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WASHINGTON – Contact lenses that can change brown eyes to blue, and a host of other colors, would have to be dispensed through eye-care professionals under a bill on its way to President Bush. The legislation puts cosmetic and novelty contact lenses (search) under the regulating power of the Food …

TORONTO – Health officials identified Legionnaire’s disease (search) Thursday as the illness that killed 16 elderly people at a Toronto nursing home, a medical officer said. There have been no new deaths and the spread of the illness has been contained, said David McKeown of Toronto’s health department. “Some people …

LOS ANGELES – If proposals by some California (search) lawmakers and environmentalists are ultimately approved, shoppers in the Golden State may soon find it easier to answer the “Paper or Plastic?” question at the register. That’s because proposed regulations would hit plastic bag consumers where it hurts … in the …