- Chrissie Cole | December 31, 2009 10:44 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Tylenol maker McNeil PPC Inc., in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is expanding a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets with the bright red EZ-open cap.
The...
- Chrissie Cole | December 31, 2009 10:22 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Nutty Guys in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a voluntary recall of all Yogurt Covered Peanuts and Butter Toffee Peanuts with sell by dates before March 15,...
- Paul Napoli | December 30, 2009 11:44 PM |
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Miscellaneous December 30, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co., of China, is voluntarily recalling certain dehumidifiers due to fire...
- Paul Napoli | December 30, 2009 11:41 PM |
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Miscellaneous December 29, 2009
General Motors’ new 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain are subjected to their first recall due to a potential problem in the HVAC system that may create a crash hazard....
- Paul Napoli | December 29, 2009 1:15 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products December 27, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that National Steak and Poultry, of Owasso, OK, is recalling approximately 248,000...
- Paul Napoli | December 29, 2009 1:10 AM |
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MiscellaneousDecember 27, 2009
A Utica woman is facing serious charges under Leandra’s Law for driving under the influence and having four young children in the car.
New York State Police received a...
- Paul Napoli | December 27, 2009 12:47 AM |
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Workplace Injuries December 26, 2009
A construction worker survived an eight-story fall from scaffolding Thursday afternoon in New York City.
Jose Paulino, 29, a native of the Dominican Republic living in the...
- Paul Napoli | December 27, 2009 12:45 AM |
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Miscellaneous December 25, 2009
Two American bulldogs attacked five neighborhood children in Winslow, NJ on Monday.
Police say the two dogs escaped their owner’s backyard. Four children, ages 9-12,...
- Paul Napoli | December 27, 2009 12:42 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 24, 2009
As a 12-year-old girl exited her school bus on Bay Street in Staten Island, a woman in an SUV hit the child and then fled the scene, allege police.
A school bus stopped to...
- Chrissie Cole | December 24, 2009 9:43 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
A new rule that will require makers of durable infant and toddler products to form and maintain a registration card program was approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) last...
- Paul Napoli | December 23, 2009 10:51 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents December 23, 2009
An accident near Exit 5 of Mount Laurel left a tractor-trailer hanging off an overpass and traffic backed up for miles on the New Jersey Turnpike Wednesday morning.
According...
- Paul Napoli | December 23, 2009 10:49 PM |
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Miscellaneous December 22, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to inspect their home heating and emergency power systems this winter to prevent potential deaths from carbon...
- Paul Napoli | December 23, 2009 10:45 PM |
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Miscellaneous December 21, 2009
When asked to help a pregnant woman who was having a seizure, two emergency medical technicians told frantic coffee shop employees to call 911 because they were on a...
- Chrissie Cole | December 23, 2009 12:50 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Dollar Tree Stores, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of more than 200,000 Tool Bench Utility Knives because the blade can slide past...
- Alan Ripka | December 22, 2009 3:30 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeHave you wondered why your child is not acting the way he or she should? Has your baby not reached the milestones that you were told that they would? Has the doctor avoided your concerns and told...
- Alan Ripka | December 22, 2009 3:28 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeBad births can lead to Erb's Palsy, a condition in which nerves are stretched and cause the hand, arm, shoulder and face to be injured. Erb's Palsy is frequently caused by the use of excessive force...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:51 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD has released results of a AHRQ funded report that found some methods of minimally invasive biopsy for breast cancer are nearly...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:48 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDecember 19, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., announced a recall of...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:45 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesDecember 18, 2009
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC and Schlumberger Technology Corp. $15,557 each for a 295-gallon hydrochloric...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:39 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 17, 2009
The Child Passenger Protection Act, known as Leandra's Law in honor of 11-year-old Leandra Rosado, goes into effect tomorrow and makes driving drunk with a child in the car a...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:36 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDecember 16, 2009
The Medicines Company of Parsippany, NJ announced a voluntarily recall of eleven lots of Cleviprex® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion because a routine annual...
- Chrissie Cole | December 18, 2009 3:52 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Proctor & Gamble, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of 700,000 packs of Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu 24-Count Bonus Pack...
- Chrissie Cole | December 17, 2009 12:57 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Precious Moments Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntarily recalled 4,300 Angel Tree Toppers due to a faulty wiring which can overheat posing a...
