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Lead—yet another cause of tooth decay
LONDON: Lead from traffic fumes and old-fashioned plumbing may be rotting people's teeth, Spanish researchers were quoted as saying on Thursday, reports Reuter.
Francisco Gil and colleagues at the University of Grenada found that adults and children whose teeth contained high levels of lead also had more tooth decay, staining and plaque. New Scientist magazine reported.
Children who had 10 or more cavities had an average of three times as much lead in their blood as children with no
Gil's group who reported their findings in the science of the total environment, said lead may go directly into the teeth or may reach them via the bloodstream.
They said they thought lead attacked the enamel coating that protects the teeth.
Leaded petrol can release lead particles into the air. while drinking water can be polluted from pies containing lead. Lead is known to cause brain damage and mental retardation.
Jackson fever grips Montreux
MONTREUX. Switzerland: Jackson fever has hit the stately lakeside town of Montreux, reports AP.
With a black scarf over his nose and mouth, black shirt, dark slacks and red jacket, the megastar was spotted by adoring fans at the luxury Palace hotel, the Swiss mass-circulation tabloid Blick reported Thursday.
Jackson is being treated at the renowned "La Prairie" clinic in Montreux. There a nurse told the newspaper: Mr Jackson has a cold. He has been given medicine. ‘
La Prairie is famous for rejuvenation '-eatments and other aesthetic and rehabilitating cures.
Wednesday he was seen disappearing into the town's casino, lieic he remained foi several hours. But first appearances were deceiving. The casino has a music studio with keyboards.
Later he was spotted in a car outside his hotel, signing autographs.
A fan. Fabio Purci. 13. said: It is the real Wichael Jackson. I have hundreds of books with his signature inside — and the autograph he gave me is absoliitelV ioentieal."
Mission of rescue lonely bull
SEOUL: Help is on the way for a lonely bull who washed up on a mine-strewn inlet in the Korean demilitarised zone, reports AP
An animal doctor will be joined by Marines on their mission to Yoo-do islet Friday, military officials said.
The bull drifted downstream during summer floods and climbed onto the islet in the middle of the no-man's-land separating the rival Koreas. The 4-kilometre-wide (2.5-mile wide) zone is so heavily mined that even soldiers fear to tread
Tlie bull's fate has drawn national attention since county officials asked the central government to help the bull earlier this month.
Any operation within the tense border zone risks armed clashes between North Korea and South Korea. The rivals are s’ii' technically at war.
Di meddling in politics'
LUANDA. Angola: Dismissing claims back home that she was meddling in politics. Princess Diana ended a four-day tour to Angola on Thursday by pledging continued support for a Red Cross campaign to ban land mines, reports AP
Before boarding her plane, the princess said her visit "convinced me thatTmust continue to play a part in the ongoing worldwide campaign to ban land mines.'
Although Conservative politicians have slammed her trip. British public opinion largely backed the princess.
Thank you ma'm: and please keep it up. read an editorial in the left-leaning Guardian newspaper, which praised Diana for taking a clear and unequivocal stand against the dangerous weaponry. The right-wing Daily Mall wrote: Manifestly. Diana is doing good work out there — work for which she is wonderfully well-suited."
Crime scene photos hit newsstands
BOULDER. Colorado: A supermarket tabloid with crime scene photos from the slaving of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey hit newsstands, but many outlets refused to sell It. reports AP
Boulder County officials demanding return of the photos and a ban on their further publication, filed for a temporary restraining order Monday against The Globe, a 1.3-million circulation weekly. State Judge Roxanne Bailin did not immediately rule.
In a hearing conducted by telephone, attorney Tom Kelley, representing The Globe, argued against the order, saying the officials failed to prove any laws were broken
JonBenet s parents. John and Patricia Ramsey, also have threatened a lawsuit against The Globe. The tabloid’s editor. Tony Frost, defended its right to publish what ft sees fit.