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- Making bedtime easier
- Children and the mobile phone! - an addiction, a necessity or just fun?
- Lottery criticised for ignoring needs of childrens' hospices
- Baby boy abandoned day after Mother’s Day
- Parents encouraged not to be paranoid
- The big chill - why Russian babies are being subjected to ice treatments
- Redressing the balance - one woman's positive experience of egg donation
- Coroner contacts car seat manufacturers about safety concerns
- Mother abandons three children in squalor to go on holiday
- Teacher falsely accused of indecent assault by pupil
- Lawyers seek to set triple child killer free
- Bully victim bully forced to leave because school couldn’t cope with his tormentor
- Is your carpet poisoning your child?
- Further evidence of child obesity revealed
- Family massacres hit headlines
- Children deemed to be not at risk from ‘footballer’s migraine’
- Hughes Syndrome held to blame for some cases of recurrent miscarriage
- Horses for courses - why a child’s position in the family influences future career choices
- London school to be policed full time
- Race attacks perpetrated by children as young as 8
- Mother could be prosecuted for daughter’s recurrent lateness
- Parents jailed for attacking headmistress
- Convicted baby-killer solicitor fights to prove her innocence
- Internet continues to corrupt thousands of young children
- Fear of poverty forces young Indian mother to try to murder newborn baby
- Parents accused of double standards in discipline expectations
- US research proves taller men have more children
- Health authority finally ordered to pay damages following negligence during boy’s birth eleven years ago
- TB found in London nursery school
- Controversial IVF treatment effectively creates two mothers
- No evidence to show girls are starting periods any earlier
- Parents admit to bribing children to pass exams
- Revolutionary juvenile arthritis treatment rationed owing to under-funding
- The top children’ toys - as revealed by child testers
- Abusive text messages targeted at children
- Having babies no longer a preferred ‘lifestyle choice’
- Mercury in child vaccines could be responsible for higher autism rates
- The cause of Cot Death and how to prevent it
- Spott: Cot Deaths of Maori twins entirely preventable
- Saving for your child’s future
- Childalert support NAS in raising funds for Autism
- Choosing child care
- It's time to listen to the voices of the parents
- Teenager wins top website award
- Protection for children, peace of mind for parents
- Ferraris medical provides comfort for new parents with the RE200 APNOEA Monitor
- Kids of depressed mums watch more TV & weigh more
- Many Kids who smoke get cigarettes from adults
- Chidlalert is an integral part of DFES's Parentsonline website
- BT Openworld joins with Surfmonkey to offer leading internet safety service for children
- BT is Employer of the Year
- Ian Wright asks BT customers to pile on the pounds for Childline
- The cause of Cot Death and how to prevent it
- Sprott congratulates Nelson Mattress-Wrapping campaigners following closure of Nelson Sids Group
- Childcare survey for capital
- New mentoring scheme for parents of disabled children
- Don’t forget the M@G Bag Mum!
- Child pop star teams up with minister to warn children of road safety dangers
- Crawlers launches new baby and toddler knee protection
- Kids Talk - extra security for children
- Community Alerts launches national registration campaign
- Home Childcare - Now more affordable than ever
- Nanny tax break for middle class excludes nannies
- Lead Test - home analysis services
- The device which turns your mobile phone into a baby monitor
- Help your child to succeed
All parents want their child to succeed, but few know how they can best help. The result is Help your child to succeed; the essential guide for parents, published recently and already a best seller through bookshops and schools ...continued
- Prince of Wales Arts & Kids Foundation competition
The Prince of Wales Arts & Kids Foundation have put together a fantastic competition for children aged 10-14 as part of their StoryQuest festival which starts on Thursday 30th September.
Children have the chance of having their story read out on BBC Radi
- Mum has paint removed from home after fears lead could harm children
A Worried mother is taking steps to have lead removed from her home after discovering it can reduce children's IQs by up to 30%...click headline for more
- New campaign asks you to 'give life, give hope' to those with fertility problems.
The Department of Health today launched a new campaign to raise public awareness about the need for egg and sperm donation. The campaign encourages men and women to donate sperm and eggs in order to ‘Give Life, Give Hope’ to the thousands of couples who h
- Warning: working long hours can damage your health!
