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• European study adds confusion about kids, mobile phones and brain tumorsncidence of brain tumors.

  Wayne Parsons | August 07, 2011 5:24 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In recent controversial and somewhat confusing study Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Multicenter Case–Control Study a European group looked into the issue of...

• What is the Hawaii Joint Underwriting Plan (HJUP)?

  Wayne Parsons | September 30, 2010 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Uninsured drivers are a major threat to everyone in Hawaii. Know one? Scold the person and insist that they buy good auto insurance if they plan to take to Hawaii roads. Why? Because if they...

• House Financial Services panel debates federal preemption in CFPA.

  Wayne Parsons | October 21, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Washington Post (10/21, Dennis) reports that the House Financial Services Committee continued to wrangle over a provision that would allow state governments to protect bank customers by imposing...

• CPSC Chair Tenenbaum Seeks China's Help In Paying Chinese Drywall Claims in U.S.

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 10:57 AM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The story of ruined homes, hopes and dreams in the U.S. Southeast has been raging in the news for almost a year: Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur Odor In Homes - by Wayne Parsons...

• I Support Obama In Creating A Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

  Wayne Parsons | October 13, 2009 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The AP (10/9, Kuhnhenn) reports President Obama fought to keep his proposed banking overhaul on track Friday, casting the political struggle ahead as one between big financial interests and citizens...

• Keahihoku K.P. Lum of Honolulu Struck And Killed By Boat In Maunalua Bay

  Wayne Parsons | October 07, 2009 7:44 AM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  An investigation by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) along with the Coast Guard is underway into an ocean boating death at maunalua Bay on Sunday, 4 October 2009. The...

• Defensive Medicine Health Care Case Study

  Wayne Parsons | October 03, 2009 2:51 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Does your doctor perform a lot of unnecessary tests when you go for a visit? Not mine. The typical situation is when I ask about getting tested for something that I saw on TV or read about and my...

• Democrats Stuck Again Over Creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency

  Wayne Parsons | October 02, 2009 3:57 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Politico (9/30, McGrane) reported, Creation of a new consumer protection agency is still uncertain, as Democrats fight over whether federal laws should trump those written by individual states. A...

• Dangerous Trailers - Why Did Michael Davison Die In Kona? - Regulation = Prevention!

  Wayne Parsons | September 19, 2009 4:42 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Why did Michael Davison die at 49 in Kona? He was minding his own business and being responsible. His SUV was slammed by a run-away trailer carrying canoes. I described it as a freak accident. I...

• Trailer Hitch Failure Leads to Death of Michael Davison in Kona on Sunday

  Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Deadly automobile accidents continue to plague the Big Island roads. Our condolences go out to the family of a 49-year-old California man who was killed on Sunday in a freak accident on Queen...