Alan Sparrow is co-owner of the Nance County Journal and Polk County News. Find his column, Alan’s Anecdotes, each week in the newspaper and online at www.nancecountyjournal.com.
A couple years ago I wrote in my blog about changing a few doorknobs in my house. I’ve learned the hard way that it’s worth reading through the instructions before putting things together. In reading through those instructions, I noticed a warning that the state of California had determined that some of the materials in the product cause cancer. It made me wonder what they thought was dangerous ab…