- Shannon Weidemann | May 31, 2007 3:13 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA truck accident on the I-90 closed the freeway on Wednesday morning. A tractor trailer rolled over at the Northway exit. The truck's load spilled all over the freeway. The accident happened just after 7 a.m. as a tractor trailer loaded with 54,000 pounds of construction material was traveling west on I-90. That's when another car crossed into its lane. "The most serious contributing factor...
- Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 3:24 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsGE has issued a recall of several different models of built-in dishwashers. The defective products may be a potential fire hazard due to a problem with a leaky rinse-aid dispenser. GE has received 191 reports of overheated wiring including 56 reports of property damage. There were 12 reports of fires that escaped the dishwasher. Fire damage was limited to the dishwasher or the adjacent...
- Shannon Weidemann | May 29, 2007 2:21 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA presidential candidate, two U.S. Representatives from New York, and other activists are pressing the Medical Examiner's office and the city of New York to widen the defintion of those affected by the World Trade Center attacks. A woman that died five months after the September 11th was just added to the official victims' list, which allows her family to receive a death benefit from the Victim...
- Shannon Weidemann | May 28, 2007 2:57 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA sparkling grape juice in a glass bottle that may break and create a hazard. The company that manufactures Manischewitz Sparkling Concord Grape Juice has received several reports of their bottles breaking. They have issued a product recall. The nationwide recall of Manischewitz Sparkling Concord Grape Juice (UPC #72700-05361) and Manischewitz Sparkling Niagara Grape Juice (UPC #72700-05362)...
- Staff Writer | May 26, 2007 8:46 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsGlaxoSmithKline settled for $64 million over a class-action lawsuit by parents whose children used antidepressant drug Paxil, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.The defective drug Paxil has reportedly caused a significant increase in suicidal thinking in children and young people taking the drug for depression. There have also been suicides reported among those in this age group taking...
- Christina Cole | May 26, 2007 12:08 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning patients and health care professionals that wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution that is manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics.The company is recalling the product as a precautionaru measure based on reports they received of a rare, but serious eye infection (Acanthamoeba...
- Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 8:21 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesA woman who was caught in a dust cloud on 9/11 near the World Trade Center died of lung disease five months later, and the city of New York now acknowledges her as a 9/11 victim. The WNYC Newsroom reports that the city Medical Examiner reversed a previous opinion that dust exposure did not cause deaths in those present on 9/11. Now the ME is saying that dust exposure contributed to this vicitm's...
- Shannon Weidemann | May 23, 2007 4:49 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA has issued a safety alert for the diabetes drug Avandia. The drug has been on the market for eight years and is used world wide. Avandia is manufactured by Glaxo. A study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine that linked the drug with an increased rate of heart attack and death. The adverse drug reaction database has received approximately 28 Canadian reports of heart...
- Christina Cole | May 17, 2007 10:58 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seats and Carriers because the handle can unexpectedly release causing the infant seat to rotate forward, resulting in serious injury. Over 450,000 car seats and carriers are included in the recall.To date, Evenflo has received 679 reports from...
- Staff Writer | May 14, 2007 12:00 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA report from AssociatedContent.com says that the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has recently proposed the idea of drug makers putting more label warnings of Paxil and other antidepressant drugs for those under age 25. The reason for this stems from studies that show an increase in suicidal thoughts when people under age 25 take antidepressant drugs such as Paxil. Apparently GlaxoSmithKline,...
- Staff Writer | May 14, 2007 9:42 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesScience Daily reported that sarciodosis of the lung, a serious inflammatory lung illness, is increasing among those New York City firefighters present during and after the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. Research completed since 9/11 by New York University, the NYC Department of Health Services, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine show at least 26 firefighters who suffer...
- Christina Cole | May 07, 2007 12:44 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA one-vehicle rollover car accident, on Sunday morning, on the Adirondack Northway killed a Pennsylvania woman, New York State Police said.The Dodge Caliber was traveling over the speed limit, at a high rate, when the vehicle went off the side of the road and flipped over several times, police said. One of the passengers, 26, of Philadelphia, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the...
- Christina Cole | May 04, 2007 11:36 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA Tuolumne County ranch has recalled prepared turkey products that were distributed within six states because they are contaminated with listeria (a fatal bacteria).Diestel Turkey Ranch, Thursday, recalled over three tons of packaged turkey sent to stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas and Washington after the U.S. Department of Agriculture found a piece of turkey was...