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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 19:14:26

OSHA Fines NY and PA Contractors in Scaffolding Collapse that Injured Six

Posted on November 06, 2010
November 6, 2010 After an investigation of a scaffolding collapse at a New York college that injured six workers, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited and fined two contractors for safety violations...

Car Seats Pose Laceration and Choking Risks

Posted on November 05, 2010
On November 4, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with car seat manufacturer Britax Child Safety Inc., of Charlotte, N.C. has recalled around 23,000 Chaperone infant car seats due to laceration and choking dangers. Consumers are warned to stop use of these products immediately...

How Daylight Savings Time Could Save Your Life This Winter

Posted on November 05, 2010
November 5, 2010 As we turn back the clocks this weekend, it is a great time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors because winter is the most dangerous season for residential fires and CO poisoning caused by heating systems...

OSHA asks retailers for crowd management on Black Friday after Wal-Mart worker?s death

Posted on November 04, 2010
November 4, 2010 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today sent letters to fourteen major retailers stressing the importance of crowd control measures on the upcoming 'Black Friday' sales event. 'Black Friday,' the day after Thanksgiving, is one of the largest shopping days of the year and marks the beginning of the Christmas and holiday shopping season with huge sales...

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Man suffers Hundreds of Ant Stings while in Hospital ICU

Posted on October 30, 2010
October 29, 2010 An elderly man suffered hundreds of ant stings while in the Intensive Care Unit of a Florida hospital, reports WINK News. The incident occurred as Cornelius Lewis, 76, laid in serious condition in the ICU of Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, FL...

Girls? Ruffle Vests Recalled Due To Choking Hazard

Posted on October 29, 2010
White Ruffle Outdoor Vests have been recalled by the Children's Place Services Company, in cooperation with the CPSC, because metal snaps on the garment may detach posing a choking hazard. To date, there have been no reports of injury. About 3,300 garments are involved in this recall...

BPA Linked to Low Sperm Count and Poor Sperm Quality

Posted on October 29, 2010
October 29, 2010 A new study has found that Bisphenol-A in a man's body affects the number and quality of sperm. Bisphenol A, called BPA, is an industrial chemical used in the manufacture of plastics. Food and drink packaging often contains BPA and this is the primary source of widespread exposure for people in the United States...

RI Hospital fined $300K for drill bit left in patient?s skull, called ?troubling pattern?

Posted on October 26, 2010
October 26, 2010 The Rhode Island Department of Health has fined Rhode Island Hospital $300,000 for leaving part of a broken drill bit inside a patient's skull after brain surgery, and that is not the only incident of a surgical tool left inside a patient recently at this hospital...

GE Recalls Profile And Monogram Dishwashers

Posted on October 26, 2010
GE Appliances & Lighting, working in consultation with the CPSC, initiated a recall of 174,000 GE Profile and GE Monogram Dishwashers because water condensation can drip onto the electronic control board, causing a short circuit which poses a fire hazard...

FDA - Hyland's Tablets May Pose Health Risk To Children

Posted on October 24, 2010
Hyland's Teething Tablets may pose a health risk to children warns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency has received reports of "serious adverse effects" in children and found the tablets contain inconsistent amounts of belladonna, a substance that can cause harm in larger doses...

National Education Campaign on Crib Safety

Posted on October 22, 2010
"Safe Sleep for Babies," is a new crib safety video is a coordinated effort released by CPSC and three child safety organizations. The video intends to help new parents avoid entrapment, suffocation and strangulation risks in sleeping environments...

Toyota and Honda Recall Vehicles to Fix Brake Problem

Posted on October 21, 2010
October 21, 2010 Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc. announced today that it is recalling approximately 740,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a potential brake fluid leak caused by wear of a rubber seal. Shortly afterward, American Honda Motor Co. Inc. said it too was recalling vehicles for the same defect...

4 Infants Died in Graco Strollers from 2003-2005, Recall of 2 Million Strollers Finally Issued Today

Posted on October 20, 2010
October 20, 2010 Graco Children's Products, Inc. is recalling about two million strollers because four children died between 2003 and 2005, and at least five children injured, in the strollers from entrapment and strangulation. Consumers should stop using the Graco Quattro and Graco MetroLite Strollers immediately...

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Increases Risk of Breast Cancer and Doubles the Risk of Death

Posted on October 19, 2010
October 19, 2010 A study has shown that postmenopausal women who take Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) have increased cases of breast cancers, breast cancers that are more aggressive and have twice the risk of dying from the disease than women taking a placebo...

Recall of Frozen Vegetables because they may contain Glass Fragments

Posted on October 18, 2010
October 17, 2010 The Pictsweet Company, located in Bells, TN, has recalled certain lots of frozen peas, peas and carrots, and mixed vegetables because the company has learned that they may contain glass fragments and cause injury to consumers if eaten...

Another Tylenol Recall for J&J Due to Sickening Odor

Posted on October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010 McNeil Consumer Healthcare, one of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has issued a recall of Tylenol 8HR caplets due to consumer complaints of a musty smell, the same smell that triggered recalls of other products during the past year...

