車前請先開窗

開車的民眾要注 意，根據美國加州大學的
研究發現， 汽車的儀表板、沙發、內裝和
芳香劑，會 揮發致癌物質「苯」。
苯類化合物是很強的致 癌物質，也是很強
的骨髓毒性物質，它會 造成一般人的貧血
或者是白血球稀少，長 期暴露的話，得到
白血病，就是血癌的風 險大為增加，有些
孕婦還會因此流產。

和室內每立方公尺苯的 正常標準值50微
克相比，室溫下的密閉 汽車裡含有400 到
800微克的苯，如果在太陽下曝曬1小時，
溫度超過攝氏60 度，苯含量更高達2千到
4 千 微克，是正常標準的40 倍以上，
開車族不能倖免吸入過 量的苯。

林口長庚毒物科主任林 杰樑：
「你的愛車停在太陽底 下超過１個鐘頭，
甚至不需要１個鐘頭的 時候，
你要去開車的時候，你 要切記，一定要
把窗戶搖開把門打開， 讓這些有毒氣
體揮散掉以後，你才能 夠開車。」

醫師指出，「苯」屬於 肝腎代謝的有毒
化學物質，人體很難自 然排出，只能
提醒民眾在開車前請先 開窗。

CPR變簡單了

只要在兩乳中間、雙掌扣疊、每分鐘按壓100下

根據美國心臟醫學會公布最新版心肺復甦術，CPR變簡單了，
「只要在兩乳中間、雙掌扣疊、每分鐘按壓100下，

持續至救護人員抵達」即可達到急救效果，不但沒有口對口、口對鼻吹氣的忌諱，且簡單易記，醫師呼籲應以此為基礎推廣全民CPR。
依據2008.3..21美國心臟醫學會公布新修改CPR準則，
已廢除口對口、口對鼻吹氣，一
般民眾只要徒手CPR即可能救人一命。
在美國因CPR的普及，美國西雅圖統計突然猝死病人，在急救後51％存活，
其中11％可以健康出院；而在美國芝加哥機場，
以停機室持續播放CPR教學，統計急救成功率達23％、其中56％可以健康出院。
但在台灣地區急救成功率卻偏低，即使在台北市只有8.4％，而在其他地區僅1到2％。

探討台灣急救成功率偏低原因，認為過去國人忌諱對猝倒的親友或陌生人進行
口對口人工呼吸，加上心肺復甦術不易記，因而遇到周遭有人猝倒，最多是打119叫救護車；
如果病人是因為心臟病發停止心跳，只要4到6分鐘就會造成腦部或是其他器官缺氧，
即使有幸救活了也可能留下後遺症。
臨床經驗，猝倒病人有90％是心室纖維顫動造成。
此時除打119叫救護車，以徒手CPR就可以維持至少三分之一的體內氧氣循環，
讓器官不致缺氧。口對口、口對鼻，而借助甦醒球打氣，但要一般民眾救路倒猝死的人，
卻要求口對口人工呼吸，這樣的要求，數度引起醫界辯論。
過去醫界對口對口人工呼吸、口對鼻吹氣一直認為是不衛生，可能引發疾病傳染，
即使是救護醫療人員在進行CPR時也會避開直接口對口。
既然美國心臟醫學會公布新的準則已變更為：
「按壓兩乳中心，每分鐘100下」，
不但沒有衛生疑慮，又簡單好記，要推廣全民CPR就更容易了。

Onions left overnight source of Food Poisoning

Read for awareness

Useful information to share with you. Every body should read this...

I have used an onion which has been left in
the fridge, and sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so save the
other half for later. Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy
smaller onions in the future...

Written by Zola Gorgon - author of several
cookbooks..

Watch out for those spoiled onions...

I had the wonderful privilege of touring
Mullins Food Products, makers of mayonnaise. Mullins is huge, and is owned
by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the
CEO..

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I
wanted to share what I learned from a chemist.


The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's
one of the bro thers. Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in
developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for
McDonald's.


Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz.
During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about
mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's
answer will surprise you.

