{
  "id": "2002-september-october-bits-and-bytes-new-and-updated-from-the-database-library",
  "slug": "2002-september-october-bits-and-bytes-new-and-updated-from-the-database-library",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2002-september-october-bits-and-bytes-new-and-updated-from-the-database-library.html",
  "year": 2002,
  "month": "September - October",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Bits & Bytes New and updated from the Database Library",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "The IRE and NICAR Database Library has added the Consumer Product Safety Commission Injury and Death database to its collection, offering detailed information about consumer product hazards and safety issues from 1990-2001.",
  "keywords": [
    "safety",
    "products",
    "database"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Health & Environment"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Consumer product safety (new)\n\nWhen you mix everyday life and consumer products, the results can be hazardous to your health. For example, from 1990 through 2001 more than 300 people died after they tripped over a consumer product. Find information like this and detailed information about many consumer products in the newest addition to the IRE and NICAR Database Library's government database collection: the Consumer Product Safety Commission Injury and Death database:\n\nFormer NICAR data analyst Mike Sherry used the CPSC data to investigate elevator safety. His story, \"Missouri Program to Check Elevators Fails to Deliver,\" ran in the July 7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch.\n\nThe nationwide data covering 1990-2001 includes information about potential injuries, deaths and investigations related to consumer products. Some of the products include children's toys, bicycles, swimming pools, ATVs (three- and four-wheelers), sports equipment, hair dryers, smoke detectors, playpens, hobby items, lawn mowers and playground equipment.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2002-september-october-bits-and-bytes-new-and-updated-from-the-database-library.html",
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