Study raises health concerns about shower curtains
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The Canadian Environmental Law Association and Canadian organization Environmental Defence jointly conducted a report that was released to the public on Thursday, saying that chemicals released by new vinyl curtains may pose a significant health risk.
The study noted that many shower curtains contain more than 100 volate organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins, some of [...]
Curtain almost ready to rise at new auditorium
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The nearly completed 600-seat auditorium at Bucks County Technical High School will be finished on time and under budget.
The $6 million project began in 2006 and is expected to be finished this month, said Scott Parks, the school’s administrative director. Crews are set this week to break down a portion of the existing building’s wall [...]
Pvc Shower Curtains Harmful To Your Health
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The PVC shower curtains are not just sold in one or two small corner stores in your neighbourhood. These products retail from many if not all national major outlets such as Wal-Mart, Target and Sears and could affect millions of people in the United States.
The 44-page report summarizes a two-part study carried out on plastic [...]
Crowds light up at arts festival’s final curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on June 16, 2008
Lumina TWO, as the staff has been known to call it, is in the books and a successful second effort by most accounts.
But before the stages came down, the festival offered a final weekend of revelry that drew tens of thousands to two very different celebrations at the Distillery District and Harbourfront Centre.
Luminat’eau: Carnival H2O [...]
Shower curtains harbour over 100 toxic chemicals
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The study was conducted by the US-based Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) and in Canada by Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA).
Though ubiquitous in homes around the world, PVC shower curtains contain many harmful chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins.
Toxic chemical off-gassing from PVC shower curtains may [...]
PMT curtain call after 18 years
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
The Pratt Music Theatre Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the corporation no later than June 30, ending an 18-year run of live theater in the Pratt community.
“This decision has not been reached easily and not without much soul searching and prayerful consideration,†according to a June 3 letter to “PMT friends†from the [...]
Don’t let curtain fall on arts education
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
As a foundation for practicing imagination, the arts are a critical ingredient to forward-thinking change. When widely applied, the inherent concepts taught by the arts lead to progress in every arena of life — from advances in medical technology to transformative public policy. The arts are not superfluous to society; they are an underestimated force [...]
Curtain is lifted on Russia
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
A quality piece of television has been Jonathan Dimbleby’s five-part journey through Russia.
So far, the journey has been incredibly interesting and absorbing, and this final instalment was no different.
Most of the episode revolved around a visit to Irkutsk, a city that’s been gripped with Aids and prostitution since the fall of communism.
Thankfully, Dimbleby also visited [...]
‘Steel Curtain’ member White dies
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on June 11, 2008
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Dwight White, part of the defence that led the team to four Super Bowl championships in the 1970s, has died following surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. He was 58.
“Dwight White was one of the greatest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform,” said team chairman Dan Rooney in a statement. [...]
Curtain call for game 150
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
And Curtain will enter the record books at the Demons because he will be the youngest to achieve life membership when he runs on to Bellerive Oval for the second versus third clash against Clarence.
Debuting as a 16-year-old in 2000 in the Statewide League, the now 24-year-old has been a regular midfield cog in the [...]