A Criminal Act?

When the authorities are not on the lookout for people smoking cigarettes or taking in too many trans grams of fat, it is children and chalk. There was a time when chalk on sidewalks was permissible. Missing the days of hop scotch for fun.

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/40/30_40graffitigirl.html

Since when is there a fine to pay for a child to use chalk?

Pray for California

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Lead in Lipsticks

FDA to investigate report on lead levels in lipstick.

A consumer group says that certain popular, U.S.-made red lipsticks contain "surprisingly high levels of lead" that might be potentially dangerous, and the Food and Drug Administration said it would investigate, while cautioning that previous claims "have not generally been supported" by FDA analysis, the Associated Press says.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/fda-to-investig.html

Top brands mentioned on the press release include L'Oreal, Cover Girl and Christian Dior. So far only red is under scrutiny. L'Oreal is the brand named with the highest levels.

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