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You never know where your children have been and what they have been up to till you see their hands. Toddlers tend to collect germs on their hands from a variety of sources - contaminated surfaces, foods, even animals and animal waste. If they don't wash their hands frequently enough, there is a strong chance they may get infected themselves and spread these germs to others.

Here are some of the infectious diseases commonly spread through hand-to-hand contact:

* The common cold
* Flu

I was adopted at age 2 or three, my biological mother found me when I was 35,(was a shock since I never knew I was adopted until then) and I meet my biological family. (they are Cuban and Dominican). So I really was curious about my biological father, since my father and I did not have a good relationship. So I asked my biological mother about him, which went nowhere at all since she was still in love with the man, but he broke her heart. So I went to my lesbian biological aunt, who gave me the lowdown. on him. I found out he was Haitian Creole, and a big player.

After reading an interesting commentary posted on MSNBC involving a gentleman that claims to have sold his kidney for $20,000.00 to another man in New York who had no chance of living without it, I started thinking about how this story may or may not be used against egg and sperm donation solely on the basis of compensation (this is not meant to address any issues regarding medical procedures, duress, the rights of donor conceived children, etc. in this post - we will address that at another time).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32464069/

"The right to bear children
Politics, ethics muddy couple's fight for fertility treatment

By Natalie Alcoba, National Post"

***Ms. Ilha adds: "I don't think it's the government's responsibility to help couples conceive. I do think it is, in a larger sense, in the public's interest to create healthy families."***

Read full article here:

http://www.canada.com/health/sexual-health/right+bear+children/1924081/s...