Link borrowed from WShetterly

Investigative journalist Mark Schapiro discusses why companies that manufacture hazard-free products for the European Union often produce toxin-filled versions of the same items for America and developing countries.

Of course, this is leftie radical AlterNet, and there may be a good solid reason that companies want to poison us. Perhaps it's in our best interest.

You say John, I say Wayne

I have these investigatin' feet, see...
It looks like I can take the Stevens Creek Trail from Evelyn to Middlefield and make my commute far more pleasant. I'm not prepared to test it tonight, because I'm expected to run an errand after work and testing things often means that it takes a few extra hours to get home. But next week, Tuesday perhaps.

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Today's XKCD is composed almost entirely of win.