- Chrissie Cole | January 31, 2008 9:29 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsL.L. Bean, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of its Insta-Bed battery chargers.The batteries in the car chargers can overheat when the car is running, causing the battery-charging unit to explode. This can pose an injury hazard to consumers.To date, the company has received one report of the batteries overheating and bursting. No...
- Chrissie Cole | January 29, 2008 1:42 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDollar Tree Stores Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of its Crafters Square Holt Melt Mini Glue Guns. The glue guns can short-circuit and cause the gun to smoke and catch on fire - posing a fire, burn and shock hazard to consumers.The company has received seven reports of the glue guns short circuiting resulting in two injuries -...
- Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 12:38 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide drug recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc. under the brand name(s) Sierra Pre-filled, Inc. and B. Braun. The recall was announced after samples tested positive for Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause death and serious injury. Serratia marcescens has been...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2008 9:55 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA construction set meant for children three and up has been recalled due to the possibility of magnets in the toy falling out and becoming ingested. The recalled toy is the Battat Magnabild Magnetic Building Systems. The product was sold in stores around the country for a retail price around $30. This recall involves the 293-piece (item number BB1502H) and the 180-piece (item number BB1431H)...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2008 10:36 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesA new study has shown that men have thinner skulls than women and it may make them more prone to head injury. Researchers at Ford Motor Company and Tianjin University of Science and Technology studied 3,000 people for skull thickness and shape. They found that skull thickness was on average 6.5 millimeters in men and 7.1 millimeters in women. Skull thickness, as one might expect, improves the...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 20, 2008 10:23 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA study in the New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that many antidepressants do not work. The antidepressant study was performed by researchers at Oregon Health and Science University. They based their data on 74 studies that had been submitted to the FDA. The study shows that of the 74 studies registered with the Food and Drug Administration from 1987 through 2004, 38 were deemed...
- Chrissie Cole | January 19, 2008 12:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Brooklyn man was arrested, on Sunday, for an October 6 car accident that killed one man and seriously injured another near the Belt Parkway.The man, 19, was arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to police. The accident occurred at 4 a.m., on October 6, when he was driving east on the parkway and his car swerved off the roadside onto a grassy area and struck two pedestrians.He told...
- Chrissie Cole | January 14, 2008 11:08 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesOne worker was killed and one seriously injured in a construction accident at the Trump SoHo construction site when a bucket full of wet concrete careened into scaffolding and sent debris flying 40 stories.Construction workers and authorities said the bucket, which was being hoisted by a crane near the 41st floor, fell into some scaffolding supporting near the top of the building at about 1:55...
- Jenny Albano | January 12, 2008 6:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA woman who was seriously injured when her car crashed off a pier earlier this week died on Friday, January 11. Margrit Mueller, 68, had been in critical condition and was unconscious since her accident on Monday, January 7. Mueller and her passenger, Ellen Halvorsen, went off a Bay Shore pier and the car landed upside down in freezing cold water. Two Good Samaritans who heard the crash...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 10, 2008 11:10 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesA 43-year-old contractor was killed in Logan, Montana on Monday after falling from a roof. The construction accident happened on a new house under construction. The victim was working on the roof when he feel 20 feet and died. The victim was working on the roof of a new house near Logan Monday morning when he fell off a ladder. Officials say they are still trying to determine how he fell 20...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 09, 2008 11:42 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe World Trade Center attacks on September 11th happened six years ago but for many people effects still linger. A new study by UC Irvine has shown that even people that were not directly affected by 9/11 may now be suffering heart problems because of stress. The study shows there may be more victims of World Trade Center Illness than previously thought. Most of them had no pre-existing...
- Jenny Albano | January 06, 2008 2:12 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesAn IBM plant is being sued by its previous neighbors in New York because they claim IBM released chemicals into the air, ground and water for almost 80 years. The residents claim that these chemicals caused birth defects and cancer.Some 90 residents of the upstate New York towns of Endicott and Union say that from 1924 to 2002, IBM dumped chemicals including trichloroethylene and...