A driver talking on a handheld cell phone threatens everyone on the road with severe personal injuries and wrongful deaths. A study by Harvard University in 2003 estimated that drivers distracted by cell phones caused 330,000 car accidents, thousands of spinal cord injuries and brain injuries, and 2,600 wrongful deaths a year.
Dangerous Sunscreen Chemicals Cause Vitamin D Deficiencies And Diseases
If a researcher would announce tomorrow that she’s discovered a cure for a harmful condition that afflicts 59% of the world’s population, the world would hail her as one of the greatest heroines of all time. The scientist would be even more heroic if her cure would free people from the dangers of some widely […]
Baseball Helmets Fail To Protect Batters Against Traumatic Brain Injuries
Across the United States and around the world, millions of children and adults are playing baseball, and almost all of them are stepping up to the plate with unsafe batting helmets that don’t offer enough protection against brain injuries. There has been recent talk about banning aluminum bats because they add approximately 4 mph to […]
By Any Name, Aspartame Is Sweet And Deadly
Give an old killer a new name, and you still have the same killer. That’s exactly what’s happened with aspartame, a sugar substitute sold under the names Nutrasweet and Equal. Aspartame also shows up in more than 6000 products, and it has a long history of causing severe personal injuries and wrongful deaths.
Tort Reform Advocates Run A Propaganda Campaign
Propaganda is a powerful, frightening, and frequently successful form of advertising . . . or brainwashing. For centuries, governments have used propaganda to turn public opinion in their favor.
