What Halloween Can Teach Us About Visibility
As the sun sets, porch lights flicker on and neighborhoods fill with witches, superheroes, ghosts, and skeletons. For trick-or-treaters, Halloween means candy and costumes, but…
How ASTM F963-23 Assures Safety in Toys in Horror Movies
There is something irresistibly thrilling about watching a good horror movie around Halloween. Whether it is the creepy atmosphere, spine-chilling jump scares, or the unsettling…
Spooky Halloween Traditions & What Standards Say About Them
While Halloween is all about bending the rules—costumes, frights, tricks—there is a serious side hiding in the shadows: safety and quality standards. SDOs (Standard Developing…
How Is Your Favorite Halloween Candy Made?
There are an estimated 73.1 million trick-or-treaters under the age eighteen in the United States. Needless to say, there is no trick or treating without…
ISO 8442-2:1997—Cutlery And Table Holloware
The original Jack-o’-lanterns were made with turnips and potatoes by the Irish, and in England, they used large beets and lit them with embers to…
ASTM F3168-23: Hayride Attractions
Hayrides traditionally have been held as celebratory activities, typically in connection to celebration of the autumn harvest. They originated with farmhands and working farm children who rode loaded hay…
The Dangers of Halloween Costume Flammability
For thousands of years, October 31 has been dedicated to the dead, originating during a time when people would dress in costumes and light bonfires…