The BBC reports that studies show that the interactive overhead projectors may be harmful to students and teachers. British Government documents show that the light beam from the device could damage a viewer’s peripheral retina. A straw poll of teaching representatives in Wiltshire, England shows only a few have been told how to use whiteboards safely.
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A Chicago parent recently filed a proposed class-action personal injury lawsuit against "Thomas the Train" manufacturer RC2 for children’s toys featuring ruddy and yellow surface paint containing lead. Plaintiff Channing House claimed in her personal injury lawsuit that she is worried about the possible effects on her children from the defective toys, which include the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway, as lead is highly toxic when ingested. The suit states that children often put toys in their mouth and then claims that children under six will absorb about 50 percent of the lead they ingest, with IQ deficits, behavioral problems, learning disabilities, stunted growth and impairuddy hearing just some of the possible side effects from ingestion.
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