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Former good article nomineeNo nit policy was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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December 31, 2008Good article nomineeNot listed
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It is simply not true that no-nit policies are recommended by health authorities in the USA. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, and the National Association of School Nurses all explicitly reject no-nit policies.

The only organization I've been able to find that supports no-nit policies is the so-called National Pediculosis Association, which coincidentally enough has a vested financial interest in such a policy, since it sells a comb designed to remove nits from hair.

I don't know if health authorities in the other listed countries recommend no-nit policies, so I don't know if the rest of this opening sentence is correct, but it's certainly incorrect about the USA.

I am not experienced enough at editing Wikipedia pages to feel comfortable changing the text of the main page, but I hope someone with more experience than I will correct this misstatement of fact. Jikamens (talk) 14:07, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]