I have also never lost a child, but I cannot believe that the Hales were dumb enough to feed a baby something perfectly shaped to lodge firmly in the trachea and occlude the airway. Maybe it’s because I’m an EMT… but seriously? I hope the settlement assuaged some of your guilt, Hale. You can’t feed choking hazards to little kids, even if you are “right there”, because if it gets stuck the baby will suffocate and DIE. It isn’t rocket science.

“* as an additive to food products, including jarred baby food and baby formula, and even in many soups, carbonated beverages and supposedly “all-natural” fruit juices
* in cough medicines and other liquid pharmaceuticals,
* in spray-on oven cleaners,
* in shampoos, shaving creams, deodorants and numerous other bathroom products,
* in bathtub bubble products marketed to children,
* as a preservative in grocery store fresh produce sections,
* in the production of beer by all the major beer distributors,
* in the coffee available at major coffee houses in the US and abroad,
* in Formula One race cars, although its use is regulated by the Formula One Racing Commission, and
* as a target of ongoing NASA planetary and stellar research.”

In view of its widespread use, banning this would affect multiple industries. It is highly unlikely that the government will go near banning it.

From the website http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

“Although the U.S. Government and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) do not classify Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and benzene), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.”

Clearly we needed better labeling to protect the population from the dangers of DHMO!

Perhaps it doesn’t bother most people, but increasingly it is impossible to have any privacy in major cities. In London, for example, there are cameras all over the place. If you want to meet with your insignificant whatever he or she is, you will find yourself on camera. If you use a credit card to get a room to converse in with your paramour, there is a complete record of it available to the government, the card company, the FBI, CIA, and your wife or husband! Ahem!

Go to Yellowstone Park and you’re sure to encounter a Moose or Caribou who has a digital camera strapped to its antlers. There is no more real time alone. This is the price that we pay here to be sure that no one can ever rob us or rape us. There is a negative side to being forever protected.

But, I love Big Brother,

Winston Smith, Outer Party Member