this product be aware there is a safety issue and Toys R Us has issued a safety recall. Is a gray or pink OshKosh – Baby B Gosh sold between August 20 to September 15 jacket . Snaps can pull off can can present a choking hazard….

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10-Simple Steps to a Safe Halloween Pool Party

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10-Simple Steps to a Safe Halloween Pool Party

For many families, Halloween is a chance to hold a fun pool party with a few spooky twists. Kids can dive for orange glow sticks, race around floating pumpkins or see who can collect the most skeleton bones!   No matter what games you play, parents need to make sure their little goblins are safe…

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5 Ways to Stay Safe While Jogging

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5 Ways to Stay Safe While Jogging

Below are five tips to keep you safe on your runs .   1) Know Your Route.  Being familiar with your route will help you identify abnormalities or deviations in what should be expected.  Every environment, and every person, has what is known as a baseline of what is normal noise and behavior.  Note any changes,…

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Nail Care Product Safety from the FDA

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Nail Care Product Safety from the FDA

Manicures and pedicures can be pretty. The cosmetic products used, like nail polish and nail polish removers, also must be safe—and are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm563407.htm The FDA also regulates the devices used to dry (or “cure”) artificial nails or gel nail polish as electronic products because they emit radiation….

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10 Beach Safety tips for Parents from FBI/Navy Seals Instructor

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10 Beach Safety tips for Parents from FBI/Navy Seals Instructor

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children at the beach, behind kidnappings. According to the CDC, “Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger.”   From 2005-2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States…

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