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Lead Poisoning Prevention Efforts

Posted on June 13, 2009
Lead poisoning is extremely dangerous for both children and adults, affecting nearly every system in the body and often occurring with no obvious symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program goal of eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children by 2010...

Traumatic Workplace Injuries Plague Americans

Posted on June 13, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire According to NIOSH, "each day, U.S. workers suffer injury, disability, and death from workplace incidents. On average, 15 workers die each day from traumatic injuries. Overall, 5,400 workers died in 2007 from an occupational injury and more than 4 million workers had a nonfatal injury or illness...

Bigger Big Rigs: More Size in Exchange for Less Safety?

Posted on June 13, 2009
According to a recent news item in USA Today, fierce debate is expected in Congress over the size of big rig trucks on the U.S. interstate highway system. "Current Federal law limits the weight and length of 18-wheelers on the USA's 47,000-mile interstate highway system...

Robes By Blair LLC Recalled by CPSC

Posted on June 12, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire The AP reports that "Consumers are being urged to immediately stop wearing a certain type of chenille robe made by Blair LLC due to a fire hazard that is believed to have killed at least six people...

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Excessive Lead in Imported Toys Costs Matell 2.3 Million in Fines

Posted on June 12, 2009
A recent $2.3 million civil penalty was agreed to by Matell, Inc. and Fisher-Price Toys for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead. According to the news release issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the penalty was part of a settlement for knowingly violating a 30-year-old federal ban on lead paint in toys...

BPA Dangerous to Women, Children

Posted on June 11, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire We have previously written to you about the dangers of bisphenol A (BPA)--a chemical used often in baby-bottles and other hard-plastic products, including food containers. Medical News Today reports that BPA poses dangers to women as well...

Sunshine in Litigation Act: Consumers and Dangerous Products

Posted on June 11, 2009
The Judiciary Committee is considering the Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009, designed to make it more difficult for companies to keep secret documents used in civil cases. Under the bill, federal judges would be restricted from sealing documents or settlements without making specific factual findings that the secrecy order would not harm the public's interest in disclosure of information relevant to health or safety...

Farms May Grow Drug Resistant Bacteria

Posted on June 10, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. There is mounting evidence that the industrial farming of chickens, pigs, and cattle is cultivating more than poultry and livestock — it's cultivating bacteria that medicine is losing the ability to fight. Antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics like penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and methicillin, kill pathogenic bacteria...

Metro: Safe Exits Necessary

Posted on June 09, 2009
Commuters and visitors to Washington, DC rely heavily on the Metro for traveling around town. Although DC's Metrorail system has put a number of safety measures in place during the past year, Metro operators continue to forget they are operating eight-car trains...

Text Messaging Dangerous to Teens

Posted on June 06, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire Teenagers love to send text-messages. In fact, the average American teen sends and receives about 80 text messages per day--approximately 2,300 every month. What worries experts is the fact that these texts takes place while kids should be paying attention to their teachers, while they cross busy intersections, and even when they are driving...

Could Alcohol Interlocks Stop Drunken Driving?

Posted on June 05, 2009
Drunk drivers create hazards for themselves and their innocent victims by driving impaired. As summarized by a New York Times columnist in a recent blog posting, support is growing to add alcohol interlocks to new cars. Judges already can order alcohol ignition interlocks for repeat offenders in almost every state...

FDA May Change Stance and Rule that BPA is Dangerous for Kids

Posted on June 05, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire Earlier this spring, we informed our readers that Canada has restricted the production of plastic baby-bottles, containers, and cups manufactured with a chemical known as BPA, or bisphenol-A, which some experts say cause "breast, prostate and reproductive system abnormalities and some cancers...

Adult Survey on Drowning

Posted on June 05, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. Approximately half of adults surveyed on water safety say they've had an experience where they nearly drowned, and one in four knew someone who drowned, according to the American Red Cross. 'With so many families planning to visit unsupervised beaches and pools, it's important for parents to make water safety a priority,' says Scott Conner, Senior Vice President for Preparedness and Health and Safety Services...

Preventing Children's Sports Injuries

Posted on June 04, 2009
Children benefit from participation in sports by learning to stretch their limits and learning sportsmanship and discipline. But sports participation also carries the potential for injury. Knowing the causes of sports injuries and how to prevent them is an important consideration for children and their parents...

GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy Plans Unfair to Accident Victims

Posted on June 04, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire The Hill reports that "Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler" because "those plans would extinguish all ongoing auto accident claims that blame a death or serious injury on a defective GM or Chrysler vehicle...

