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Federally-Funded Study Finds Firework Injuries Occur Most Around 4th of July
CBS Charlotte ^
| July 2, 2012
| Syndicated Local
Posted on 07/06/2012 12:58:18 PM PDT by kevcol
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission a federally-funded organization conducted a special survey last year from June 17- July 17 and found that 65 percent of all fireworks injuries occurred within the month of the July 4th holiday.
The report also found that four people were killed
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For thousands of consumers, last years 4th of July celebration ended with a visit to the emergency room, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said in a press release. CPSC wants you to understand the risks with legal and illegal fireworks, in order to prevent an injury, or worse, during this holiday.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: federalspending; taxpayers; waste
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posted on
07/06/2012 12:58:22 PM PDT
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kevcol
To: kevcol
Really, what did this cost me?
To: kevcol
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:00:00 PM PDT
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: kevcol
My guess is this study cost about the same as one policeman's annual salary.
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:00:52 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: kevcol
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:02:36 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: kevcol
I also heard that more people drowned while swimming as opposed to jogging. We need the government to fund a study to figure out why this is.
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:02:36 PM PDT
by
RC one
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To: kevcol
“within the month of the July 4th holiday”
These geniuses didn’t tell us what month the July 4th holiday is in? You would have thought they would have included that part.
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:03:07 PM PDT
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: kevcol
Paging Captain Obvious!!!
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:04:22 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
To: kevcol
I bet a similar number of Christmas Tree fires occur just before and after December 25th also.
We will have to wait until that study concludes, however.
To: kevcol
I recently discovered that nail guns HURT!!
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:04:39 PM PDT
by
donozark
(Col. C.Beckwith:I'd rather go down the river with 7 studs than with a hundred shitheads.)
To: Squidpup
and venereal disease is usually passed on during sex...
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:06:08 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
To: kevcol
In another study, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission concluded that the vast majority of Christmas tree fires occur in late December.
To: kevcol
I wonder if a study would show that incidents of heat prostration increase in the summer months.
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:07:35 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
To: Squidpup
“... water is wet”
Ice is cold. (giggle, giggle)
To: kevcol
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:07:53 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
To: kevcol
....and most turkey-carving accidents happen around Thanksgiving.
DUH!
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:08:52 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
To: kevcol; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:09:22 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Daveinyork
.....and heart attacks from shoveling snow in the winter
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:12:04 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
To: Dallas59
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