John Larkin wrote:

It's reasonable to prohibit the sale of poisons, carcinogens,
biohazards, and other things that are really bad. This is simply
keeping one class of people from harming another, like laws against
drunk driving and fraud. Mandatory warnings can be effective, too.

You are free to ignore the warnings, or make your own dangerous foods
for your private consumption.

Governments have radically changed their attitude about public risk in
the last 40 years or so. Remember when cars had metal dashes, no seat
belts, no side lights, and gas tanks that would incinerate you after a
rear-end collision? Remember when cans of fruit were sealed with lead
solder? Ungrounded metal-case drills and hot-chassis radios? Kids
furniture that would strangle or burn them to death?

The big scandal now is diesel particulates and maybe high-fructose
corn syrup.

John


Here is a sad news story about a couple and one teenaged son who were
electrocuted why trying to put up a tower the other night:

http://www.wftv.com/news/21277976/detail.html


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