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Army Recalls 44,000 Combat Helmets that Fail to Meet Specifications

Posted on May 20, 2010
Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH) provide our soldiers with the most high-tech protection available. Not only do the helmets guard against blows to the head, but they also record data to measure the blow and gather information regarding brain injury. However, some of the helmets have been found unfit for combat and last week the Army recalled 44,000 helmets from the field...

Toyota - A Second Look at Steering Defects: Did Toyota Fail to Follow Guidelines (Again)?

Posted on May 16, 2010
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reinvestigating Toyota's report of steering-system defects to determine whether or not the company properly reported the problem. The steering-system problem comes on the heels of Toyota's major gas pedal incident...

Military Members May Soon Sue for Medical Malpractice

Posted on May 16, 2010
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) recently spoke out in support of the Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act. The bill, headed up by Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), 'would remove an inequity,' as stated by the MOAA president and retired Vice Admiral Norb Ryan...

Nissan Infinity Cars Recalled Due to Faulty Airbags

Posted on May 13, 2010
Nissan Motor Co. recently recalled Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes because a wire harness for the airbags may wear down, resulting in failed airbag deployment in a collision as reported by Yahoo! News. Infinity is the luxury car brand made by parent corporation Nissan...

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Full-Sized Cribs by Simplicity Recalled

Posted on May 03, 2010
The CPSC has recalled all of company Simplicity's full-sized cribs, citing the potential risk of an infant being caught between the mattress and the frame and suffocating or strangling to death. The mattress rests upon metal support beams, posing an entrapment hazard should the mattress collapse between beams with child caught in the cushion...

FDA Tightens Regulations On Automated Infusion Pumps

Posted on May 02, 2010
Following repeated problems with the devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Friday that it would tighten the rules on commonly used automated infusion pumps that deliver drugs and other fluids to patients; it is estimated that two million of these infusion pumps are used in hospital and clinical settings and hundreds of thousands more are used by patients in their homes...

FDA Warns Against Potentially Malfunctioning Defibrillators

Posted on May 02, 2010
The FDA sent out a notice on Tuesday regarding external Cardiac Science of Bothell defibrillators, telling healthcare and 'high-risk' facilities to use alternatives because the devices can malfunction during a time of need. The problem lies in faulty components which may cause the device to 'fail to properly deliver a shock...

Crib Safety: Graco Recalls 217,000 For Entrapment, Suffocation, and Strangulation Hazards

Posted on April 29, 2010
Graco has recalled 217,000 cribs that may be defective and entrap, suffocate, or strangle infants or toddlers, says the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The cribs are actually manufactured by LoJobi and branded by Graco. This makes the third major recall involving Graco this year...

Food Safety Bill Comes Under Fire For New BPA Amendment

Posted on April 29, 2010
A recent amendment proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) to the long-gestating bill to improve food safety has come under fire from the food industry and major business groups. The amendment would ban bisphenol-A from being used in food and beverage containers...

Ford Recalls 33,256 Vehicles For Potential Safety Problem

Posted on April 24, 2010
Ford Motor Company has recalled 33,256 automobiles, including one of its best-sellers, the Fusion. Ford says that front seats and headrests might collapse backwards in a crash. This is a "voluntary" recall, according to the Nathional Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) web site...

Did NHTSA Ignore Toyota Sudden Acceleration Problems 7 Years Ago?

Posted on April 23, 2010
In late 2003, Steve Chan, an investigator with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), concluded that the recently adopted drive-by-wire gas pedals of Toyota Camrys might be a cause for sudden unintended acceleration in the vehicles...

Sienna Minivans Recalled by Toyota

Posted on April 21, 2010
Toyota has recalled 600,000 more vehicles, but for a different reason this time. The latest recall is for potential corrosion to the spare tire carrier in Sienna minivans. At issue are model years 1998-2010 two wheel drive (2WD) minivans, driven in states with high road salt usage - i...

Judge Allows Trial To Commence In KBR Convoy Case

Posted on April 19, 2010
A federal judge has recently decided that most of the lawsuits claiming Houston-based KBR should have stopped a deadly 2004 supply truck convoy in Iraq, which killed six civilian drivers and wounded fourteen others, can move to trial; however, a May 24 trial date has been postponed to allow KBR time to file an appeal...

Women Take Stand Against NFL Brain Injury Policies

Posted on April 19, 2010
Over the past few years, a group of women have taken charge of bringing the impact of National Football League (NFL) brain injuries to the attention of government officials. A great deal is owed to Kwana Pittman, niece of Andrew Waters. Waters was a former NFL safety who took his own life in November 2006...

West Virginia Coal Mining Company Cavalier About Safety

Posted on April 12, 2010
Last Monday, twenty-five miners perished at the Massey Energy coal mine. As more details begin to surface about the sorted safety history at the mine, there are also concerns being raised regarding the lavish lifestyle and supposedly cavalier attitude of the company's controversial chief executive, Don Blankenship, as purported in lawsuits and corporate documents...

