Chapter Five
Photos
Photographs of people, places, and things mentioned in chapter five. The number on the left indicates the page on which the content of the photo is mentioned in the book. Many of the photos also link to additional material.
Page 466 -- Octane label. The FTC regulations challenged in National Petroleum Refiners Ass'n remain in place. Though they have been updated over the years, they still require that gasoline retailers post a label indicating the octane rating of the gasoline that comes out of a pump. See 16 CFR 306.10 (requiring posting), 306.12 (setting out specific requirements for the layout, type size, and color (yellow with black print) of the posted labels). This is an example of the label, which will be instantly recognizable.
Page 495 -- Vermont Yankee Power Plant. A photo of the Vermont Yankee plant, which stopped operations in late 2014.
Page 521 -- Normal Chest X-Rays.
Page 521 -- Opaque chest x-rays. These four images are more opaque (more white area) than the normal ones. Under the PPL challenged in American Mining Congress, an opacity level above a specific number qualified as a "diagnosis" of a relevant illness.
Page 556 -- William French Smith, Ronald Reagan, Drew Lewis (L-R). Flanked by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Transportation, the President speaks to the press during the air traffic controllers' strike, August 3, 1981.
Page 556 -- The (gloomy) 1982 Labor Day parade in New York City. The firing of the controllers and decertification of PATCO is generally seen as a critical turning point in American labor history, marking the decline of the power of public unions in particular and labor in general.
Page 596 -- Flyer. This is the cover memo that accompanied the flyer that identified Edward Davis as someone "known to be active in this criminal field," i.e. shoplifting. This sheet was followed by five pages of photographs.
Page 596 -- Flyer. This is the second page of photos; Edward Charles Davis III is third from the bottom in the middle column.
Page 655 -- Nutritional Facts label. Compare the old and new version of this label. Which is better? Why? What goals does the FDA seem to have had in mind in making the changes it did.
Page 658 -- New cigarette labels. FDA's efforts to require graphic warning images (not just text) on cigarette packages continue, as does litigation to block such requirements. Here is one of nine images required under a 2020 rule. A federal district court has delayed the rules effective date until July 8, 2023. (Overall, the images are less shocking and graphic than those the FDA adopted a decade previously.) The link will take you other images and updates on the rulemaking and attendant litigation.