New York City passes trans fat ban

The Board of Health voted Tuesday to make New York the nation’s first city to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants — from the corner pizzeria to high-end bakeries.   The board, which passed the ban unanimously, did give restaurants a slight break by relaxing what had been considered a tight deadline for compliance.  Restaurants [...]

MySpace building tool to block sex offenders

MySpace, the popular online hangout that has drawn complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens, said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders.  MySpace is partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. to build a database containing names, physical descriptions and other identifiable details on sex offenders in the United [...]

Taco Bell Set to Reopen

In a followup story of the last blog entry I had, I read tohis morning that the Taco Bell restaurants on Long Island are set to reopen.  While the 4 locations in Nassau County were closed, a disinfection process and discarding of all their food was being conducted.  It is still not known whether the E. [...]

E. Coli Breakout

14 Long Islanders contracted E. coli in late November.  Three cases were reported in Nassau, and the rest in Suffolk.  Of the three Nassau cases, only the boy had visited a Taco Bell, officials said. In Suffolk, nine of the 11 had patronized Taco Bell.  This hits home because I am from Nassau county on Long [...]