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Tony Raven · January 15th 06, 09:34 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling,rec.bicycles.misc

wrote:

In defense of the people who buy the propaganda, this line of thought
is certainly not unique to cycling helmets. It's now being heavily
promoted that the ground under a jungle gym must be covered with rubber
- as if kids never climb trees. Now every surface a toddler may ever
touch must be padded with rubber and sanitized.

There is the groundswell building slowly that this is all
counter-productive. The European Commission has become concerned that
all the work to remove risk means that children are no longer learning
to deal with danger putting them at greater risk as adults. Its also
emerging that over cleanliness because of perceived risk of illness is
also leading to less strong immune systems and is behind the increasing
problem of childhood asthma. Risk homeostatis in action.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
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