Motorized Scooters WheelchairsWritten by Maricon Williams
Most handicapped people use motorized scooters wheelchairs. But it is usually used by elderly or overweight people who cannot walk for extended periods of time. The earliest motorized scooter was seen back in 1924. Though it is hard to believe that inhabitants in year 1924 had already an access to a motorized scooter to help them travel from one place to another however is in fact true. Since then, people have already been taking advantage of this unique form of transportation. People who were otherwise physically incapable of traveling from one place to another could purchase scooter through a readily available catalog. The fame of early ‘scooter’ faded eventually and definite name of machine was lost as well as company who manufactured it. Pictures exist to show machine in action as it carted its occupant around town so they could take care of business just around corner. It was powered by a gasoline based engine which could be one of reasons that its use diminished over time as one can only imagine smoke created and exhausted by this personal mobility device. The batteries of motorized scooters wheelchairs used nowadays are not measured at a length of time but by how many miles it can travel before a recharge is needed. Most of them average from 10 to 25 miles of use depending on model and battery used before recharge is needed. It can travel as far as 5MPH.
| | Vengeful Husband sues Ex-Wife for Secondhand Smoke IllnessWritten by Dr. Craig Donnelly
Charleston, SC 3/24/05- After 13 years of marriage, a Florida man divorces his wife and sues her, claiming his wife’s 2 to 3 pack-a-day smoking habit caused him to contract life-threatening lung cancer in Palm Beach (case id 501997CA01158XXONAN). When effects of secondhand smoke becomes so bad that a husband is willing to sue his ex-wife, a woman he once loved, people must begin to open their eyes to dangers and liabilities caused by secondhand tobacco smoke exposure.Heather Crowe is from Ottawa and has worked in restaurant business for over 40 years as a waitress. In 2002, Ottawa Citizen reported that she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer that she claims was caused by her constant exposure to secondhand smoke as a result of her working at restaurant. Heather filed for workers compensation due to her illness hoping that this would urge lawmakers to enforce stricter codes to protect workers in hospitality industry from exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke. Currently, most state and provincial laws limit smoking areas to a small percentage of usable floor space of hospitality establishment; however, this does not guarantee workers, or patrons, are protected from harmful byproducts of secondhand smoke. Everyday, people in hospitality industry go to work and are exposed to significant amounts of secondhand smoke. Restaurant servers, bartenders, and even hotel employees are forced to stifle their concerns about having to work while being exposed to a patron’s secondhand smoke for fear of losing their jobs. Secondhand cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 potential poisons and most are chemicals not even studied by FDA. Of those 4,000 toxic chemicals, 69 are KNOWN cancer causing agents. A nonsmoker who works in a smoking environment has a 26% increased risk of developing lung cancer. Additionally, secondhand smoke exposure has been linked to esophageal, throat, and mouth cancer and in United States alone, over 65,000 deaths a year are linked to secondhand smoke related illnesses. Due to this dramatic rise in secondhand smoke related deaths (3,000 deaths just ten years ago) more and more hospitality industry employers are being held liable for these sicknesses, losing millions of dollars as a result of these lawsuits.
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