The High Cost of Summer Cash; Teenagers are twice as likely as adults to get hurt on the job.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 31-MAY-04

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Byline: Julie Scelfo and Karen Springen

Soon the final school bell will ring, and 4 million teenagers will start their summer jobs. Aaron Janssen is one of them. Janssen, 16, is psyched to have landed a stint as a cook near his home in Iowa; working makes him feel like his dad and will help him buy a car. The job's hazards don't concern him. "Everyone knows to be careful," he...

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