100 Most Dangerous Things in Everyday Life and What you Can Do About Them by Laura Lee

Fact: More people are killed annually by teddy bears than by grizzly bears. Fact: Each year, thousands of couch potatoes are admitted to emergency rooms for television-related injuries. Fact: There are more germs on your desk than there are on your toilet. Forget about lions, tigers, and sharksin a world where vacuum cleaners are more dangerous than venomous spiders, and household cleaner is more deadly than anthrax, it pays to know the risks of daily livingand how to avoid them. In this witty and wonderfully practical guide, Laura Lee reveals the 100 Most Dangerous Things in Everyday Life and What You Can Do About Them. From rubber bands and paper clips to wading pools and holy water, readers will learn: The probability of encountering each threat How to determine the magnitude of danger Expert advice on how best to minimize the hazard Statistics on how many people have met their demise as a result of these risks Equipped with this worst-case scenario guide to armchair misadventures, alarmists, hypochondriacs, paranoids, and skeptics alike will be prepared for anything that comes their wayat home, at work, or at play.

Author: Laura Lee

Language: English

Edition: 1ST

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Broadway

Publication Date: 2004-07-13