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Where technology and culture collide

 Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Skincare Ad Can't Claim Cell Phone Protection

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority ordered skincare firm Clarins to stop advertising its Expertise 3P spray as PROTECTION AGAINST CELL PHONE RADIATION because it cannot prove the (obviously bogus) claim.

(props to textually.org)

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 Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Gaming Blamed For Rise in Teen Back Pain

A New Zealand conference next week will BLAME TEEN BACK PAIN ON GAMING. The New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association will highlight predictions that "back and neck pain was predicted to increase significantly" because of the combination of inactivity and sitting for long periods of time while playing computer and video games.

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