Several North American cities have implemented laws to enforce recycling, with fines for non-compliance. Seattle has made it illegal to put food waste in regular trash cans, and households with over 10% food waste receive a red tag and a $1 fine. The city aims to increase recycling participation to 60%. Some North American cities […]
Patients can prevent medication errors by being alert and involved in their medical care. They should ask about the drug name, dosage, and purpose, request full prescriptions, check medications, provide complete information, and ask questions in hospitals. Reporting adverse side effects is also important. There are a number of steps individual consumers can take to […]
Starting a new job can be stressful, but mistakes are inevitable. Learn from past mistakes, forgive yourself, take deep breaths, take notes, and double-check your work to avoid them. Be confident and take things day by day. A new job can be stressful enough without worrying about making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes because no one […]
Before erasers, writers used bread to erase mistakes. Joseph Priestley discovered a substance that could remove pencil marks, leading to the first erasers. Today’s erasers contain powdered pumice stone and are made from vinyl. Back when writers used pencil and paper to express themselves, there were inevitably mistakes that needed attention. Before erasers were invented […]
