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November 15, 2008

End in sight for nasty clamshell packaging injuries?

We've written before on what is worse than a consumer pet peeve. Thousands of consumers are injured seriously enough to go to the emergency room each year trying to open nasty hard plastic "clamshell" packaging intended to deter shoplifters. In today's New York Times, Brad Stone and Matt Richtel report on the possible end to "wrap rage" in their story Latest Marvel: Packages That Open Without a Saw.

Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at November 15, 2008 06:08 AM


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