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NEW KIDS GET A MOUTHFUL
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
Mothers breastfed their children in unison yesterday at the Hawaii Breastfeeding Challenge held on the State Capitol's lawn. The event was part of a national campaign to support mothers to breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives and was held in 104 cities across the United States and Canada. Valerie and Natalie Walker, Diana Joy and Aaron Ostroff, Brandy and Jaiden Allen, Sasha Barquis, Brit and River Garguilo, Tracy and Kanani Packer, Natalie, Asa and Orion Iwasa and Maari and Telula Cedar were among the participants.
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By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Workers go to hospital after Kauai acid spill
LIHUE >> A chemical spill in Lihue Friday sent three workers to the hospital and closed Ahukini Road for several hours.The workers operating a bulldozer apparently broke open a one-gallon plastic container filled with hydrochloric acid left in a large pile of trash at the Lihue Transfer Station, the fire department said.
The hazardous materials unit responded to the spill, which was reported at about 8:52 a.m. Hydrochloric acid is used to clean concrete. The three employees who were exposed to the chemical were taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital and released. The transfer station reopened at about 3:30 p.m.
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