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What we're talking about this morning:

Bed bug brains: Forget G-20 summits and Kyoto. Bed bugs are the latest invisible calamity to inspire the meeting of the minds over a conference table.

There was one in Chicago earlier this week. And in Toronto yesterday, the mental stress of having the bloodsuckers in your home was the topic at the city's first bedbug summit at Queen's Park.

Registered nurse Betty Graham recalled the mental meltdown she encountered speaking to victims of the tenacious pests, as reported in the Toronto Sun this morning.

"One lady said to me, 'I was so afraid of living like a hermit, I thought about jumping off my balcony,' and another lady said, 'If only they could exterminate me'," Graham recalled.

Crib ban: As reporter Carly Weeks writes in today's Globe, Health Canada announced it is pursuing an outright ban on drop-side cribs. About 1.5 cribs were recalled in less than two years in this country. In other news that may drive nervous parents to co-sleep, three U.S. groups -

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration - are urging parents not to use infant sleep positioners, those flat mats with side bolsters or inclined (wedge) mats with side bolsters.

"The AAP believes sleep positioners represent a risk to sleeping babies."

Hippie goes chic: In the New York Times Style section today, a look at the transformation of sulfate-free shampoo from the dusty health food store aisle to swank hair salons.

A number of stylists say the low-suds products are actually better for keeping coloured hair from fading. I bet this means they'll be more expensive soon.

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