A Florida woman claims she almost died when one of her breast implants became filled with mold, while the other one ruptured.Anne Ziegenhorn, 44, experienced debilitating symptoms as a result of the moldy implant for years, but doctors couldn’t accurately pin down what was wrong. It wasn’t until she saw a breast implant specialist that her suspicions that her implants were causing all of her suffering were confirmed. Anne first switched from silicone to saline implants in 1998. Within six months of that, she was suffering symptoms and had to get a brain MRI. She was still unaware of what was going on in her body in 2002, when doctors now believe the mold started to grow in her implants. “My breastfeeding caused my kids to be ill,’” she said. “My son, at 19 months old, had a severe kidney infection. He almost died.” Since discovering the cause of the issues her mammograms have looked normal.
Two entrepreneurs are capitalizing on air pollution problems abroad by selling people bottled fresh air from the Canadian Rockies. “Essentially we’re selling air,” said Troy Paquette, one of Vitality Air’s Canadian co-founders. “Clean, beautiful, fresh Banff mountain air. The idea came to Paquette and co-founder Moses Lam as a bit of a joke. They chatted to some people who lived abroad in regions with lots of air pollution. Paquette and Lam joked about packaging some fresh Canadian air and shipping it around the world so people could experience it. They put up their first product — Banff air in a taped up Ziploc bag — on eBay. It sold for 99 cents. They tried it again, and, this time, a small bidding war started. The second bag sold for $168 US. Paquette and Lam decided to try and turn it into a legitimate business. Now, canisters of air from Banff and Lake Louise, sell from $15 to $46, depending on the size.
A New York woman was arrested after she allegedly bit an employee at a store in Vermont. The employee was trying to retrieve underwear from the woman that she had allegedly stolen. Police say the woman kicked the employee, slapped his glasses off of his face, and bit his thumb. Police retrieved the $21.50 pair of underwear from the woman’s bag after the incident. The 33 year old woman will be arraigned on December 14th on charges of retail theft and simple assault. If she is convicted she could face up to a year in prison.
