Governor Luis Fortuño law signed in December 191 as the "Act to prohibit the retention, storage and custody of certified copies of birth certificates." The Act provides that any certificate to be issued before 1 July this year, will be void from that date. However, the Vital Records issue a new format that seeks to prevent use in the street or stolen certificates are being used for identity theft.

To temper the law, said the official, the Population Registry will guide the public that no agency can seize the original copy of the certificate.

Act 191 provides that a person is sufficient to display the document. Only allow entities retain the photocopy or electronic or digital format of the document.

Information obtained from: www.notiuno.com/2010/01/puerto-rico-tendra-nuevo-certificado-de-nacimiento/

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Application Requirements for Birth

 Núm.24 Act of April 22, 1931, as amended, of the Population Registry defines the term "interested party" if the registered adult, mother, father, legal representative or heirs. Party concerned shall be further identified by the Court.

1. Complete and sign the application. Send a photocopy of picture ID that is not expired. Only acceptable Drivers License and passport. These are subject to approval.

2. Send money order for $ 5.00 or Internal Revenue stamp for each requested certificate payable to: Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico. (Additional copies in the same order $ 4.00) No personal checks or other payments.

3. Send pre-addressed stamped on and very clear direction to where it will receive the certificate. Our mailing address is: PO Vital Records Box 11,854 San Juan Puerto Rico 00910.

The application can be made via prepaid express service (Express Mail, Federal Express, UPS) and back. To send it by express service address is: Calle Vital Records Quisqueya # 171 Hato Rey Puerto Rico 00917. For additional guidance please contact the Seccióm Mail (787) 767-9120 exts. 2402, 2406 and 2415.

Fill out and print this form and send the money order or stamps, copies of identification and on predirigido.

Click here to fill out the Birth Certificate Application form. The document is in Spanish

What a better way to start your holiday season than by giving the gift of life.  The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year. So most of our regular donors don’t come out and donate because it’s a day off, but the need for blood and blood by products does not take a day off.

Many of our community members unfortunately will spend their holidays hospitalized and many will require blood, platelet or plasma transfusions. To meet their need we need donors to give to during the upcoming holiday season.

Please remember illnesses, accidents, diseases don’t take a holiday and neither can blood donations. Additionally the chapter is just short of goal for the month and we need more donors than normal to donate Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Making goal is important but saving a life, that is priceless.

In the spirit of thankfulness for your good health share your blessing with someone who needs it, by donating blood.  If you cannot donate at this time, please share this with someone who can.

You can make an appointment by calling 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to donate at any one of the following locations:

Friday, November 27, 2009

American Red Cross    8301 Bandford Way, N. Raleigh, NC                8:00 – 1:30
Wal-Mart                      7106 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale, NC            10:00 - 2:00
American Red Cross    3700 Regency Pkwy, Cary, NC                        8:00 – 1:00

Saturday. November 28, 2009

American Red Cross    3700 Regency Pkwy, Cary, NC                        7:30 – 1:00
 

Monday, November 30, 2009

American Red Cross    100 N. Peartree Lane, Raleigh, NC                  2:30 – 7:00
American Red Cross    3700 Regency Pkwy, Cary, NC                        1:30 – 7:00
American Red Cross    8301 Bandford Way, N. Raleigh, NC                8:00 – 1:30
Division of Public Health
                                    5605 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC                      9:00 – 1:00
YMCA Kerr                  2500 Wakefield Pines Dr., Raleigh, NC           3:00 – 7:00

Wendy Samuel

Administrative Program Coordinator

919-861-1667

APEX – SHRED-A-THON (Wake County)

Saturday, October 17th

10:00am-2:00pm

Apex Town Hall

73 Hunter Street, Apex

Local Sponsors: Attorney General Roy Cooper, Apex Police Dept., A Shred Ahead

RALEIGH - SHRED-A-THON (Wake County)

BBB National “Secure Your ID” Day

Saturday, October 17^th

Time: 8:30am – 1:00pm

Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh

On the corner of Wade Avenue and Ridge Rd.

Local Sponsors: Better Business Bureau Foundation, ProShred

Please pass along this information to co-workers, neighbors and friends.  It is a free service offered to help prevent identity theft.  Thank you.

This message brought to you on behalf of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper.