- Chrissie Cole | December 17, 2009 12:35 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The Home Depot, in conjunction with the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of 2,000 Hampton Bay Humidifiers due to faulty component that poses a fire and burn...
- Paul Napoli | December 16, 2009 12:35 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDecember 15, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) announced a recall today to repair all Roman shades and roll-up blinds to prevent the...
- Paul Napoli | December 16, 2009 12:34 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesDecember 14, 2009
The State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) sent letters to about 450 residents of Pompton Lakes, near where DuPont formerly operated an explosives...
- Chrissie Cole | December 15, 2009 1:35 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
About 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine, made by Sanofi Pasteur SA, have been recalled after testing indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus, according to the U.S....
- Paul Napoli | December 14, 2009 7:02 PM |
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MiscellaneousDecember 13, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Solid Waste Transfer & Recycling Inc., of Newark, NJ, for alleged safety and...
- Paul Napoli | December 14, 2009 6:55 PM |
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MiscellaneousDecember 12, 2009
A horrific crash this morning on I-95 in Mamaroneck, NY left one man without part of his leg.
About 7:30 a.m., an accident occurred on I-95 northbound just south of Exit 18A,...
- Paul Napoli | December 14, 2009 6:43 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeDecember 11, 2009
On November 30, a doctor at a Quick Care medical clinic referred patient Roshunda Abney, 25, who was complaining of severe abdominal pain, for “higher care” at the...
- Paul Napoli | December 14, 2009 6:41 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 10, 2009
A drunk driver in an SUV struck and critically injured two students as they walked to school this morning in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, police said.
Brian Rosario,...
- Paul Napoli | December 14, 2009 6:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Simon & Schuster Inc., of New York, N.Y., have announced a voluntary recall of the popular Monday the Bullfrog Plush Book because the...
- Alan Ripka | December 13, 2009 8:20 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhen you have a baby, the last thing you want to think about is whether the stroller you purchased is safe - especially whether or not your Maclaren stroller will injure or even cut off your...
- Chrissie Cole | December 09, 2009 11:50 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Snap Beads, distributed by Edushape Ltd., have been voluntarily recalled in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) because the snap bead peg may break off, posing a...
- Paul Napoli | December 09, 2009 12:56 AM |
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Workplace DiscriminationDecember 8, 2009
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit Monday charging M. Slavin & Sons, a retail and wholesale fish market, with creating a hostile work...
- Paul Napoli | December 09, 2009 12:52 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDecember 7, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public to avoid eating oysters harvested from the San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Texas.
The FDA, Centers for Disease...
- Paul Napoli | December 07, 2009 11:20 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeDecember 6, 2009
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released a report in its December 2009 Patient Advisory regarding wrong-drug errors of neuromuscular blocking agents at Pennsylvania...
- Paul Napoli | December 07, 2009 11:17 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 5, 2009
A bouncing spool of wire on the Bruckner Expressway caused a horrific crash in the Bronx on Friday, leaving one woman dead, a postal truck driver hurt, and NBC News's Tom Brokaw...
- Paul Napoli | December 07, 2009 11:12 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
December 4, 2009
Unilever United States, Inc. of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has voluntarily recalled all Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink...
- Paul Napoli | December 03, 2009 11:24 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 3, 2009
An accident early Wednesday morning on the Atlantic City Expressway has left three men dead.
New Jersey State Police said a Volkswagen GTI, driven westbound on the expressway by...
- Chrissie Cole | December 03, 2009 11:26 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Snax In Pax, Inc. announced a nationwide recall of several products because they contain undeclared MILK on their label. People who have an allergy or sensitivity to MILK are at risk of suffering...
- Paul Napoli | December 03, 2009 8:35 AM |
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Miscellaneous December 2, 2009
A popular Philly local musician and high school counselor went to a hospital emergency room on Saturday complaining of heart attack symptoms. He sat untreated in the waiting room...
- Paul Napoli | December 01, 2009 8:35 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsDecember 1, 2009
Nassau police continue to search for a hit and run driver that killed a motorcyclist in Franklin Square on Sunday morning.
John Deike, 46, was driving his Honda motorcycle...
- Paul Napoli | December 01, 2009 8:32 PM |
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Miscellaneous November 30, 2009
In a new study published in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston researchers found trauma patients without...