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Conair Recalls Lysol Steam Cleaning Mop For Burn Hazard

Posted on January 21, 2010
Conair Corp. has announced a voluntary recall of Lysol Steam Cleaning Mops because hot water mixed with Lysol can spurt out and rupture the product, posing a burn hazard to consumers. To this date, the company has received 14 reports of hot water forcefully spilling from the water compartment...

Dangerous Strollers Take Fingers

Posted on January 21, 2010
When you are strolling along, singing along, enjoying the day with your child in your Simplicity stroller, the last thing you want to think about is whether or not your Simplicity stroller will injure or even cut off your child's finger. Now, with your child strapped in and seemingly safe, you may have to watch out for a forthcoming injury...

Another 1.5 Million Strollers Recalled Due to Fingertip Amputations

Posted on January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Graco Children's Products Inc., of Atlanta, GA., have announced a voluntary recall of about 1.5 million children's strollers due to reports of fingertip lacerations and amputations...

Attention Parents: Another Massive Recall of Cribs

Posted on January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced another massive recall of cribs today of which parents and childcare providers should be aware. Dorel Asia SRL, of Barbados, in cooperation with the CPSC is recalling about 635,000 drop side and non-drop side cribs because they pose suffocation and strangulation hazards to infants and toddlers...

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FDA Says Beware of Fake Alli

Posted on January 20, 2010
January 19, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that a counterfeit version of the popular weight loss medication Alli contains a potentially harmful ingredient. Alli (60 mg orlistat) is an FDA approved weight loss product available without a prescription over-the-counter...

Two Dead, One Critically Injured in 3 Vehicle Garden State Parkway Crash(2)

Posted on January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010 A Garden State Parkway crash involving three vehicles has left two people dead and one other critically injured. The accident occurred just after 12 p.m. on Sunday, near exit 152 in Bloomfield, when Ralph Lanni, 46, of Clark, lost control of his 2002 Saab...

Two Dead, One Critically Injured in 3 Vehicle Garden State Parkway Crash

Chrysler Recalling 24,000 Vehicles Due to Risk of Brake Failure

Posted on January 18, 2010
January 17, 2010The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that Chrysler Group LLC is recalling 24,177 vehicles due to risk of brake failure. Chrysler vehicles included in this recall are an estimated 1,362 model year 2010 Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger; 1,879 2010 Jeep Commander and Jeep Grand Cherokee; 4,064 2010 Dodge Nitro and Jeep Liberty; and 16,872 model year 2009-2010 Dodge Ram Truck...

Drunk Driver Causes Multicar Accident on Queens Hwy, Victim Dies in Fiery Explosion

Posted on January 18, 2010
January 16, 2010 A drunken driver is allegedly responsible for an accident involving four vehicles and the death of one man on the Grand Central Parkway in Hillcrest Thursday night. According to the New York Daily News, Michael Carrasquillo, 28, crashed his PT Cruiser into four other cars just before 4 a...

Tylenol Recall Expanded to Include Array of OTC Products due to Odor and Illness

Posted on January 18, 2010
January 15, 2010 McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the largest consumer company within the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is expanding its November 2009 Tylenol recall to include a long list of products. The company is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to voluntarily recall certain lots of over-the-counter products sold in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Fiji because of consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like odor that has caused gastrointestinal events including nausea, stomach pain, vomiting or diarrhea...

Gas Company Fined for $85,000 Violations at 13 Pennsylvania Well Sites

Posted on January 18, 2010
January 14, 2010 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Atlas Resources, LLC, of Moon, for violations of the Oil and Gas Act, the Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act at 13 well sites. DEP says Atlas Resources failed to implement and maintain erosion and sedimentation control measures to prevent off-site discharges of silt-laden runoff onto the ground at six well sites and discharged residual and industrial waste, including diesel fuel and production fluids, onto the ground at seven of the 13 well sites...

Massive Drug Recall Initiated By J&J

Posted on January 16, 2010
Several of Johnson & Johnson's popular over-the-counter brands are being recalled across the country due to an unusual odor in select brands. The recall involves 27 different over-the-counter medications, some of which include: Children's Motrin, Children's Tylenol, Benadryl, Extra Strength Tylenol, Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis, Tylenol PM Motrin IB, Regular Strength Tylenol, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St...

Caramia Furniture Recalls Drop Side Cribs

Posted on January 15, 2010
Caramia Furniture and Mother Hubbard Cupboard, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of Diane Cribs because the slats on the drop-side of the crib can detach, posing a fall and entrapment hazard...

New Jersey DOT Worker Killed While Assisting Motorist

Posted on January 14, 2010
January 13, 2010 An alleged DUI driver hit and killed a New Jersey Department of Transportation worker as he assisted a stranded motorist in Camden County on Monday. Joseph Kealey, 45, an Emergency Service Patrol Operator, parked on the shoulder of southbound I-76 near the I-295 interchange to assist a minivan with a flat tire when a Dodge Magnum driven by Alyson Amour hit Kealey and slammed into the back of his DOT service truck...

