...Lead in Candy In this essay I will write about the growing concern of toxic candy, or more specifically, lead in candy. The California Department of Health Services has documented more than 1,500 tests of Mexican candy since 1993, and one in four of those results have come up high for lead. (McKim, Jenifer. Sharon, Keith and Heisel, William., the Register August 21, 2013) How does the lead even get into the candy? For starters there were 112 brands of candy; most of those came from Mexico that registered dangerous levels of lead over the past decade. In 101 cases, no action was taken against the candy makers. The results were kept confidential, and the candy remained on store shelves. Keeping the public misinformed, or hiding the truth will allow the public to keep purchasing toxic candy. The state makes no effort to notify candy companies in Mexico when their brands test high enough to harm a child. Candy maker after candy maker said they had no idea regulators had found lead in their products. Are the Candy producers truly ignorant to this situation? It first must be understood that regulating the fast growing $620 million Mexican candy industry is riddled with problems because they have too few resources, they have no jurisdiction in Mexico, and if the United States has no jurisdiction, how can they stop Mexico from pumping lead into the candy? A rational response should be for the United States to place a block or boycott on candy producers from Mexico. Without doing so...
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...Lead has been found in some consumer candies imported from Mexico. Certain candy ingredients such as chili powder and tamarind may be a source of lead exposure. Lead sometimes gets into the candy when processes such as drying, storing, and grinding the ingredients are done improperly. Once lead is absorbed into the bloodstream, some of it is filtered out and excreted, but the rest gets distributed to the liver, brain, kidneys and bones. Lead causes anemia in both children and adults by impairing the formation of oxygen-carrying molecules, beginning at exposures of around 40ug/dl. Lead has been found in some consumer candies imported from Mexico. Certain candy ingredients such as chili powder and tamarind may be a source of lead exposure. Lead sometimes gets into the candy when processes such as drying, storing, and grinding the ingredients are done improperly. Also, lead has been found in the wrappers of some imported candies. The ink of these plastic or paper wrappers may contain lead that leaches into the candy. The allowable levels of lead are that consuming even small amounts of lead can be harmful. There is no safe blood lead level. Lead poisoning from candies can cause illness. The effects of lead on children’s health can have a wide range of effects on a child's development and behavior. Even when exposed to small amounts of lead levels, children may appear inattentive, hyperactive and irritable. Children with greater lead levels may also have problems with learning...
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...In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck loneliness plays a key role in the book. Loneliness affects most of the character throughout the book. The characters Crooks, George, and Candy all experience loneliness throughout the book. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Crooks, George, and Candy all experience loneliness. Being lonely can lead to being distrusted. Being lonely can lead to being distrusted because loneliness is a feeling and people can still feel lonely when surrounded by people. Crooks experienced loneliness by having his own room in the barn with no other workers around. Crooks feels lonely because he lives alone in the barn while all the other workers live in a bunkhouse. In the book Crooks says, “I ain’t wanted...
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...Krystal Treadwell May 7, 2014 Week 7 assignment 1 Environmental Issues The lead poisoned candy scare put fear in hundreds of parents as well as costing the many different companies thousands of dollars. Lead has been found in some consumer candies imported from Mexico. Certain candy ingredients such as chili powder and tamarind may be a source of lead exposure. Lead sometimes gets into the candy when processes such as drying, storing, and grinding the ingredients are done improperly. Also, lead has been found in the wrappers of some imported candies. The ink of these plastic or paper wrappers may contain lead that leaches into the candy. Most domestic and imported candies already meet the stricter lead threshold. However, the FDA moved to lower the limit from an earlier half a part per million after the sampling of dozens of types of candies imported from Mexico and after information from other sources revealed additional ingredients used in some sweets can boost the lead content beyond allowable levels. Government tests had documented 102 candies with levels between 0.2 and 0.49 parts per million lead and 159 candies even higher, starting in 1993. In children, acute exposure to very high levels of lead may produce encephalopathy and other accompanying signs of * ataxia * coma * convulsions * death * hyperirritability * stupor The BLLs associated with encephalopathy in children vary from study to study, but BLLs of 70-80 µg/dL or greater appear to indicate...
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...are also why Steinbeck created the characters the way he did. George, Lennie, and Candy seemed to be a few of the main characters. There were a few different personalities among the three. George was kind and helpful, Lennie had a mental disability, and Candy was a helpless guy that had lots of love for his dog that his so called buddies killed. Similarities between Lennie and Candy are so similar that you would probably mistake them for the same character. One of the main similarities is that George and Candy just want to get away and live off the ranch. St one point George suggest to Candy that they should go away and be free from all their problems, George would of course let Lennie tend the rabbits. Lennie is a very strange character. Something that he finds really interesting is touching soft things, it make him happy. Steinbeck writes about Lennie being so attracted to soft things so the readers can think of him being really weird and strange. As Lennie touches his soft things he tends to get too much into the moment and unintentionally destroyed and crushes it without even thinking about it. Crooks and Candy are the most self centered characters in the story. Steinbeck does this on purpose to give an idea of marginalization. Crooks is an old “black” bitter guy, although he has all right to be that way. Candy is an old crippled man who has lost his hand and is attached to his aging dog. Candy is a passive man who is unable to take any kind of independent action. Both characters...
