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Article: Having a Lousy Time at School;Parasitic Head Lice Are More a Nuisance Than a Threat to Health
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 4, 1995
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When students at Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean turned
their microscopes last week on a few insects, the children got to see
firsthand what had been bugging other kids at the school.
Under the lenses were head lice and their eggs, including a newly
hatched louse struggling for life.
"Oh, look, it's so cute," said one fifth-grade student. "Can't we
keep it?"
"Sorry, but I don't think your mother would approve," advised Anne
Labbe, the school's health clinic room aide, who recounted the story
later.
Wise woman. Parents abhor head lice, those annoying pests that are