NY State proposes legislation banning the sale, use, and prescription of Lindane Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg introduces bill that would prohibit any lice or scabies treatment product from containing the pesticide Lindane.
Once lindane is gone (YAHOO!) NY nurses need to help keep the pesticide malathion from replacing it. Nurses not immune from the adverse events from these pesticides.
Aside from unfortunately being directed to use them as parents on their own kids -- ER nurses, nursing home nurses and pediatric nurses get exposed to lice and "treat" themselves too.
A lot of the time it is done out of fear or hopeful (but not founded) prevention. The planet and the humans who try to live on it much better off without lindane and without malathion!
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Also important to do comb out to remove all nits. Above website with good info.
Spent many hours over 10 years volunteering at my childrens elementary school each September to do manual inspection of all students hair. Been in some ugly exchanges with parents over need for lice treatment. But school has had no outbreaks, just isolated cases and clear no nit policy.
Also important to do comb out to remove all nits. Above website with good info.
Spent many hours over 10 years volunteering at my childrens elementary school each September to do manual inspection of all students hair. Been in some ugly exchanges with parents over need for lice treatment. But school has had no outbreaks, just isolated cases and clear no nit policy.
Perhaps Charlotte County should adopt such a policy. Then perhaps we could avoid our yearly outbreak or two or three. Since my oldest granddaughter started school, it has been a yearly outbreak.
Thanks for posting those two excellent websites, very good info. :)
In addition to writing letters of support to Assemblyman Weisenburg, was hoping all nurses would consider writing to the ANA, cause there is strength in numbers.
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Also important to do comb out to remove all nits. Above website with good info.
Spent many hours over 10 years volunteering at my childrens elementary school each September to do manual inspection of all students hair. Been in some ugly exchanges with parents over need for lice treatment. But school has had no outbreaks, just isolated cases and clear no nit policy.