It’s time to change the way we live and work
A new Working Families’ report shows that the way we work today means many parents don’t eat healthily or take regular exercise. Half of the parents surveyed for Time, Health and the Family: What Working Fam
- The 7-Day Parent Coach Halve the stress, double your energy
Being a parent is the most rewarding, most important job you’ll ever do in your life – and it’s also the most challenging. The pressure is greater than ever with many parents struggling to cope without the support of extended families and with the added s
- Dr Miriam Stoppard on child immunisation
New Research Highlights Mums’ Anxiety Around Immunisation
Younger mums are particularly susceptible to immunisation anxiety. Over half of younger mums worry about child immunisations, compared to just a third of mums aged over 45. Even more worryingly,
- Dr Miriam Stoppard on child immunisation
New Research Highlights Mums’ Anxiety Around Immunisation
Younger mums are particularly susceptible to immunisation anxiety. Over half of younger mums worry about child immunisations, compared to just a third of mums aged over 45. Even more worryingly,
- Dr Miriam Stoppard on child immunisation
New Research Highlights Mums’ Anxiety Around Immunisation
Younger mums are particularly susceptible to immunisation anxiety. Over half of younger mums worry about child immunisations, compared to just a third of mums aged over 45. Even more worryingly,
- Half Term Apple Crumble and Safety in the Kitchen
Child Friendly Apple Crumble
All you need is:
50g butter or margarine
100g plain flour
50g oats
25g sugar
2 eating apples
50g sultanas
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC or gas mark 5
2. Wash and dry yours and your child’s hands, plac
- Half Term Apple Crumble and Safety in the Kitchen
Child Friendly Apple Crumble
All you need is:
50g butter or margarine
100g plain flour
50g oats
25g sugar
2 eating apples
50g sultanas
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC or gas mark 5
2. Wash and dry yours and your child’s hands, plac
- Half Term Apple Crumble and Safety in the Kitchen
Child Friendly Apple Crumble
All you need is:
50g butter or margarine
100g plain flour
50g oats
25g sugar
2 eating apples
50g sultanas
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC or gas mark 5
2. Wash and dry yours and your child’s hands, plac
- Dads – ‘home safety heroes’ or ‘heads in the sand’?
- Dads – ‘home safety heroes’ or ‘heads in the sand’?
- Calling all you Yummy Mummy's
"As a mum of three I ( Patsy Palmer) know how difficult it can be to juggle a hectic schedule, there's always so much to think about and get done, but I also think it is really important to try and make some time for yourself and have some fun.
"That
- Calling all you Yummy Mummy's
"As a mum of three I ( Patsy Palmer) know how difficult it can be to juggle a hectic schedule, there's always so much to think about and get done, but I also think it is really important to try and make some time for yourself and have some fun.
"That
- Calling all you Yummy Mummy's
"As a mum of three I ( Patsy Palmer) know how difficult it can be to juggle a hectic schedule, there's always so much to think about and get done, but I also think it is really important to try and make some time for yourself and have some fun.
"That
- Happy Mother's Day on Sunday 14th March
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, many will be looking to buy their mum something wonderful for that extra special day.
And don't they deserve it!
A recent survey of 1,500 people asked what they appreciated their mums doing for them on a
- Happy Mother's Day on Sunday 14th March
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, many will be looking to buy their mum something wonderful for that extra special day.
And don't they deserve it!
A recent survey of 1,500 people asked what they appreciated their mums doing for them on a
- Happy Mother's Day on Sunday 14th March
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, many will be looking to buy their mum something wonderful for that extra special day.
And don't they deserve it!
A recent survey of 1,500 people asked what they appreciated their mums doing for them on a
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Thank you for your email, sent on 4 June 2001, regarding feeding full fat milk to young children during the foot and mouth crisis which has been passed to me for reply.
I note your concern over toxins from the disease or from pyres of slaughtered animals getting in to the food chain via full fat milk.
The Food Standards Agency was set up on April 1 2000. Our aim is to make sure the food you eat is safe and to offer you independent, balanced advice
The Agency backs milk as an important part of a balanced diet. Milk is the most nutritionally complete food, containing nearly all the constituents of nutritional importance to humans. In particular it is essential for the
development of strong healthy teeth and bones in young children. The Food Standards Agency advises that cases of foot and mouth disease have no implications for the human food chain. Milk, cheese, and other dairy products may continue to be safely consumed without risk from the disease.
With respect to contaminants from pyres the Agency took part in a modelling exercise on the creation of air-borne pollutants by large-scale pyre burning. This suggested that there may be additional exposure to dioxins deposited onto food near pyres, but that this will be small compared with normal dietary intake.
Testing of levels of dioxins near to pyres is needed to make a more informed risk assessment. The FSA is measuring the levels of dioxins in agricultural produce from the vicinity of pyres. We have been working with the Environment Agency and other organisations involved in monitoring to ensure that our testing was co-ordinated wherever possible. Results of analyses, received by 3 July have been incorporated into our first report, published on 5 July 2001 - available click here
On the basis of these interim results consumers do not need to change their eating habits. However, until all results of the testing programme are available, consumers may still wish to follow the precautionary advice that people who consume whole milk and whole milk products only from animals within 2 km of pyres should vary their diet to include milk and milk products from other sources
I hope this answers your concerns. However, if you do need anything further please contact me.
Andrew Greaves, Environmental Contaminants Branch, Contaminants Division, FGood Standards Agency
Telephone: 0207 276 8727
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