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  1. How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

    Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are

    #InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

  2. How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

    Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are

    #InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

  3. How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

    Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are

    #InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

  4. How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

    Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are

    #InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

  5. How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

    Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are

    #InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

  6. Meta will be happy with its $18bn US settlement – but the costs of child online safety will keep rising for big tech | Chris Stokel-Walker
    By Chris Stokel-Walker

    This week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Meta #Facebook #Internetsafety #Childrenshealth #Socialmedia #Society #USnews #Instagram #Childrenstech #Digitalmedia #Worldnews #Technology #TheGuardian #ChrisStokelWalker

  7. Ulez has been a breath of fresh air for London | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone in London is celebrated by Lorna Henderson, George Coleby and Leonard Neamtu after a study showed its health benefits for children

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Airpollution #London #Transport #Climatecrisis #Children #UKnews #Environment #Childrenshealth #SadiqKhan #Politics #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  8. Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds
    By Tom Perkins

    Even products labeled ‘eco’, ‘green’ or ‘natural’ can contain dangerous compounds including Pfas

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USnews #Consumeraffairs #Pfas #Cancer #Childrenshealth #Health #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

  9. NSW baby first in world to receive breakthrough epilepsy treatment
    By Chantelle Al-Khouri

    A baby from the NSW Central Coast has made medical history, becoming the first person in the world to receive a precision medicine treatment for a rare and devastating form of epilepsy.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/bab

    #Epilepsy #MedicalResearch #ChildrensHealth #ChantelleAlKhouri

  10. Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
    By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

    Exclusive: Of 224 branded infant foods and snacks, more than half are in breach of guidelines brought in a year ago

    theguardian.com/society/2026/a

    #Childrenshealth #Fooddrinkindustry #Sugar #Children #Society #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #AnnaBawdenHealth #socialaffairscorrespondent

  11. Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
    By Johana Bhuiyan

    Tech Transparency Project’s report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #Meta #Children #Childrenshealth #Instagram #Mentalhealth #Health #Facebook #Media #Technology #Society #Socialnetworking #TheGuardian #JohanaBhuiyan

  12. California law would force companies to disclose toxic chemicals in disposable diapers
    By Tom Perkins

    Legislation requiring disclosure of chemicals in diapers passed assembly and will go before state senate soon

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #California #Childrenshealth #Pfas #LawUS #USpolitics #Health #WestCoast #USnews #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

  13. 12yo will walk 500km to talk with Prime Minister about paediatric care
    By Jen McCutcheon

    Dusty Langby will walk from Warren in western NSW to the Prime Minister's office in Canberra to talk about the need for better paediatric care in the bush.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/dus

    #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #JenMcCutcheon

  14. Wait times, cost barriers to ADHD testing in Tasmania, report finds
    By Lucy MacDonald

    Tasmania's public health system is struggling to cope with demand for ADHD testing, with many turning to private psychiatrists, a parliamentary report has found.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/del

    #ADHD #PublicHealth #LearningDisabilities #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ChildrensHealth #LucyMacDonald

  15. Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    A New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  16. Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    A New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  17. Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    A New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  18. ‘Social media bans are likely to make things worse’: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health
    By Amelia Gentleman

    She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Youngpeople #Internetsafety #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #Socialmedia #Childrenstech #Cyberbullying #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Digitalmedia #Internet #Health #Bullying #Media #Computing #Socialmediabans #Worldnews #Psychology #TheGuardian #AmeliaGentleman

  19. Vaping Ban Proposed for Cars Carrying Children Amid Wider Public Health Measures

    newsletter.tf/vaping-ban-cars-

    A new proposal suggests banning vaping in cars with children and near schools and playgrounds to protect public health.

    #VapingBan, #PublicHealth, #ChildrensHealth, #SmokeFree, #UKNews

  20. New Plan: No Vaping in Cars with Children

    The government is thinking about a new rule to stop vaping in cars if children under 18 are inside. They also want to ban smoking and vaping near playgrounds and schools. This is to help keep people healthy. The public can give their ideas on this plan.

    newsletter.tf/vaping-ban-cars-

    #VapingBan, #PublicHealth, #ChildrensHealth, #SmokeFree, #UKNews