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Alfalfa Sprouts Recalled By Specialty Farms Due To Listeria Risk

Posted on July 29, 2010
Specialty Farms is expanding a recall of certain alfalfa sprout products due to a potential Listeria Monocytogenes contamination. While no illnesses have been reported to date, Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly and others with compromised immune systems...

FDA Warns: Evamist Exposure Dangerous To Children And Pets

Posted on July 29, 2010
Inadvertent exposure to Evamist through skin contact with women using this product has the potential for adverse effects in children and pets, warns the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Evamist contains estradoil, an estrogen hormone, which is sprayed on the forearms between the elbow and wrist to help reduce hot flashes during menopause...

Autistic young man dies after Pennsylvania care facility leaves him in a parked van

Posted on July 28, 2010
July 27, 2010 A residential care facility outside Philadelphia left a 20-year-old autistic patient inside a scorching hot van Saturday, where employees found him dead more than five hours later, according to an Associated Press article. Two counselors and four residents of Woods Services in Middletown Township, PA traveled home from Sesame Place, a Langhorne, PA Sesame Street themed amusement park...

Toxic BPA Found in Ordinary Store Receipts a Danger to Consumers and Sales Cashiers

Posted on July 28, 2010
July 28, 2010 An investigation that found extremely high levels of bisphenol A (BPA) on paper used for sales register receipts has revealed a hidden danger for consumers, but sales cashiers are at even greater risk of exposure. BPA is an industrial chemical used to make a hard, clear plastic known as polycarbonate used in a vast array of consumer products including water bottles and baby bottles...

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VIP Lacrosse Gloves Recalled Due To Lead Hazard

Posted on July 26, 2010
Excessive levels of lead on more than 7,000 pairs of Youth and Adult Brine VIP Lacrosse Gloves has prompted Brine, a division of Warrior Sports Inc., to announce a voluntary recall in the U.S. and Canada. The company has not received any reports of injury or illness in connection with this recall...

FDA Cites Quality Control Problems at Third Johnson & Johnson Plant

Posted on July 25, 2010
July 24, 2010 A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection has found quality control problems at a third Johnson & Johnson manufacturing facility. Federal officials inspecting the J&J plant in Lancaster, PA, documented problems with the company's manufacturing practices, including sloppy recordkeeping, failure to clean and maintain equipment and lack of an established laboratory standard to ensure drug quality, reports The Washington Post...

Widow Of Track Worker Files Wrongful Death Suit Against City

Posted on July 24, 2010
The widow of an East Rockaway worker electrocuted while supervising track work at a Queens Subway station will file a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Jackie Knell filed a notice to sue on July 22, charging numerous violations at the work site when her husband slipped and fell on the wet subway track on April 26...

Doctors across U.S. implanting Unapproved IUDs and Placing Patients Health at Risk

Posted on July 22, 2010
July 22, 2010 A nationwide problem of medical practitioners implanting unapproved intrauterine devices (IUDs) has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a warning to consumers to notify them of the risks of such devices and the ongoing problem...

Grand Jury Subpoenas Toyota Steering Defect Docs

Posted on July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010 The federal grand jury investigating Toyota's vehicle sudden acceleration and braking issues has now subpoenaed documents relating to faulty steering rod components. According to The New York Times, Toyota revealed that the grand jury in the Southern District of New York has demanded documents about defective steering relay rods, which were the subject of a massive 2005 recall...

Study Links Zinc Cold Remedies to Loss of Smell

Posted on July 20, 2010
July 19, 2010 A new study has linked the use of nasal remedies containing zinc gluconate with the loss of the sense of smell. Zinc gluconate is a dietary supplement marketed as a homeopathic remedy to shorten the duration of the common cold. Study authors Terence M...

Breast Cancer linked to Cleaning Products and Air Fresheners, but not Pesticides says Study

Posted on July 20, 2010
July 20, 2010 Researchers of a new study found a correlation between women with breast cancer and their use of household cleaning products and air fresheners, but found no link to pesticide exposure. Researchers from the Silent Spring Institute, of Newton, MA, and the Boston University School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology in Boston, MA performed the study...

NY Brain Lab Halts Studies

Posted on July 17, 2010
Research has been halted at a brain-imaging center at Columbia University after federal officials questioned the quality of medications being used on patients. In a series of inspections, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the center had failed to fix problems in a lab that makes experimental drugs that are injected into psychiatric patients...

CPSC Proposes New Rules That Would Ban Drop-Side Cribs

Posted on July 16, 2010
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed new rules that would ban the manufacture and resale of drop-side cribs. Expected to take effect in 2011, the new crib standard would also ban drop-side cribs from childcare facilities, motels and hotels...

Recall to Repair Portable Playard Tent Prompted By Child's Death

Posted on July 15, 2010
Tots in Mind Inc., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC), have announced a voluntary recall of Cozy Indoor Portable Playard Tents Plus Cabana Kits. The clips used to attach the tent to the playard can break or be removed, allowing the child to lift the tent and become entrapped between the frame and base of the tent, posing a strangulation hazard...

Those Using Illegal Circle Lenses to Get ?Lady Gaga? Eyes are Placing Their Vision at Risk

Posted on July 10, 2010
July 10, 2010 Contact lenses called circle lenses are becoming popular in the United States, especially with teenagers and young adults, but can damage eyes and cause blindness. Circle lenses have been in the news a lot recently since musical artist Lady Gaga released her music video 'Bad Romance' that portrayed the artist with huge eyes generated by computer special effects...

