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When we purchase and use a product, we have the general expectation that the manufacturer who produced the product took all reasonable measures to prevent the product from causing harm. Unfortunately, consumers in the U.S. and elsewhere regularly experience injuries from defective products, including medications, infant bedding, children’s toys, household products, workplace equipment, and...

Construction remains a booming industry in Washington and elsewhere in the country as population, businesses, and services expand. While we need skilled, experienced construction workers, the construction industry is arguably the most dangerous of all workplace environments. The nature of construction work requires working with heavy equipment, large vehicles, heights, chemicals, electricity, and dangerous...

Over a million Americans suffer burn injuries each year. Burns result from direct exposure to heat through flames, hot water, steam, hot surfaces, electricity, chemicals, or over-exposure to direct sunlight. Fortunately, most burns are minor and treatable at home. However, each year around 450,000 people receive emergency room and hospital treatment for burn injuries...

Washington is a bicycle-friendly state with maps of scenic rural routes and bike paths throughout major urban areas. It was also the first state to initiate a U.S. bicycle route. According to the League of American Bicyclists, Washington is the country’s number-one bicycle-friendly state. Despite that status, Washington recently reached a 20-year high for...

The brain and the heart are the two most critically important organs in the human body—and the heart wouldn’t function if the brain didn’t tell it to do so. The brain controls all bodily functions and forms a center for human thought, reasoning, and personality. While the brain has substantial protection through a cushioning...