Nationwide Recall of Cheeses, Spreads, Peanut Butter and Salsa

Posted on January 14, 2010
January 12, 2010 Parkers Farm, Inc. is recalling a variety of cheese, peanut butter and salsa products after a sampling done by the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota revealed that some finished products contained the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal sickness...

Medication Errors during Labor and Delivery at Pennsylvania Healthcare Facilities

Posted on January 14, 2010
January 10, 2010 Between June 2004 and April 2009, Pennsylvania healthcare facilities submitted 2,611 event reports involving medication errors in labor and delivery units, says a special supplemental issue to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's 2009 December Patient Safety Advisory...

CPSC Addresses Toxic Metals Found In Kids Jewelry

Posted on January 14, 2010
Amid recent reports of cadium in kids' jewelry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission urges parents to take cheap metal bracelets, necklaces and other jewelry from children. CPSC chair Inez Tenenbaum warns: Do not allow young children to be given or to play with cheap metal jewelry, especially when they are unsupervised...

FDA Warns: Salmonella Found In Dog Treats Distributed By Merrick Pet Care

Posted on January 14, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use certain beef dog treats distributed by Merrick Pet Care because the treats might be contaminated with salmonella. To this date no illnesses have been linked to the recalled products, but the FDA is advising consumers in possession of these items not to handle or feed them to their pets...

Study Finds Soda Fountain Drinks Contain Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics

Posted on January 10, 2010
January 9, 2010 Authors of a new study published in this month's issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology believe that, 'Soda fountain machines may harbor persistent communities of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, which may contribute to episodic gastric distress in the general population and could pose a more significant health risk to immune-compromised individuals...

Nearly a Million Home Improvement Books Recalled Due to Faulty Do-It-Yourself Wiring Instructions

Posted on January 10, 2010
January 9, 2010 Consumers test their home repair or remodeling skills, or try to save money, by doing home improvement projects themselves. They often start with a trip to the local hardware or mega-sized home improvement store for materials and perhaps a how-to-do-it-yourself instruction book...

Manhattan Company with History of Violations Recalls Fish Again Because of Botulism Risk

Posted on January 10, 2010
January 7, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Bao Ding Seafood Co. Inc. of New York, NY 10002 is recalling the company's Boiled Horse Mackerel due to the risk of potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition...

Woman Struck and Killed by a Forklift in Brooklyn

Posted on January 07, 2010
January 6, 2010 The New York Police Department is investigating how a forklift struck and killed a woman on a Brooklyn street. The accident happened about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday morning as Rosemary Pratt, 46, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, crossed the intersection of East 14 Street and Avenue M in Midwood...

State Board Accuses Octomom Doctor of Negligence

Posted on January 07, 2010
January 5, 2009 The Medical Board of California has filed a complaint accusing Michael Kamrava, M.D., a Beverly Hills obstetrician/gynecologist, of negligence and violation of professional guidelines in the case of a California woman who gave birth to octuplets...

FDA Moves to Shut Down Dirty NJ Cheese Manufacturer

Posted on January 05, 2010
January 4, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will petition the federal court to shut down a New Jersey cheese manufacturer in the interest of public safety. The FDA says Quesos Mi Pueblito, of Passaic, NJ, has a history of operating under insanitary conditions, producing cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and failure to correct violations despite federal and state warnings...

Are Shields Enough to Protect NYC Bus Drivers from Violence?

Posted on January 03, 2010
January 3, 2010 A Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) New York City Transit bus with a shield installed to protect the driver is operating on the same route where a violent passenger killed a driver in 2008. This bus on the B46 line in Brooklyn is one of 100 such buses that will be part of a pilot program of MTA NYC Transit...

Two Dead and One Critically Injured after Driver High on Crack and Pot Rear-ends Disabled Vehicles

Posted on January 03, 2010
January 2, 2010 Two people are dead and another critically injured following an early morning accident on New Year's Day in Philadelphia. Joseph Price stopped in the left lane of northbound I-95 near the Bridge Street exit after his 2006 Dodge Caravan got a flat tire...

NJ Construction Company Fails to Pay Back Wages, U.S. Marshals Seize Executive?s Corvette

Posted on January 03, 2010
January 1, 2010 U.S. Marshals and agents from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General seized a 1992 black Corvette from the home of Richard Kohler, president of Brocon Petroleum, Inc. on Tuesday, because the company failed to pay back wages to a whistleblowing employee...

New Study Focuses on Effects of Prescription Medication on Pregnant Mom and Child

Posted on January 03, 2010
December 31, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new research program called the Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP), which will fund research to study the effects of prescription medications when used during pregnancy...

Tylenol Arthritis Recall Expanded

Posted on December 31, 2009
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 initial recall, which involved five lots of the product, was recalled in November after reports surfaced of an unusual mildew-like odor that was associated with stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea...

Butter Toffee Peanuts and Yogurt Covered Peanuts Recalled By Nutty Guys

Posted on December 31, 2009
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, 2010. According to the agency, insects were discovered in some of these products...

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