Date:                May 9 – September7, 2009

Time:               Mon-Sat: 9 am-5 pm - Sun: 12 pm-5 pm

Location:          11 West Jones St.  

Raleigh, NC 27601

Contact:           www.naturalsciences.org or 919.733.7450  

 www.robertoclemente.si.edu/

As statewide and regional mercury advisories for these fish have been in place since 2006, Public Health officials’ fish consumption advice will not change.  Because of the PCB and mercury contamination, pregnant women, nursing women and children under age 15 should not eat any largemouth bass or catfish from the lake. Other people should not eat more than one meal a week of catfish or large mouth bass from Badin Lake.  
PCBs are chemicals that used to be used as coolants and lubricants in transformers, capacitors and other electrical equipment. They were released into the environment during manufacturing and through improper storage or disposal of old electrical equipment. They are no longer made in the U.S. but persist in the environment. The fish testing in Badin Lake did not address the source of PCB contamination. 
PCBs can cause anemia; acne-like skin conditions; damage to the liver, stomach or thyroid gland; changes in the immune system or reproductive system; and behavioral problems. In infants and children, PCBs may cause reduced birth weight, motor-skill problems, impaired short-term memory and impaired immune response. 
The N.C. Division of Public Health analyzed Badin Lake environmental data and fish sampling data at the request of Stanly County officials. The fish were tested for PCBs and PAHs (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons), both of which can cause adverse health effects. No PAHs were detected in the fish, but concentrations of PCBs in some catfish and large mouth bass were greater than the public health level of concern, prompting the fish consumption advisory. 
Fish consumption advisories are posted on the N.C. Public Health website at www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/fish .

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 RALEIGH - La División de Salud Pública de Carolina del Norte ha publicado una advertencia sobre el consumo de pescado del lago Badin que se ubica entre los condados de Stanly y Montgomery. Altos niveles de sustancias químicas conocidas como bifenilos policlorados o PCB en inglés (polichlorynated biphenils) fueron encontrados en el pez gato o bagre (catfish) y el pez huro o lobina boca grande (large mouth fish) del Lago Badin.  
 
Desde el 2006 se han emitido varias advertencias estatales y regionales sobre la contaminación con mercurio de estos peces. Funcionarios de salud pública señalan que las advertencias para el consumo de estos peces no van a cambiar y siguen en pie. Debido a la contaminación por mercurio y los PCB, las mujeres embarazadas, las mujeres que están amamantando y los niños menores de 15 años no deben comer pez gato/bagre o huro/lobina boca grande provenientes de este lago. Para la población en general se recomienda no consumir más de una vez a la semana pez gato/bagre o huro/lobina boca grande del Lago Badin.  

Los PCB son sustancias químicas que se utilizan como refrigerantes y lubricantes en transformadores, condensadores y otros equipos eléctricos. Estos fueron liberados en el medio ambiente durante el proceso de fabricación y por medio de almacenamiento inapropiado o eliminación de aparatos eléctricos viejos. Los PCB ya no se producen en los Estados Unidos, pero siguen en el medio ambiente. Las pruebas en los peces del lago Badin no proveen información sobre la posible fuente de contaminación de PCB.  
 
Los PCB pueden causar anemia, problemas en la piel parecidos al acné, daño al hígado, glándula tiroides o al estómago, así como cambios en el sistema inmunológico, sistema reproductivo y problemas de comportamiento. En los bebés lactantes y niños, los PCB pueden causar bajo peso al nacer, problemas de actividad motriz, problemas de memoria a corto plazo y disminución de la respuesta del sistema inmunológico.  
 
La División de Salud Pública de Carolina del Norte está analizando los datos ambientales y los peces de muestreo del Lago Badin por petición de los funcionarios del Condado de Stanly. Se les hicieron pruebas de PCB y de hidrocarburos aromáticos polinucleares (PAH en inglés) a los peces, ambas sustancias químicas pueden causar efectos adversos a la salud. No se detectaron PAH en los peces pero las concentraciones de PCB en los peces nombrados anteriormente fueron de alto nivel para la salud pública, provocando el pronunciamiento de esta advertencia de consumo de pescado.  
 
Para conocer más sobre otras advertencias de consumo de pescado en Carolina del Norte visite el sitio Web de la División de Salud Pública de Carolina del Norte en www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/fish (en inglés).

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