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Feds no longer back 1989 Seattle helmet effectiveness study – City should modify its helmet law before bike share launches
After years of conflicting studies have thrown its results into question, both the Center for Disease Control and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will no longer promote the conclusion that bicycle helmets reduce head injury rates by 85 percent in light of meta-analyses of similar studies that found lower and inconclusive results. The often-cited…
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