It isn't often that a book is deemed a safety hazard. But nine home-improvement titles, to be exact, are on a list of voluntary recalls just announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Oxmoor House Inc. That would be nine titles and approximately one million books published and / or for sale from 1975 to late 2009.
What could be the culprit lurking among those pages for 35 years? Noxious fumes from the printers' ink that have grown more lethal with time? A cryptic-though-offensive photo of someone in the buff installing patio pavers, perhaps?
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ABS: Just Three Lonely Letters, Until You Need It
ABS. Antilock Braking System. This is boring stuff, that is until you find yourself sliding down a 500-yard sheet of ice pulling a loaded 20-foot trailer. That's where I found myself yesterday on the way back from a trip to Chicago to pick up a sad, rusty old Porsche. With no warning at all, the tractor trailer in front of me began to contort itself into that dreaded jack-knife shape. A tap of my brakes and my vehicle started to follow suit. Luckily, the Titan has great brakes, and the ABS was able to calm things down pretty quickly. There was a lot of fanfare when these amazing braking systems were first adopted by carmakers, but these days we've all got ABS. Some of us even have ... According to a CPSC release, Ethan Allen has added its name to other retailers joining the voluntary recall of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds, announced earlier in December 2009. Consumers are advised to stop using the recalled products immediately and contact their local Ethan Allen Design Center for a free repair kit. About 163,000 Roman shades from Ethan Allen are affected by this recall. These Roman ... 