Injury Risk Prompts Recall Of Bathtub Toys

Posted on October 18, 2010
Munchkin Inc., working in accordance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has issued a voluntary recall of 34,000 Bathtub Subs Toys. The intake valve on the bottom of the toy can suck up loose skin, posing an injury hazard to young children...

NFL Quarterback John Elway Victim of Ponzi Scheme

Posted on October 16, 2010
October 16, 2010 John Elway, former NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos, has lost millions of dollars in an investment that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. Elway and his business partner Mitch Pierce invested $15 million in March 2010 with hedge fund manager Sean Mueller in what the Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey alleges was a classic Ponzi scheme, reports the Wall Street Journal...

GM recalls 322,409 Chevy Impalas because the Seatbelts may Not Work in a Crash

Posted on October 15, 2010
October 15, 2010 General Motors Corp. announced today that the company is recalling 322,409 model year 2009-2010 Chevrolet Impala passenger vehicles because the seat belt could fail to restrain the occupant in a crash situation due to improper anchoring...

Is your cordless drill a fire hazard? 455,000 Ryobi drills recalled.

Posted on October 14, 2010
October 14, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Ryobi Technologies Inc. announced today the recall of 455,000 Ryobi Cordless Drills because of reports of burn injuries and damage to homes and vehicles from fires caused by a switch on the drill that can overheat...

FDA says Osteoporosis Drug Labels Must Warn Patients of Risk of Leg Fractures

Posted on October 13, 2010
October 13, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the agency is requiring the labels of bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs Fosamax, Fosamax Plus D, Actonel, Actonel with Calcium, Boniva, Atelvia and Reclast (and their generic products) to include a warning about increased risk of fracture of the thigh bone...

Supreme Court to decide if people injured by childhood vaccines can sue the drug maker

Posted on October 12, 2010
October 12, 2010 The Justices of the Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case regarding whether a person who develops injuries from a childhood vaccination can file a lawsuit against the vaccine maker if that drug company could have offered a safer vaccine...

OSHA Fines NY Paper Mill after Worker Crushed to Death

Posted on October 11, 2010
October 11, 2010 Norampac Industries Inc. has received citations and a $70,000 fine from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after the death of a worker at its Niagara Falls, NY paper mill. On May 12, 2010, a worker at the company's paper mill became caught between a fixed metal barrier and a large paper roll that was moving on a conveyor, crushing the worker to death...

Google says cars driving themselves would reduce crashes, but who is liable if they do crash?

Posted on October 10, 2010
October 10, 2010 Using cameras, radar and lasers, a fleet of Google robot cars have racked up 140,000 miles on California roads and developers believe the vehicles will not only reduce fuel consumption, but also reduce accidents, says an article in The New York Times...

Mercedes-Benz Recalls 85,000 Cars Due to Steering Defect

Posted on October 09, 2010
October 9, 2010 Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, part of Daimler AG, has announced a recall of 85,078 2010 Mercedes Benz C-Class and 2010-2011 Mercedes Benz E-Class vehicles because the power steering system in the subject vehicles may fail due to the loss of power steering fluid...

Meridia Weight Loss Drug Pulled from U.S. Market

Posted on October 08, 2010
October 8, 2010 Abbott Laboratories announced today that the pharmaceutical company is voluntarily withdrawing the weight loss drug Meridia (sibutramine) from the U.S. market at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug withdrawal was in response to an FDA request after the agency recommended against the continued use of Meridia (sibutramine) due to cardiovascular risks...

Who Defrauded JR? Actor Larry Hagman Wins $11.5M from Citigroup for Investment Fraud and Misconduct

Posted on October 07, 2010
October 7, 2010 Actor Larry Hagman,79, perhaps best recognized for his role as JR Ewing on Dallas in the 1980's, has won $11.5 million from Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. in a securities arbitration case before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), reports Nasdaq...

How Laptop Users are at Risk for ?Toasted Skin Syndrome? and Low Sperm Count

Posted on October 04, 2010
October 4, 2010 Often the very reason people purchase a laptop computer is for their portability and ease of use on a lap. However, some laptop computer users can develop a condition called 'Toasted Skin Syndrome' or experience a drop in sperm count due to repeated exposure to high heat from using the computer on their lap...

PA Town Plagued by Gas Migration in Water Supply from Drilling to get Public Water Service

Posted on October 02, 2010
October 2, 2010 Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that residents of Dimock Township, whose well water supply suffered contamination by methane gas migration from Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. natural gas wells, are to receive public water service from Pennsylvania American Water in the future...

Glass Flakes Found in Anemia Drugs

Posted on October 01, 2010
On September 24, 2010, Amgen announced that certain lots of anemia drugs Epogen and Procrit vials are being voluntarily recalled because they may contain glass flakes. These drugs are used to treat anemia related to HIV therapy, chronic renal failure, and chemotherapy...

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