D Tuesday, September 29, 2009 METRO 11 Hurt babies feel less pain later BABIES who suffer injury may have a higher pain threshold as teenagers. While there is a rise in the levels of pain-numbing chemicals in adults, there is also a big decrease in how responsive they are to pain-relieving medication such as morphine, tests on rats show. This may have implications for the treatment of babies in intensive care units, according to the US study in Frontiers In Behavioral Neuroscience. The giant bulb Music fans to have volume cut on MP3sTHE European Union plans to im- pose a new volume limit on MP3 players but will allow some users to override the controls. Scientists claimed the quality of music reproduction at high levels on tiny players is now so good that more people are turning up the volume in their ear pieces risking permanent hearing damage. That has prompted the European Commission to propose standards that would see new players include a maximum sound level default at 80 decibels, the equivalent of a passing freight train. The current limit is 100 decibels. But EU consumer affairs Commis- sioner Meglena Kuneva insisted that music fans will still be free to exceed the safety level. We are asking the industry and the EUs standardising body to look at ways of tackling this issue. If consumers choose to over- ride the settings they can, but there will be clear warnings so they know the risks, she said. A report from the EUs Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks estimates that five to 10 per cent of personal music player users risk permanent hearing loss if they listen for an hour a day at high volume settings for five years. By MILES ERWIN So watt am I bid for this? IF YOU find a normal light bulb underpowered, this could be the find for you. An 8,000-watt, 50cm (20in) monster bulb which could light up your entire house. It comes from the Portland Bill lighthouse, where it warned ships away from the rocky Dorset coast of England in the 1950s. The bulb is expected to fetch at least 100 (108) when it goes up for auction. Faye Dinsmore wears a Warehouse Black dress at the launch of the House Of Fraser Autumn Winter Collections at Pichet restaurant in Dublin KNocK KNocK index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html