Cancer-Causing Substances in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

EVERY calling, every profession, every common activity of people develops its maxims, its short-hand messages, imparting to later generations the hard-earned lessons of the past. These maxims are often designed to save time that would be wasted, or to avoid risks or dangers that our elders underwent to their peril. Legal systems, filled as they are with historical documentation and adherence to precedent, are replete with pithy maxims that every new law student learns by rote. One of the most frequently cited maxims of the ancient common law is the de minimis rule, which is used to avoid the pointless . . .