Consumer Product Safety Commission

that can help decrease gun violence is number 8, Congress extending the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Firearms to “regulate guns as consumer products, establish regulations requiring product safety features on guns, and evaluate the effectiveness of product safety interventions.” () in other words, state government should extend authority to consumers products regarding safety. All these recommendations are examples of ways gun violence can be prevented for America…

mineral" for such properties, asbestos was used in many products, from building materials to fireproof protective gear. It is now known that exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a dangerous cancer that affects the inside lining of the lungs, as well as other cancers and lung-related illnesses. All six types of asbestos minerals have common characteristics. All types of the mineral are odorless and tasteless. When asbestos is in a product, it cannot be seen by a visual examination and…

goods brand that serves athletes with the best products for over 40 years. Nike is a very well known brand that all athletes look at with high quality and performance. Some of the many products Nike has to offer range from clothing for men, women and kids, sporting equipment, sunglasses, shoes, watches and backpacks. The corporation continuously launches new products for consumers every year and responds to consumer feedback. Nike listened to the consumers’ feedback about their shoes regarding…

sees power as far more evenly distributed; Marxism highlights the inequalities of the class-system inherent in capitalist society. Liberal-pluralism has a tendency to focus on citizen as consumer, as this, as the paradigm suggests is where power really lies. Consumers can select and reject certain content or products thereby facilitating supply and demand/the invisible hand and controlling what is produced through this power. Marxism more strongly suggest a kind of naivety of the proletariat and…

as pest and disease resistance or to increase the nutritional content of a crop. Those on both sides of the issue continue to fiercely debate. Researcher Claire Robinson one of the authors of the report GMO Myths and Truths states: “Claims for the safety and efficacy of GM crops are often based on dubious evidence or no evidence at all. The GMO industry…

sending these people to the hospital. While this article references what is perceived as a rather large number of dietary supplement victims, these numbers can be truly misleading. In fact, the data provided can lead to very little conclusions about the safety of such supplements. The research was conducted for this article on 63 different hospitals from the years 2004 to 2013. This data was collected by other organizations including the Center…

not place enough emphasis on fire safety education, inspection, and code enforcement. Finally, the important areas such as firefighting, built in fire protection features in structures and fire prevention are neglected. Throughout history the destructive fire rate in the United States has been higher than any country in the industrialized world. For the most part the United States is reasonably safety conscious in many areas such as automobiles, consumer products, food, and medical…

interpretation from consumers, tech bloggers, and other interested parties. Another helpful move for Samsung would be to distance itself from the Galaxy series all together and possibly even mobile phones. While the company can still focus on handheld devices if it desires, it would be a smart public relations move to discontinue this model, and while they are working on a new flagship phone model, shift the marketing focus onto Samsung’s software and other electronic products. Note that I said…

Sloan Arrow’s Concept of the Health Care consumer: A Forty- Year Retrospective is a review of Arrows 1963 article and how it pertains to today’s health and medical care; it was written by Frank Sloan of Duke University. In much of this article, Sloan correlates the consumer of present day with the article written over 40 years previous. According to Sloan, those that consume care in the medical…

Bike Safety, Adult Riding a bike is a fun activity that is good for your health. However, it is important that you know how to stay safe while biking. WHAT DO I NEED TO WEAR WHILE BIKING? Helmet A helmet is the most important piece of equipment that you can wear to protect yourself while riding a bike. Make sure that you: • Always wear a helmet when you ride a bike and that the straps are fastened. • Wear a helmet that is specifically made for biking. • Have a helmet that has been…