Falls among older people in institutional settings are an issue of growing concern. 1 While not all falls are injurious, the ones that cause serious injuries, such as hip fractures, are responsible for the major portion of the economic 2 and human cost 2 3 described in the literature.
In reflecting and promoting the belief that milky nipples are injurious to public morality, it gives succour to every shopping centre security guard who's ever told a nursing mother to put it away or leave the premises.
In other words, the latest policy and rhetorical campaigns are injurious to the ability of society to function at best, and perhaps a factor in the disenfranchisement of some young people at worst.
This end of the food spectrum needs to take more responsibility for the weight problem and start warning consumers that the tiramisu and the T-bones are injurious to their health.
The apple sucker (Psylla mali) and the pear sucker (P. pyricola) are injurious to the plants they infest; the nymphs damage blossoms and shoots and cause a plant's leaves to shrivel.
Whether it be feasting on carbohydrates or playing dangerous sports, a free society allows its members to pursue pleasures that are injurious to their health, even if this increases the collective cost of health care.
