UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life ja jackets save lives.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 1999-UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: What's your excuse? Life jackets save lives (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300899 Boating season is well underway and the National Safety Council and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) have teamed up to ask boaters a simple question, "Are you wearing your life jacket?" And if the answer is "No" then "What's your excuse for not wearing one?" Drowning is the leading cause of death for recreational boaters with more than 575 drownings in 1997.

People can reduce their risk if they wear a life jacket (also known as a personal flotation device or PFD). U.S. Coast Guard statistics indicate that nine out of ten boating-related drownings involved a person who was not wearing this simple life-saving...

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