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- Food Safety and Nutrition (International Food Information Council Foundation) 9-01
- Food Safety Quiz (FDA)
- Women's Safety (WWWomen)
Provides resources for women related to abuse and prevention.
- Fireworks Safety (ABLAZE Productions - Strauss)
Provides an article on fireworks safety.
- National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Provides safety and health information at work for all people through research and prevention.
- Worker Health and Safety Repealed by Congress (Philadelphia Enquirer - Gartner)
Provides the opinion that Congress made a mistake by removing health and safety protections for workers. 3-02
- -Recumbent Tricycles - 5b. JustTwoBikes Raven for Safety and Transportability (JustTwoBikes.com)
Starts at around 3,000 dollars, weighs 45 pounds, and has a gear range of 21 to 92 inches. (Standard speed score is 15.6. With a Speed-Drive, the standard speed score would be 21.8 mph.) It has a front wheel drive with with two wheels in back. This trike is only 24" wide and disassembles for easy transport in a suitcase. Has a unique design that allows tilting into turns. A review of the original Raven is available here. Many of the criticisms of this version, such as wheels too close to shoulders and delicate steering, have been fixed in the current version. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. Sometimes called three-wheel bicycles. 6-01
- Golf Carts Now Allowed on Streets - New Federal Standard (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Presents the new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500 (49 CFR 571.500), which allows four wheel motor vehicles designed to go under 25 miles per hour to use neighborhood streets. However, the new standard "requires low-speed vehicles to be equipped with headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, taillamps, reflex reflectors, parking brakes, rearview mirrors, windshields, seat belts, and vehicle identification numbers." Although neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) are now supported by federal law, but local laws may also need to be changed. 6-01
- Recumbent - 07. MR Components Swift for Price, Comfort, Speed, and Safety (MR Components)
Starts at around 900 dollars, weighs 33 pounds, and has a gear range of 18 to 100 inches. (Standardized speed rating is 19.8 mph.) Since the Swift is actually a trike, it will be much more stable than a two-wheel cycle. One reviewer did not like the seat because he thought it required more maintenance than other trike seats. (The review is available at sunsite.anu.edu.au/community/ozhpv/7trikes.htm). This trike rides low, so extra care is needed to ensure that it is visible between cars. For example, a "roll bar" with lights could make the trike visible between cars. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. Sometimes called three-wheel bicycles. 6-01
- Family Safety
- Nuclear Energy Safety Glossary (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Provides technical definitions of terms related to nuclear energy and nuclear contamination. 12-01
- Recumbent Quadcycles - Crank-It for Comfort, Safety, and Speed (Crank-It.com)
Starts at 7,750 dollars, weighs 55 pounds and has a 37 inch width. (Standardized speed score is 33.4 mph with Speed-Drive.) The quadcycle Includes an internal 14 gear hub. This cycle is designed for safety, comfort, and speed. Includes four wheel independent suspension, quick-release for seat and wheels for easy transport, folding handles, and more. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. Sometimes called four wheel or four-wheel bicycles. 6-01
- Tips on Bicycle Safety (Bicycling Street Smarts - Allen)
Provides tips to avoid crashes. 1-02
- Recalled - Raleigh Technium Frames (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Provides information on the recall of certain Raleigh frames. 1-02
- Parks Safety (National Parks Conservation Association - GetOutdoors.com)
Provides suggestions for making your visit to a state or national park more safe. 2-02
- Skateboarding Safety (National Safety Council)
Provides facts on causes of accidents and suggestions on how to avoid accidents. 5-01
- Child Safety and Filtering Software
- Safety Tips for Halloween (Halloween-Safety.com)
Provides safety tips for yard haunts, pets, costumes, parties, and more. 10-02
- Cell Phone Radiation Levels - Safety (FCC.gov)
"The SAR is a value that corresponds to the relative amount of RF energy absorbed in the head of a user of a wireless handset. The FCC limit for public exposure from cellular telephones is an SAR level of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Wireless Phones and Devices Available at FCC Web Site." The highest level of radiation from current wireless phones is 1.55 (Motorola V120C) and the lowest is .26 (Qualcomm pdQ-1900). 7-03
- Cell Phone Radiation Levels - Safety (FDA.gov)
"No, current scientific evidence does not show any negative health effects from the low levels of electromagnetic energy emitted by mobile phones, says the Food and Drug Administration. But some recent studies suggest a possible link between mobile phones and cancer and warrant follow-up, the agency says, to determine with more certainty whether cell phones are safe." 7-03
- Cell Phone Radiation Levels - Safety (Royal Society of Canada)
"No, current scientific evidence does not show any negative health effects from the low levels of electromagnetic energy emitted by mobile phones, says the Food and Drug Administration. But some recent studies suggest a possible link between mobile phones and cancer and warrant follow-up, the agency says, to determine with more certainty whether cell phones are safe." 7-03
- Cell Phone Radiation Protectors (SafetyHero.com)
Provides a shield claimed to protect a cell phone user from radiation. Awesome Library provides this product as an example, but does not endorse the product. 7-03
- Best Safety Option for a Car - Electronic Stability Control (CNNMoney)
"Now two studies from Europe and Japan -- where consumers have more widely embraced the systems -- confirm what I've long believed: that stability control may be second only to seat belts in safeguarding drivers and passengers."
