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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 15 > Air bags could do more harm than good, research shows

Air bags could do more harm than good, research shows

By Jo Craven McGinty / The Bulletin
May 15, 2010

New research into front air bags in automobiles is raising troubling questions about their effectiveness for drivers wearing seat belts.

The research suggests that when compared with the versions they replaced, the newest air bags, required in all vehicles beginning in 2008 and in some as early....

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