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January, 1987
Did you ever notice how Mom used to view all your favorite activities purely as opportunities for death and dismemberment? Her idea of safe fun was carrying out the garbage or cleaning your room. We wondered how often Mom's maudlin predictions came true, so we checked them against the records of the National Safety Council and other sources. Among other things, we discovered that garbage cans are at the root of 22,000 injuries per year and that household cleaners blind and maim thousands more an...
