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    Lice Sprays for Children's Bedding... an Unnecessary Evil  Sep 30, 2003
    PRESS RELEASE ( PR Web) Lice Sprays for Children's Bedding. Responding to Newseek's recent report on the decline of children's health, the National Pediculosis Association (NPA) warns against the use of lice sprays marketed for children's bedding (Emediawire (press release)

    One in 12 Welsh pupils have head lice  Oct 7, 2003
    ALMOST a tenth of Welsh primary school children have head lice, the first survey of its kind in the UK will show today. And of the 21,000 pupils, Welsh schoolgirls are more likely than boys to have head lice (icWales, UK)

    Dry-On Nontoxic Lotion Suffocates Head Lice  Sep 9, 2004
    In two separate studies involving a total of 133 children with confirmed head lice infestation, the overall cure rate was 96 percent. These results are "comparable or superior" to results achieved with the standard neurotoxin-based head lice treatments - permethrin, pyrethrin, and Malathion - Pearlman emphasizes. (Planet Ark, United States)




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