Ten Commonly Overlooked Auto Safety Issues

Posted on May 31, 2009
In preparing for summer road trips, most drivers take care of the routine maintenance, but frequently neglect some of the more potentially dangerous issues they could face. Missing air bags. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), finds that nearly one in five fatal accidents involves cars with missing air bags...

Campus Drinking Problem: Good Samaritan Rules May Help Save Students in Medical Emergencies

Posted on May 30, 2009
College presidents across the country believe that excessive drinking by college students is the number one campus-life problem. Some of the obvious dangers of student alcohol misuse include: harm to those who drink to excess; negative impacts on non-drinking students and those who drink responsibly; damage to the college reputation...

Treadmill Safety Guidelines

Posted on May 28, 2009
The recent tragic death of Mike Tyson's young daughter as a result of a treadmill accident highlights the vigilance necessary by parents of young children. Treadmills are the most popular workout machine in the country. Many homes with treadmills also have young children, a combination that potentially can be extremely dangerous...

Common Sense Advice for Safe Ladder Use

Posted on May 27, 2009
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more that 164,000 individuals are treated each year following injuries related to ladder accidents. CPSC provides safety tips to prevent ladder injuries: "Make sure the weight your ladder is supporting does not exceed its maximum load rating (user plus materials)...

Youth Summer Sports Advice

Posted on May 27, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. What's all the rage with young athletes this summer? Hospital visits. With more than 30 million children playing organized sports in the United States today, the opportunity for injury is on the upswing. Almost 1.9 million children under 15 years old were treated in emergency rooms for sports-related injuries in 2002, says the most recent information available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Chrysler Plan Could Prevent Lawsuits By Injured Persons

Posted on May 23, 2009
If Chrysler's bankruptcy is approved by Congress, owners of Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicles may find themselves without the right to seek compensation for serious injuries caused by car defects. The New York Times has recently published an interesting article concerning this hot topic...

Safety Belts for Commercial Buses

Posted on May 22, 2009
Posted by Paul Cornoni The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advised Congress recently that it plans to require safety belts on commercial buses. This is a much needed measure which will help protect innocent passengers on buses...

Fast Lane: Bicycling is only healthy when you ride safely

Posted on May 21, 2009
As recently posted on Welcome to the Fast Lane, the Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, bicycling is only healthy when you ride safely: "It's clear that bicycling is good for the environment...when it takes vehicles off the road...

Be cautious when buying electronics

Posted on May 20, 2009
"The following safety tips provided by Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) can help people identify and avoid these fraudulent products: Use established vendors and authorized retailers. Buy electrical products from reputable retailers who get their goods from legitimate distributors and authorized manufacturers...

Hewlett-Packard Recalls 70,000 Laptop Batteries for Overheating

Posted on May 18, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several models of its HP and Compaq laptops. According to the CPSC, two separate reports of batteries that "overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage" but no injuries...

"Play Yards" By Eddie Bauer Pose Suffocation Hazard

Posted on May 17, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire The Associated Press (AP) reports that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Eddie Bauer company have recalled nearly "76,600 Eddie Bauer Soothe & Sway Play Yards, sold in the U...

Mother Jones: Silent Recall

Posted on May 17, 2009
Posted by Paul Cornoni Mother Jones published a sad piece on the ineffectiveness of dangerous product recalls concerning unsafe cribs. Our firm has recently blogged about this issue as well. A Mother Jones investigation demonstrated that, too often, the recall system fails...

Toxic Toys and Faulty Cribs: Kids in Danger Reports on 2008 Recalls

Posted on May 16, 2009
Kids In Danger (KID) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children's product safety. Toxic Toys and Faulty Cribs, a new report released by Kids in Danger, along with US Representative Jan Schakowsky and Ilinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan examines children's product recalls in 2008, recall effectiveness at CPSC and suggestions for child safety...

Water Safety Tips for Children

Posted on May 16, 2009
Posted by Paul Cornoni As the warm months approach, it is important to review a few key water safety tips for children. Please refer to our prior blog on pool safety as well. According to the National Safety Council, over 3,000 people die by drowning each year and children age four and younger have the highest death rate due to drowning...

Wal-Mart pays $2M to avoid charges in death probe

Posted on May 16, 2009
On May 6, 2009, Wal-Mart agreed to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker last year. Jdimytai Damour, a maintenance worker, was trampled to death while working at the front of a Wal-Mart store on November 29, 2008--the morning after Thanksgiving...

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