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...Question 2: Discuss the main sources of innovation, and what are particularly important for a company such as Skullcandy and why? MGT3130 Innovation and Technology Management – CP2 Question 1 Skull candy team structure can be characterised as hybrid lightweight and heavyweight. On the basis of it being lightweight the skull candy team members would still reside in their functional departments (Melissa A. Schilling 2010). The light weight teams at Skull candy have a very clear functional affiliation and would only work on the project that is given part time. The location of the team members of the Skull candy will always be in their functions thus allowing them to easily work together. Therefore the team members conduct the projects in their own departments (V. Patrick et all 2007). The functional departments will always have the responsibility of the work being done in that department. The skull candy case shows that there is close contact between the team members and also the functional managers and the project manager. Skull candy light weight team structure is cross-functional however they will be under the control of their respective functional managers (Clayton M.Christensen et all 1997). Moderate is the degree in which Skull candy cross-functional integration between the team members. Cross-functional team like Skull candy’s contribution of’ ’different functional entities at different points in the development process of the headphones will have...
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...Belly's strategy and sustainability, strategy and capacity management, and sales and operational planning. At 18 David Klein was in business selling popcorn with his uncle while attending UCLA. He worked his way through law school by selling popcorn. David decided not take the bar exam but pursue a career he was captivated by, making and selling candy. David Kline a quirky and creative candy maker has invented over 450 types of candy. His most famous candy was Jelly Belly. David first opened and operated a wholesale nut and raisin business and attained experience and a reputation in the Los Angelos Area with local distributors of nuts, raisins, and candies. While operating and maintaining the wholesale nut and raisin business, David developed a gourmet jelly bean, he coined Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly’s competitive dimension was quality. David’s vision was to create a high-end jelly bean, with a premium quality, flavor, and a unique shape. David created the original 8 flavors in 1975. David approached Herman Goelitz, president of the Goelitz Candy Inc., a generational candy business, founded in 1869, primarily known for fine candy corn, with a business proposal for production of the Jelly Belly. Mr. Goelitz began business with David and began the production of the 8 flavors David had created in 1976. The first flavors were Very Cherry, Tangerine, Lemon, Green Apple, Grape Jelly, Licorice, Root Beer, and Cream Soda. David was familiar with the successful main stream marketing...
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...Through the character of Candy, Steinbeck shows that issues outside the control of an individual often limit the achievement of an individual’s dreams. What makes Candy's dream special is that he shares it with George and Lennie. While eavesdropping on lennie and George's conversation he hears George explaining the dream to Lennie, Candy is fascinated about the idea of their dream. Having a farm with a lot of land is very appealing to him, so Candy buds into the conversation and attempts to get in on the dream. Candy quotes “ Suppose I went with you guys. That's three hundred and fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much good, but I could tend the chickens...
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...imagery is an effective means to draw attention to a product. However, the marketing industry must be wary of images that traditionalize or stereotype male-female gender roles. The above advertisement is a good example of an advertisement that uses sexual imagery to draw attention to a product. The above image shows two women holding two different food bars. Both women are of similar height, ethnicity and hair color. The differences between the women are that the woman on the left is a plus-size woman holding a sugary candy bar whereas the woman on the right is a lean woman holding a Detour protein bar. The text at the top of the advertisement states, “There’s Candy Bars...Then There’s PROTEIN Candy Bars.” (Cape). The advertisers of the referenced image use a, “if you eat this product, then you get this result” sort-of comparison when describing both of the women and both of the food bars. The chocolate candy bar, assuming that it is similar to most candy bars, is high in sugar, and is considered to be full of “empty calories”. The term “empty calories” means that this snack has a high caloric content, containing few to no essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. Similar foods, considered to be “junk food”, which...
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...memory from childhood that brings people from miles around to local candy stores seeking Tootsie rolls, whether it is a lollipop or a tootsie roll chocolate, everyone one is familiar. Tootsie Roll Industries is a world leading Candy Company. The company began during 1896 in New York City ("Old Time Candy," 2014). Leo Hirshfield began crafting the confections at his local shop. The delicious candy sold for one penny. The Tootsie Roll launched Hirshfield’s modest shop into a multinational corporation. The company headquartered in Chicago produces 62 million Tootsie Roll candies daily ("Old Time Candy," 2014). The company has grown to include some of the world’s favorite candies. Tootsie Brand candies include the Tootsie Pop, Charms Blow Pop, Sugar Daddy, Dubble Bubble, and Junior Mints. The company has 22 candy brands ("Old Time Candy," 2014). Tootsie Roll has annual sales of nearly 500 million dollars ("Old Time Candy," 2014). The company is one of the leading candy producers in the world. There are numerous processes that contribute to the success of the company. An essential process for the company is the actual production of its staple candy the Tootsie Pop. The Process One way to categorize the process of the company is to whether it is a single stage process or a multiple stage process. The Tootsie Roll Company has multiple stages from mixing of the ingredients to wrapping the candies in individual and bag wrappers. Another way of describing the process...
