On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:11:23 -0700 (PDT), tmclone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>On Jul 2, 5:14 am, balanc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>
http://consumerist.com/tag/poison-control/?i=5021330&t=dont-drink-lam...
>>
>> Don't Drink Lamp Oil Or You'll Die
>>
>> Just saw this on the TV, lamp oil manufacturers have issued a new
>> warning: don't drink lamp oil. It seems someone died after doing so.
>> Not sure what the story is, but like other household products, it's
>> im****tant to keep them in their proper containers. For instance, some
>> colored lamp oils can look like cranberry juice. Here are some other
>> poisons and the foods they can look like.
>
>And in other news, water is wet. I'm so sick of this "foam pad the
>world"
>mentality. Some moronic mistakes should be fatal, preferably before
>the
>deceased has had a chance to add more "stupid" to the gene pool. We
>have
>enough of that already.
Okay, I agree this 'foam pad the world mentality' is getting old. But
maybe it
is needed.
No longer do multiple generations live in one home and pass information to
each
other.
No longer do small families only have a half dozen children, with the
older
children helping with the care of the younger and the younger in turn
helping
with the offspring of older siblings.
No longer do poisonous/ toxic substances come in textured bottles so that
at a
touch a person knows to be cautious. I am not event sure the old 'skull
and
crossbones' poison warning is on all the products it really should be. I
know
my children did not have the symbol drilled into them as a warning of
danger in
public school. I taught it to them, but it is not on all it should be.
With the advent of birth control devices being readily available, family
size
has decreased. Many children are strongly encouraged to move out at age
eighteen or before. The nuclear family is now a rare thing. Safety
measures
that were once taught by living in a large, multi-generation family are
forgotten. Social pressure on families that try to keep multi-generations
together is near unbearable.
Manufacturers have developed the means to attract customers with pretty
containers and no longer understand that pretty can be deadly. Income is
the
driving force, not customer safety. Legally, the manufacturer can label a
product and/ or container as dangerous so as to avoid responsibility.
|
