Apparently, suicide and domestic violence aren't the only things sending people to the hospital for the holidays. According to this Washington Post story, the amount of packaging on consumer products is also causing a lot of pain and suffering to add to the general rising depression level.
Quote: According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, injuries from plastic packaging resulted in 6,400 visits to emergency rooms in 2004.
So this year, when you're cutting the 5,123 small plastic and wire ties holding your Barbie doll in the box, for god's sake, be careful.
