Information about HB 2 Next to voting, the most important way citizens can participate in government is to communicate their wishes to legislators. HB 2, which contains a provision upgrading Ohio’s occupant restraint law for front seat passengers from secondary to primary enforcement, will come before the Ohio House for a vote during the last [...]
Save Lives…Save Money…Bring $26.8 million to Ohio Let your state representative know you support HB 2! HB 2, introduced by Rep. Peter Ujvagi on February 12, 2009, makes a number of transportation-related changes to the Ohio Revised Code. One of these changes would upgrade Ohio’s restraint law for front seat motor vehicle occupants from a [...]
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition will offer bulk bike helmet sales again in 2009. This program is designed for persons conducting youth programs, such as bike camps or bike rodeos, to obtain bike helmets for the group at a low cost. Some details of the program are: Bike [...]
Cleveland — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that injuries related to television and furniture tipovers resulted in more than 19,000 emergency department visits by children under the age of 10. A recent report from the CPSC reveals that from 2000 through 2006, 144 children under age 10 were killed as a result of [...]
Surveys indicate an alarming trend in communities across the country: inhalant use among teenagers and young children. National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, taking place March 15 – 21, 2009, presents an opportunity to bring this issue to the radar screen and to launch community-wide prevention campaigns about this alarming trend. Data from the 2006 [...]
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