Ed said that all commercially-made Mayo is
completely safe..

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No
harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained
that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive
in that environment. He then talked about the quint essential picnic, with
the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the
mayonnaise when someone gets sick.


Ed says that when food poisoning is reported,
the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last
ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says
it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in
the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the
POTATOES.

He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked
onions.

You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's
not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit,
that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you
put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!)

Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll
probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your
sandwich, you're asking for trouble.

Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and
grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break
down.

So, how's that for news? Take it for what you
will. I (the author) am going to be very careful about my onions from now on.

For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a
company, that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolise onions.

喜欢一个人与爱一人，爱一人的却不容易。

你能分清楚爱和喜欢吗？

喜歡和愛咫尺千里。

當你喜歡一個人時，你想和他在一起，因為他會帶給你快樂；

離開後，你會想念，想著想著就會笑，然後繼續你平靜的生活，並期待著與他再一次重逢。

當你愛一個人時，你想和他在一起，那是一種牽腸掛肚的捨不得，怕他受委屈，怕他不能好好照顧自己；

離開後，你也會想念，想著想著歎一口氣，'不知他現在過的怎樣？'

然後你繼續你平靜的生活，希望他早日回到你身邊。

你喜歡的人在你眼中是天使，無所不能，他總會滿足你的任性的要求。

你愛的人在你眼中是孩子，傻傻的，你不期望他做出什麼'好事'來，只一味縱容他那些讓人哭笑不得的舉動。

你會希望你喜歡的人陪著你，然而你心中想的可能是你愛的人；

你會希望陪在你愛的人身邊，看他在你面前睡得如此安逸甜美毫不設防的樣子，你會微笑，會覺得好幸福。

你喜歡的人傷害了你，你會生氣，並且一定要讓他哄著騙著逗你笑你才原諒他；

你愛的人傷害了你，你只會獨自傷心，因為你怕對他大吼大叫會嚇著他，你憂傷地微笑著，看著他的眼睛，

一旦發現他的眼裡流露出歉意和悔恨，你會立即心疼地摟他在懷裡，那一刻，你也是幸福的。

你可以同時喜歡很多人，你會希望和很多人在一起，

但也許很多年後你才發現，原來你愛的就只有那麼一個，

就那麼一個，怎麼都不會變，你以為把他忘記了，其實只是忙的沒空想起而已，

對於你喜歡的人，你關注的是他的優點；

對於你愛的人，你關注的是他的缺點，並且，那些缺點如果無關原則的話，它們在你眼裡是可愛的，獨一無二的。

喜歡和愛其實只有一紙之隔，任何愛都從喜歡開始，當有天你突然發現，你喜歡的那個人在你眼中不再完美，

而他的瑕疵正如月中的桂影一般讓你更加依依不捨，你會覺得與他光彩照人的一面相比，

你更願意看他在你面前無助的表情，不知道是不是應該祝賀你，總之，你的感情昇華了

——

仰慕不是愛，甚至不是喜歡，當你對一個人只有仰慕之情時，你們在一起便失去了和諧。

有人說愛一個人很累，的確是，因為你想為他承擔，可是愛與喜歡相比最大的魅力就在於，

當你和愛的人在一起時，你的感覺就像回家了！

NEVER LIGHT CANDLE in AIR-CON. ROOM

For those who sleep in the air-cond room ..........
A friend of mine has passed away recently,
Please read the mail below and be careful.

Heard of a b ad news regarding Charleine, who
studied in MSMKL with some of us. She passed
away last weekend due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

It happened when she lighted an aromatheraputic
candle for the night in a room with air-conditioning
on and all windows closed.

Due to lack of oxygen
in the room, the burning of the
candle cannot fully oxidized &am p; thus forming dangerous
carbon monoxide.

Carbon monoxide will prevent oxygen exchange in the
lungs, resulting the person dozing off to state of
unconsciousness & eventually death in less than 1 hour,
depending on the room size. I am sending this e-mail
out to all of you so that you will be aware of such
danger when lighting aromatheraputic candles in any
unventilated rooms.