Experts' reports pending in child death

Experts' reports pending in child death | WOOD TV8:

Experts' reports pending in child death: woodtv.com

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) - It's been nearly a month since 3-year-old Baylee Stenman died, but investigators say they need more information on the girl's medical condition before deciding whether this is a criminal case.

Merrimack, N.H. Police Say Infant Drowned In Bathtub

Merrimack, N.H. Police Say Infant Drowned In Bathtub « CBS Boston:

MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) – Merrimack police say an investigation into the death of an 8-month-old infant inside a home has confirmed that the boy drowned in a bathtub.

8-month-old baby reportedly drowns in Merrimack house

8-month-old baby reportedly drowns in Merrimack house | New Hampshire NEWS07:

MERRIMACK - An 8-month-old baby boy reportedly drowned Thursday morning at a residence on Wilson Hill Road.

Man may be father of baby born to girl, 11

Man may be father of baby born to girl, 11 - UPI.com:

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Sheriff's officials in Michigan said Friday a 28-year-old man may be the father of a baby born to an 11-year-old girl.

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Report cites flaws in raid at polygamist site

Report cites flaws in raid at polygamist site - San Antonio Express-News:


When child welfare officials raided the West Texas polygamist compound led by Warren Jeffs, they seriously underestimated the number of children they would find — a miscalculation that limited the success of the investigation into child abuse, according to a new paper by local experts.

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Child's Legal Father, a Sex Offender, and Grandmother Fight for Custody

Child's Legal Father, a Sex Offender, and Grandmother Fight for Custody - U.S. Politics Today - News Media Monitoring:

August 27, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Case is Complicated by Biological Father, Who Also Now Wants Custody of Young Girl
Child custody issues are possibly some of the most contentious cases in family law. As couples dissolve relationships, conflict over influence and contact with their adopted, step and biological children can become a new battleground. A prime example is the case of little Miranda Wilkerson, where the battle is between Miranda's grandmother and her legal father, who is a registered sex offender, and her biological father, who was not married to Miranda's mother at the time of birth.

Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children

AFRA Front Page News: Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children:

Subject: Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:19:31 -0400
From: veracare
To: Infomail1@ahrp. org

Alliance for Human Research Protection
A Catalyst for Debate
www.ahrp.org

FYI

An Op Ed in The New York Times by Joel Bakan, a law professor at the University of British Columbia, is the author of "Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children", provides insight into the conflict between laws enacted to protect children's best interest and the newly emerging laws that protect corporate best interests.

This conflict of interest has resulted in devastating consequences: children's best interest, their health and welfare have been sacrificed by for corporate profits.

Bakan cites childhood obesity resulting from irresponsible advertising by the purveyors of junk food. And the proliferation of toxic chemicals in children's environment that have undermined their health. And he cites under-regulated pharmaceutical industry practices, noting that corporate deception led to widespread prescribing of psychotropic drugs for children:

"we medicate increasing numbers of children with potentially harmful psychotropic drugs, a trend fueled in part by questionable and under-regulated pharmaceutical industry practices.

In the early 2000s, for example, drug companies withheld data suggesting that such drugs were more dangerous and less effective for children and teenagers than parents had been led to believe.

The law now requires "black box" warnings on those drugs' labels, but regulators have done little more to protect children from sometimes unneeded and dangerous drug treatments."

While the statement is true, readers are not informed about the actual scope and magnitude of the deceptive practices by pharmaceutical companies and their professional healthcare "partners" in government and academia that are undermining children's health and welfare.

Read Corrupt Practices section on the AHRP website. For example, Confidential Expert Witness Report Documents Psychiatrists' Corrupt
Practices at: http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/822/70/

Read more... http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/832/9/

Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav
veracare@ahrp.org
212-595-8974