"Toyota found that electronic stability control reduced single-vehicle crashes in Japan by a remarkable 35 percent and head-on crashes by 30 percent." 10-03
- Bigha for Comfort and Safety (Bigha.com)
This is a semi-recumbent. Starts at around 2,500 dollars, but for $3000 includes integrated lighting (including turn signals), movement alarm, digital activity display, and more. Weighs approximately 50 pounds and has 21 - 114 gear inches. Bigha's standard speed score is 19.4 mph. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but only provides it as an example. 8-04
- Using Waste Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Replacement Fuel - Safety (JourneytoForever.com)
"Wear proper protective gloves, apron, and eye protection and do not inhale any vapors. Methanol can cause blindness and death, and you don't even have to drink it, it's absorbed through the skin. Sodium hydroxide can cause severe burns and death. Together these two chemicals form sodium methoxide. This is an extremely caustic chemical. These are dangerous chemicals -- treat them as such!"
Editor's Note: Awesome Library does not recommend making biodiesel fuel. 10-04
- -06-27-05 Commission: NASA Fails on Safety (BBC News)
"The US space agency (Nasa) has failed to meet tough safety recommendations issued after the Columbia shuttle break-up in 2003, experts say."
"The independent Stafford-Covey Commission said risk remained that pieces of foam and ice could break off and hit the shuttle at lift-off."
"It also said the orbiter had not been sufficiently hardened and it lacked an in-flight repair system." 6-05
- Highway Safety
- Coal Mining Safety (ABC News)
"The 1968 coal mine explosion in Marion County, W.Va., which killed 78 men, prompted Congress to pass the Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Since then, the rate of fatalities has dropped dramatically, according to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Twenty-eight coal miners died in 2004, a steep decline from the industry's deadliest year, 1907, when 3,242 employees were killed." 01-06
- -04-23-06 Aviation Safety Improves (USA Today)
"After a year of tests at one of the nation's busiest airports, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are optimistic that the runway status light system can be approved for use at busy airports around the country." 04-06
- -05-02-06 Aviation Safety for Small Planes (New York Times)
"The [F.A.A.] board recommended today that the F.A.A. develop "visual and tactile training aids" to train pilots to detect ice, and that the Department of Transportation require charter operators to tell the passengers if a flight has been subcontracted to another company." 05-06
- -Editorial: Aviation Safety Improving by New Piloting Roles (ABC News)
"Today, in other words, we don't tolerate airline captains unwilling to listen to their co-pilots or utilize their expertise. And, we also no longer tolerate subordinates who are reluctant or afraid to speak up."
"And that is the major reason it's been an amazing 3 ˝ years since the last major airline accident in the United States." 05-06
- -06-11-06 Food Safety and Spoilage (ABC News)
" 'Not all leftovers are created equal,' Doyle said. "So, my rule of thumb is, if it's a highly perishable type of food, like a cooked meat product, three to four days should be the maximum."
