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Itâs nearly time.
Next week, the Oren Dunn City Museum â the much-improved Oren Dunn City Museum â will fling open her doors to the public for the first time in nearly nine months. (And no jokes about birthinâ babies).
Weâre doing this grand opening thing several different ways and on several different days.
First, weâll honor the ladies of the Tupelo Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta with a heritage exhibit and reception at 6 p.m. Monday. This is the first in a series of temporary exhibits to honor the Divine 9, as the Black fraternities and sororities are known. We are honored to have worked with these women, especially Tupelo Parks and Recreationâs own Shanta Jones, a new Delta.
Researchers from the University of Michigan looked at teenagers who either vaped or smoked cannabis or nicotine
The teens were asked if they had symptoms such as a dry cough at night; wheezing or whistling in the chest; and trouble sleeping or speaking
Adolescents who vaped marijuana were about twice as likely to report wheezing and whistling in the chest than those who did not
Recently, vaping pot was linked to a lung disease known as EVALI, which hospitalized more than 2,000 and killed 68 people
Health officials believe a combination of vitamin E acetate and THC is the most likely culprit of the spate of illnesses
My journalist-as-guinea-pig experiment is taking a disturbing turn.
A Swedish chemist is on the phone, talking about flame retardants, chemicals added for safety to just about any product that can burn. Found in mattresses, carpets, the plastic casing of televisions, electronic circuit boards, and automobiles, flame retardants save hundreds of lives a year in the United States alone. These, however, are where they should not be: inside my body.
Åke Bergman of Stockholm University tells me he has received the results of a chemical analysis of my blood, which measured levels of flame-retarding compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers. In mice and rats, high doses of PBDEs interfere with thyroid function, cause reproductive and neurological problems, and hamper neurological development. Little is known about their impact on human health.