Safety Products

Metal thieves raise safety stakes on firefighters (The Press-Enterprise)

7 Jul 2008

Few people saw the significance in the bundle of red-painted brass connectors that showed up recently at a Fontana scrap yard. Except for San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Roger Young.

Federal government labels 8 chemicals as toxic (CTV.ca)

6 Jul 2008

Eight chemicals have been deemed "toxic to human health" following months of assessment as part of a government-run program to evaluate the safety of household products.

Cars span the globe. So why don't they look better? (International Herald Tribune)

6 Jul 2008

Manufacturers' financial fortunes are increasingly determined by how their products look, and whether their products are fun to drive. Yet lots of automobiles fail on both counts.