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• Interstate Highways Are No Place For Drunk Drivers Over The Labor Day Weekend

  Wayne Parsons | September 01, 2009 4:36 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  As the Labor day weekend approaches police across the nation are cracking down on drunk driving. Those of us who see the tragic results of dangerous driving behavior support the police and hope that...

• Bone Meal is Bad Stuff in Dog Food! Fluoride above healthy levels is found in n 8 national brands.

  Wayne Parsons | July 01, 2009 2:34 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  God bless the Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG Worldwide Headquarters announces that the pet food testing that voters contributed to resulted in a significant report: share the report. EWG...

• The Public Deserves The Truth About Lawsuit Abuse and Medical Malpractice

  Wayne Parsons | June 24, 2009 3:00 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Facts are Stubborn things Does saying something is a fact make it one? From the context of this essay supporting tort reform, Dr. Russell Turk appears to believe so. In his essay, Dr. Turk makes...

• Consumer groups, trial attorneys criticize GM, Chrysler bankruptcy plans.(2)

  Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 8:08 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler because those plans would...

• Consumer Tips For Healthy Homes: Nontoxic Paints Arrive

  Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 10:29 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  New nontoxic paints let you color it 'green' As reported in the Honolulu Advertiser nontoxic paint is becoming a big subject to families who want their air to be safe to breathe. Jennifer...

• Tragedy Sunday Morning On Kauai As Truck Crashes In Kekaha

  Wayne Parsons | March 23, 2009 2:23 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Max Agor, 18 years old and from Lawai, was driving his pick-up truck east-bound on Kaumualii Highway near St. Theresa's Church at about 1:12 a.m. with a female passenger. Agor lost control of the...

• Alternatives To Pesticides in Hawaii: Should The Hawaii Legislature Protect Children By Regulating Pesticide Use At Schools?

  Wayne Parsons | January 13, 2009 1:15 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  What do you say? Children are the most susceptible to developing cancer from pesticides. Their organs are small and carcinogenic substances concentrations are greater for kids. Plus kids have many...

• Melamine, Melamine, Melamine - Food Poisoning In Infant Formula? Are You Kidding Me?

  Wayne Parsons | November 28, 2008 1:27 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  HEADLINE: Consumers Union Calls on the FDA to Immediately Release All Results of Its Tests for Melamine Contamination in Food Products. Group ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Reports of FDA Test...

• Emily Midgley Dies in Big Island Hay Ride on Halloween

  Wayne Parsons | November 02, 2009 11:47 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Star Bulletin story Halloween hay ride proves fatal to Big Isle girl, 7 reports that Emily Midgley of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates jumped off of a trailer at the end of a hay ride and was run...

• The Jones Act in Hawaii: Ed Case and Jim O'Keefe Object to American Worker Requirments.

  Wayne Parsons | October 21, 2009 6:42 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Malia Zimmerman of The Hawaii Reporter reports on 20 October 2009 that a Jones Act Lawsuit Will Test Control of Hawaii's Shipping Monopoly. Her story is about a bread maker in Hilo who claims that...