Unapproved Nitroglycerin Pills Could Pose Deadly Problem

Posted on April 01, 2010
Last year, doctors in the United States wrote more than four million prescriptions for nitroglycerin tablets, heart drugs placed under the tongue to stop a heart attack or reduce chest pain angina. The nitroglycerin will dissolve in the bloodstream, where it dilates the coronary artery and decreases blood pressure slightly, thus reducing heart exertion...

Toyota Asked To Install Software To Prevent Accidents In 2007

Posted on March 30, 2010
In 2007, following concern that vehicles could race out of control, federal regulators asked Toyota Motor Corp. to consider installing software in their automobiles that would prevent sudden acceleration. In 2008, the company ordered an internal feasibility study of the technology...

Technology in Emergency Vehicles Could Be Seen As Distraction

Posted on March 20, 2010
Gadgets in vehicles are widely seen as distractions for drivers, especially in the minds of legislators and safety advocates who are attempting to limit the use of these devices for most drivers. Police officers and paramedics, however, are required to use these devices, such as dashboard computers, navigation systems, cellphones and sophisticated radios, as part of their job while driving at high speeds through traffic...

Generic Drug Maker Faces Manufacturing Violations

Posted on March 20, 2010
Indian generic drug manufacturer, Ranbaxy Laboratories, has experienced many manufacturing violations over the past two years at one of its plants in India. Although it is only a minor player in the United States generic drug market, it accounted for about twenty-nine million prescriptions in 2009...

GM Recalls Over 1 Million Vehicles

Posted on March 13, 2010
Toyota is not the only company that has potential safety-related defects with its cars. General Motors has announced a recall of approximately 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles citing over 1,000 reports of power steering problems. Specific models are the 2005 through 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, the 2007 through 2010 Pontiac G5, the 2005 and 2006 Pontiac Pursuit sold in Canada, and the 2005 and 2006 Pontiac G4 sold in Mexico...

Toy Importer-Distributor Fined for Hazardous Children's Products

Posted on March 13, 2010
After being issued several warnings by the CPSC for violating safety standards, Two U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese retailer Daiso have been hit with a $2 million fine for importing 'lead-tainted toys and dangerous children's products.' The subsidiaries, based in California and Seattle, have been further barred from importing children's products until they are proven safe...

2006 Memo to Toyota Management Questioned the Company?s Survival

Posted on March 12, 2010
In 2006, six Toyota veterans presented a memo to the company's management that addressed the company's escalating recall numbers - at the time over 5 million – and how this rate (36% of vehicles sold) was higher than the company's competitors. The veterans came to notice that the company had been making 'dangerous safety and manpower shortcuts to lower costs and boost production' due to overseas demand for more compact fuel-efficient vehicles...

McDonald?s Suit Not Frivolous Says Federal Appellate Court

Posted on March 09, 2010
While many people use the case of the woman who sued McDonalds over coffee that was too hot to show the frivolousness of lawsuits, they do not talk about how hot the coffee really was and that the seventy-nine-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe injuries; the case was ultimately settled...

Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants May Cause Tissue Damage

Posted on March 07, 2010
About a decade ago, when metal-on-metal artificial hips began being used, there was concern about their potential to produce high levels of metallic ions, thus causing what were thought to be allergic reactions in patients. In the last two years, further research has raised concerns that the metal debris can ignite severe inflammatory reactions that can destroy or damage tendons, muscles and other soft tissue...

Poligrip's Potential Hazard

Posted on March 03, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Poligrip denture cream, will stop making formulas that contain zinc, such as Super Poligrip Original, Ultra Fresh and Extra Care. The company made the decision to discontinue the product due to hundreds of lawsuits being filed that claimed years of excessive use of the cream may cause neurological damage and blood problems in consumers; some consumers were allegedly crippled...

FBI Raids Auto Parts Manufacturers Supplying Toyota

Posted on February 24, 2010
Three Detroit auto parts suppliers were raided by the FBI on Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2010) evening. Yazaki North America, Denso International America, Inc., and Tokai Rika, aka Tram, make parts for Toyota vehicles. Yazaki makes several electronic components, while it appears Denso supplies various mechanical components, including accelerator pedals...

Outrageous Misconduct? Toyota Documents Spell More Trouble

Posted on February 22, 2010
Several internal Toyota documents have recently surfaced regarding the lax attention and regard paid to its past and presently escalating sudden acceleration woes. The documents were subpoenaed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...

Toyota Trouble Fails to Cease

Posted on February 16, 2010
Reports on Toyota vehicle safety issues have continued to circulate, with the same problem of sudden acceleration remaining the focus. However, USA Today questioned whether or not the?Prius would be recalled for braking delay problems. For some reason, Toyota just cannot get their act together...

Honda Adds Almost 500,000 Automobiles to Global Airbag Recall

Posted on February 15, 2010
At a time when automotive recalls are plaguing the news, Japanese automaker, Honda Motor Co., is adding an additional 437,000 automobiles to its fifteen-month global recall for faulty airbags. Honda will be replacing the driver's side airbag inflator in the vehicles because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill the driver...

NIH To Begin Monitoring Radiation Received By Patients

Posted on February 15, 2010
Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have grown concerned over the amount of radiation Americans are incurring over a lifetime. Because of this, they will begin to record the amount of radiation patients receive from such procedures as CT scans in their electronic medical records...

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