We tend to think of dangerous children’s toys as something from the past. But check out this list of banned children’s toys — which includes 2007’s best seller, “Aqua Beads.”
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Action Park a.k.a. “Accident Park”
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. You couldn’t make a place like Action Park up. Action Park was a New Jersey amusement park open from 1978 until 1996. Somehow I stumbled across its Wikipedia page. I half-thought the Wikipedia page was apocryphal, but, after consulting with several friends of mine from New Jersey, Action Park,
Stephen Colbert Examines SawStop
We’ve blogged a lot about SawStop technology, the revolutionary flesh-detection technology that renders power saw accidents obsolete (see here, here and here).
Now comedian Stephen Colbert tells the story of inventor David Gass’ David-and-Goliath struggle against power tool manufacturers. (Warning: language and other objectionable content).
My Cousin Vinny’s Version Of The Criminal Justice System
This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of the film My Cousin Vinny and, to commemorate the occasion, our friends over at Abnormal Use have invited legal bloggers to post their thoughts on the film. Abnormal Use itself will feature a series of posts over the week, including interviews with Vinny’s producer and
Are You Eating Soylent Pink?
The picture to the left depicts what’s been called “Soylent Pink,” an ammonia-treated food substance that, until recently, was processed and sold by many fast food restaurants as a meat product. Made up primarily of gristle and connective tissue, Soylent Pink, aka Pink Slime, had to be doused with chemicals to kill off
Why Does An MRI Cost $1,080 In America And $280 In France?
Ezra Klein may have the answer over at his Washington Post blog.
The disparity in cost for an MRI between here and Europe is one indication of how American doctors are responsible for the high cost of our health care.
Medical malpractice, which accounts for one half of one percent of all health care
Older Tech Workers Deal with Age Discrimination
California’s Silicon Valley, generally considered the world capital of technological innovation, is emerging from the recession quite well, with new companies and IPO’s all over the news. For many older high-tech workers, though, the recovery is leaving them behind. The New York Times recently profiled a group of engineers and other experienced high-tech workers
The Doctor You Never Heard Of Who Saved 800,000 Lives
Most New Englanders can recite half the names on the roster of the Super Bowl-bound Patriots. But most New Englanders, myself included, would be hard-pressed to identify Dr. Mary Ellen Avery. And that is a travesty.
Dr. Avery’s life, and passing, came to my attention several weeks ago in her obituary in The New York
Rich And Poor Alike Receive Terrible Health Care
As featured in USA Today, Dr. Otis Browley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, has recently penned a book entitled “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.”
One of the book’s themes is how just being wealth and having private health insurance is no guarantee of
Race Discrimination Victim Prevails Before the Eleventh Circuit
In an unusual but welcome move, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Ash v. Tyson Foods has reversed its own decision in a race discrimination case. The court had overturned a jury verdict against Tyson Foods related to employment bias at a plant in Gadsden, Alabama. A brief filed by a