Public Safety Issues

Phthalates are ester derivatives that have been used to alter the flexibility of plastics since the 1930s, and are ubiquitous in our daily life. Th...

More than 350,000 injuries and 550 deaths in the UK every year are caused by falls on domestic stairs and steps. Reducing the risks associated with...

We live in a surveillance society. Anyone who uses a credit card, cell phone, or even search engines to navigate the Web is being monitored and ass...

One of the biggest dilemmas of our times is how much safety and security we desire and what price we are prepared to pay for it. By applying and ad...

Does an airline pilot really need to surrender his tweezers at airport security when he's about to board an aircraft equipped with an axe on the ba...

Baby milk scandals in China, bacterial outbreaks in the USA, and anti-GMO protests in Europe are signs of the 21st-century challenges of feeding a ...

This book emerges from the interest in enriching the body of knowledge about accident characteristics, examining health outcomes and proposing meas...

We live in a surveillance society. Anyone who uses a credit card, cell phone, or even search engines to navigate the Web is being monitored and ass...

The crash of Air France Flight 447 (AF447) off the coast of Brazil in June 2009 and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) in th...

The use of over-the-counter (OTC), prescription, and illicit drugs is increasing in the U.S. population. The National Transportation Safety Board (...

From 1970 to 2007, hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides were applied annually to U.S. food crops to protect them from pests. To protect con...