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  "id": "2004-march-fresh-consumer-product-data",
  "slug": "2004-march-fresh-consumer-product-data",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-march-fresh-consumer-product-data.html",
  "year": 2004,
  "month": "March",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "Fresh consumer product data",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "Journalists can access the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Injury and Death database through IRE and NICAR to investigate injuries caused by consumer products like space heaters and turkey fryers. The database includes detailed victim information and incident data to help identify product-related hazards.",
  "keywords": [
    "database",
    "injuries",
    "products"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "CD-ROM"
  ],
  "full_text": "How many people did space heaters or turkey fryers hurt in the past year? Journalists can use the U.S. Consumer Prod- uct Safety Commission Injury and Death database, recently updated by the IRE and NICAR Database Library, to investigate these and other products. The database consists of four tables provided by the commission's National Injury Information Clearinghouse. The CPSC maintains this data so it can alert the public to potential hazards associated with con- sumer products. Fields include age, race and gender of the vic- tim, state and city of the inci- dent, product type involved and more. To order the database, call the Database Library at 573- 884-7711 or go online to www.ire.org/datalibrary/data- bases/cpsc.",
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    "extracted_by": "pre-v2",
    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
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