"Perhaps the single best thing you can do to extend the shelf life of your foods is to make sure your refrigerator is set at 40 F or lower." 06-06
- Halloween Safety (MSNBC News)
"All the usual safety risks that children face escalate for trick-or-treaters, explains Nancy Cowles, executive director of Kids in Danger, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to product safety." 10-06
- Goggles - Safety Goggles (ABCSafetyMart.com)
Provides goggles to protect the eyes. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02
- Car Safety
- -09-15-07 Toy Safety: What We Can Do (US News)
"At least we have an army of government regulators serving as a safety net, right? Uh, nope. The New York Times and others have pointed out that the Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for enforcing safety standards, has been gutted in recent years, even as imports have been surging. The federal government, it turns out, spends more money monitoring the safety of animal feed than testing the safety of products used by children."
" 'Made in China' isn't the problem."
"That's because the image of shoddy Chinese-owned factories hoodwinking naive American corporations is largely a myth. Most big American companies importing products from China own the factories where those products are made or partially own them through a joint venture. So the companies themselves are on-scene at the source of the problem—or should be—and they represent the first line of responsibility for dangerous components." 09-07
- Safety Ratings for Banks (BankRate.com)
"Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound® service is a proprietary system designed to provide information on the relative financial strength and stability of U.S. commercial banks, savings institutions and credit unions." 07-08
- Safety Ratings for Banks (BauerFinancial.com)
"For all the institutions headquartered in a state, select the state and leave the Institution field blank:" 07-08
- Medical Helicopters Have Bad Safety Record (CBS News)
"The last l5 months have been the deadliest yet: 18 helicopter ambulances have crashed since October 2007, including 11 fatal accidents that left 36 people dead. 'The current accident record is unacceptable, and it has to improve,' says Robert Sumwalt, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates air crashes."
"The National Transportation Safety Board first investigated the medical helicopter industry's crash epidemic in 1988. It found low visibility, often caused by bad weather, accounted for 61% of all crashes. 'Weather-related accidents are the most common and the most serious type of accident experienced by EMS helicopters,' the 1988 report found, 'and are also the most easily prevented.' " 02-09
- Emergency and Safety (KidSource)
Provides articles by topic.
- Safety Related Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides a dozen lessons. Includes grade level. 1-04
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Health and Safety for Travelers to Africa (About.com - Venter)
Provides sources of information for travelers to maintain their health. 11-01
- Childhood Diseases, Injuries, Afflictions, and Safety 2 (Centers for Disease Control)
Provides information on common childhood diseases, injuries, afflictions, and safety. 1-04
- Alcohol-Based Hand-Rubs and Fire Safety (Centers for Disease Control)
"Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are an important strategy for improving healthcare personnel hand-hygiene practices, reducing healthcare-associated infection and improving overall patient safety. Alcohol-based hand-rubs have been used safely for more than 30 years in European hospitals."
Existing national fire codes permit hand-rub dispensers in patient rooms, but prohibit their installation in egress or exit corridors." 3-05
- Safety Buffers at End of Runways May be Needed (ABC News)
" The reverse thrusters that should have slowed a Southwest Airlines jetliner before it slid off a runway and into a busy street didn't immediately kick in when the pilots tried to deploy them, federal investigators said Saturday after interviewing the crew."
"Safety experts suggest the airports guard against accidents by using beds of crushable concrete that can slow an aircraft if it slides off the runway's end."
"The crushable concrete beds called Engineered Material Arresting Systems are installed at 18 runways at 14 airports. They have stopped dangerous overruns three times since May 1999 at Kennedy Airport in New York."
"Some pilots say relatively short runways like Midway's pose a challenge in icy or snowy weather, forcing them to touch down as close as possible to the beginning of the runway to allow more braking time." 12-05
- Respirators for Virus Protection (Tasco-Safety.com)
"Particulate respirators may be used to reduce exposure to particles that are small enough to be inhaled - particles less than 100 microns (µm) in size. This includes airborne particles that may contain biological material, e.g. mold, Bacillus anthracis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), etc." For protection from viruses, a respirator must pass the NIOSH N95 test. 02-08
- Aviation Safety
- Highway Safety Information (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
- Rating the Safety of Web Sites (SafeSurf)
"Welcome to SafeSurf, birthplace of the Internet's voluntary rating standard and the first family organization devoted to building a safe Internet." 09-09
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