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...money by getting people addicted to a toxic substance called nicotine, which is found in their products. They accomplish this by targeting children through various food/candy packaging and marketing strategies, resulting in the acquirement of lifelong customers. As children gain exposure to tobacco look-alike products they are familiarized with the social acceptability of chew and cigarettes. Consequently, kids who use tobacco look-alike products will often begin exhibiting a behavior regarding a positive outlook on tobacco products. This leads to a higher rate of tobacco use in these children later in their lives, compared to children who were not exposed. Tobacco that is packaged and tastes like candy is used to lure younger customers into trying it. Tobacco is a very dangerous and damaging drug, however many people (specifically youth) do not realize the potential...
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... The hard and soft candy manufacturers are small but very ambitious and fast growing firms offering a wide range of hard and soft candy. The consulting team has been invited to work with IT, manufacturing, distribution and marketing employees to explore the opportunities for growth. Overall aim The main aim of the consulting project is to give the candy manufacturers a clear idea of the way in which the business might be combined while operating efficiently and effectively. Objectives The consulting project aims to: • evaluate the market context of the candy manufacturers; • develop an understanding of the market sectors that are most attractive for new business development; • dedicate valuable resources towards the exploitation of those market sectors; • refine its product range and service offering to increase competitiveness. Outcomes As a result of this consulting exercise the candy manufacturers will be able to: • achieve internal economies of scale; • improve process management; o combine product lines in an effective and efficient manner; • open additional markets; o combine hard and soft candy sales o combine truck routes • process improvement; o improved data mining; o lower production time ▪ more candy can be made ▪ candy lines can be combined ...
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...On the ranch candy has no agency one moment when this is true is when a ranch worker says “the boss gives him hell when he’s mad” (Steinbeck 20). A moment when candy doesn’t have power is when he is forced to kill and or get rid of his dog, the text says “Look, Candy. This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head” (Steinbeck 45). Together Crooks and Candy have slim to none when it comes to agency. When candy is forced to kill his dog, whereas crooks doesn't have power to fight back against the boss because of his physical disability which is a crooked back if you didn’t know, also a little bit of race plays into this, because he’s a nigger so he’ll get in trouble. This mean that they are unable to disagree with how they are treated and can’t fix their own...
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...Marijuana should be legalized for recreational purposes to anyone over 21 years of age. Jason Anderson COM/156 MARCH 2, 2011 Colleen Vosicky Marijuana should be legalized for recreational purposes to anyone over 21 years of age. Marijuana has been proven to be safer than alcohol, yet marijuana is against the law. Alcohol is known to contribute to acts of violence and crime, while in most cases cannabis can reduce aggression in its users. “In last year’s cases of reported violent crime three million offenders had been drinking. Almost all cases of date rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence had some kind of connection to alcohol” (Medical Fact: Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol, 2009). Marijuana has not been linked or has been left absent from any of those type of crime reports. Alcohol-related traffic accidents have gone down in the past 20 to 30 years; however, they still kill approximately 14,000 lives every year according to MADD. The numbers for THC-related traffic deaths are very rare because most of the deaths in these cases the driver was also under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. However, “there is evidence from a number of studies, including some laboratory simulations that give power to the idea that people under the influence of cannabis seem to be aware of their impaired motor skills, and two tend to drive below the posted speed limit. People under the influence of alcohol are more likely to unaware or defiant about their impaired state...
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...I chose the beyond the line question, “Do you think that the change of candy over the years has impacted America in a positive or negative way?” In the book How candy conquered America by Lauren Tarshis, candy and sugar were very expensive in the early 1800s, so only the very wealthy could afford lots of sugar. But then, in the year 1847, Oliver Chase created an amazing invention. Oliver was a pharmacist in Boston, and he had been tinkering with his lozenge - making machine for four months. Lozenges were tablets filled with remedies or “cures” for sicknesses. They were very hard to make, because lozenges were very hard to make by hand. Finally, Chase’s lozenge-making machine worked, and Chase became very delighted, because now, he could make lozenges with the pull of a lever. But then, Oliver Chase encountered another idea-an idea that would change America forever! Why not use his machine to make only candy? As it turned out, it was a great idea, and Oliver’s candies, which he called “Chase Lozenges”, became a big hit, because now, everyone could afford candy, not just the wealthy people. Oliver Chase’s lozenge-making machine was a critical invention for the candy-making industry, not only because he could mass-produce candy, but...
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