At Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok takes Paul Krugman to task for claiming food safety is deteriorating because of deregulation. The fact is food borne illness is on the decline over the last decade or so. It's clear our food is getting safer, not the other way around.
I pointed out the same thing back in '06.
In other scare-them-into-regulation-news, some people with a lot of time on their hands took to studying golf cart safety:
McGwin recommends driver education and safety standards for golf carts, which are largely unregulated. He also called for the use of helmets and seat belts and better golf course design to reduce steep hills, sharp curves and other hazards
Helmets to ride in a golf cart.
