Flame Retardant
Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Consumer Safety Leave a comment »http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/23/do-fire-retardants-work-and-since-they-d
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/flames/ct-met-flames-reaction-20120523,0,4347341.story
So what do we make of the Government Clearing GM over Volt’s battery fires?
Posted: January 21, 2012 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
So what do we make of the Government Clearing GM over Volt’s battery fires?
If You Like Eating What You Want, Check Out “Keep Food Legal”
Posted: April 16, 2011 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
If You Like Eating What You Want, Check Out “Keep Food Legal”
CPSIA: “Toy lead ban puts kids on ATVs at risk”
Posted: April 16, 2011 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Uncategorized, Unintended Consequences Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
CPSIA: “Toy lead ban puts kids on ATVs at risk”
Is Food Safety Based on Science?
Posted: March 28, 2011 Filed under: Consumer Safety, FDA Leave a comment »Food Safety and Culture
Posted: March 19, 2011 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Food Safety and Culture
Will regulation guarantee safe food?
Posted: December 28, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Will regulation guarantee safe food?
“The law that stole Christmas”
Posted: November 6, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
“The law that stole Christmas”
Credit Scores, Criminal Background Checks and Hiding the Bad Apples
Posted: July 27, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Race, Unintended Consequences Leave a comment »http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/07/beyond-fico.html
In Defense of Payday Lenders and Their Customers
Posted: July 15, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Patneralism, Payday Lenders Leave a comment »http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/payday-lenders/
Restaurant Smoking Bans
Posted: April 7, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Tobacco Leave a comment »USDA
Posted: March 30, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Unintended Consequences, USDA Leave a comment »“In the mid-1990s, the USDA decided to require that all cereals and grains be fortified with folic acid in an effort to prevent spina bifida and anencephaly. Then a few years ago, the National Center for Health Statistics published a study showing the levels of folic acid in the population were far above the levels needed to prevent birth defects (though the instances of those two birth defects didn’t actually decline). Now a new study demonstrates that folates in overabundance could actually lead to a higher likelihood of asthma.”
http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/the-nanny-state/
EPA Testing
Posted: March 30, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Corruption, EPA Leave a comment »“ But this week the Government Accountability Office reported on its test of the EPA’s testing.
GAO obtained Energy Star certifications for 15 bogus products, including a gas-powered alarm clock.
Even worse: The GAO attached a feather duster to a space heater, sent the photo to the EPA, and got approval in just 11 days.”
“I can’t wait until they tell me which heart drug to take”
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/03/27/brilliant-government-testing/#ixzz0jfLDEExC
EPA vs. older homes
Posted: March 29, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, EPA, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
EPA vs. older homes
Milton Friedman – Health Care in a Free Market
Posted: March 29, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, FDA, Health Care, Health Insurance, Licensing Leave a comment »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6t-R3pWrRw&feature=related
DO RECALLS REALLY MAKE US SAFER?
Posted: February 22, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Regulation, Unintended Consequences Leave a comment »Safety Codes and Regulation
Posted: February 22, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Marginal Analysis, Regulation Leave a comment »“Shouldn’t everything in this house be mandatory, and aren’t the writers of building codes failing in their moral and political duty by not mandating all of these safety features? After all, if it saves one life, it’s worth it.”
http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/006858.php