Millions of Huber Needles Recalled

Posted on July 08, 2010
Earlier this year, the FDA recalled 2 million Huber needles manufactured between January 2007 to August 2009 by Nipro Medical Corporation and distributed by Exelint International Corporation. The Huber needles are used to access ports implanted under the skin of chronically ill patients for repeated access to veins for infusion of medication, among other things...

Johnson & Johnson Expands Tylenol Recall, Again

Posted on July 08, 2010
July 8, 2010 McNeil Consumer Healthcare, one of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is once again expanding its recall of over-the-counter medications associated with a musty smell that made some consumers sick. In November 2009, McNeil recalled certain lots of 100ct Tylenol Arthritis Pain with EZ-Open Cap following consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like odor that caused gastrointestinal events including nausea, stomach pain, vomiting or diarrhea...

City Barge Sinks Boat Full of Tourists on Delaware River in Philly, Two Missing and Feared Dead

Posted on July 07, 2010
July 7, 2010 A group of tourist's ride in a duck boat on the Delaware River in Philadelphia turned tragic today as a barge ran over and sank their boat, sending all 37 people aboard into the water, reports The New York Times. A duck boat is an amphibious truck, often converted from WWII military use or built based upon that design for tourist transportation tours...

Firework Explodes into Crowd at PA Fireworks Display, Company has History of Mishaps and Injuries

Posted on July 06, 2010
July 6, 2010 A fireworks display accident on Sunday has left eleven people, some of them children, injured and this is not the first time the company has had such a problem. The fireworks, meant to celebrate Independence Day and the 250th Anniversary of the borough of Palmyra, PA ended in tragedy when one firework charge misfired and exploded inside the discharge tube, causing surrounding tubes to ignite and send fireworks into the crowd of spectators...

NY Man Loses Entire Arm in Fireworks Accident, Doctors Say They Cannot Reattach

Posted on July 05, 2010
July 5, 2010 A Long Island, NY man who tragically lost his arm in an Independence Day fireworks accident will be forever without the limb. According to CNN, Eric Smith, 36, hosted a Fourth of July party on Saturday at his Islip Terrace home, complete with fireworks set off in the street...

NHTSA launches investigation into reports of power steering failure in Mazda and BMW vehicles

Posted on July 02, 2010
July 2, 2010 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into reports of the loss of power steering in the Mazda3 and BMW Z4 vehicles, says a Bloomberg Businessweek article. The investigation involves more than 290,000 Mazda3 vehicles from model years 2007-2009 and about 48,000 BMW Z4 vehicles from model years 2003-2005...

Banned contaminated Katrina FEMA trailers housing Gulf oil spill cleanup workers

Posted on July 01, 2010
July 1, 2010 An article in The New York Times says FEMA trailers used to house residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, found to contain high levels of formaldehyde that sickened many people, are finding a second life housing Gulf oil spill cleanup workers, despite being banned for long-term housing by the government...

SmileMakers Recalls Children's Jewlery Due To Cadium Risk

Posted on June 30, 2010
SmileMakers Inc., in cooperation with the CPSC, issued a recall of more than 66,000 Children's Happy Charm Bracelets and Foot Ball Rings, due to high levels of Cadium. Cadium, like lead, is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects...

V.A. hospital potentially exposed 1,812 Veterans to blood-borne diseases and HIV during dental work

Posted on June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010 A routine inspection has found that Cochran V.A. Medical Center in St. Louis, MO may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to blood-borne diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C during dental work, according to an article in The New York Times...

Fireworks Recalled by Big Fireworks

Posted on June 29, 2010
Big Fireworks, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of Super Lightning Rockets. The recalled fireworks are overloaded with pyrotechnic composition, which may cause a greater explosion than expected, posing risk of burn to nearby consumers...

FDA Inspectors found Unsafe Food Handling Practices and Dirty Kitchens at Airline Food Caterers

Posted on June 28, 2010
June 29, 2010 U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections show that many of the kitchens that produce food for the airlines have serious sanitation or food handling safety problems, according to an article in USA Today. FDA inspectors found violations such as poor hygiene of the employees, inadequate pest control resulting in infestations of mice, rats and bugs, unsanitary equipment and food storage temperatures that were too high...

One Killed, One Injured In Motorcycle-Deer Accidents

Posted on June 28, 2010
One man is dead and another is in critical condition following two separate motorcycle accidents involving a deer on western New York roads. The first accident happened on Saturday evening in the Clarence. A motorcyclist, 53, was riding his motorcycle when he struck a deer and was ejected from his bike, according to Erie County Sheriff's Department...

Woman on Oxygen Dies after Utility Company Shuts Her Power Off

Posted on June 27, 2010
June 27, 2010 New Hampshire officials are investigating the death of a Salem, NH woman on an oxygen machine after the utility company shut off power to her home. According to The Boston Globe, Stephen Phaneuf came home Monday morning about 10:00 am to find his wife Kay, 54, unconscious and the power to their home turned off...

Nasal Spray Voluntarily Recalled By P&G

Posted on June 27, 2010
Proctor & Gamble announced a precautionary recall of its 4-Hour Decongestant Nasal Spray because the product's formulation may not last until the expiration date listed. The company stresses that the recall is not a result of consumer complaints...

Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin Supplement for Dogs Recalled

Posted on June 27, 2010
All unexpired lots of Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin supplements for dogs have been recalled by United Pet Group due to a salmonella scare. The company received one report of a dog becoming ill after eating the product, to date. No reports have involved people...

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