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Propane Recall, Lack of Odor May Lead to Fire, Explosion or Burns

Posted on January 20, 2011
January 20. 2011 A processor of propane gas, also known as liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, has issued a recall of its propane sold in portable tanks and propane delivered to storage tanks because the company failed to add a sufficient amount of an odorant intended to alert consumers of a gas leak...

Philly Gas Explosion Kills 1 and Injures 5

Posted on January 19, 2011
January 19, 2011 The explosion of a gas main in a Philadelphia suburb has left one person dead and five others injured. After reports of a gas smell in the Tacony neighborhood in Northeast Philly just before 7:30pm Tuesday, employees from the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the scene and discovered a water main and 12' gas main break...

Seven Firefighters Injured In Queens Fire

Posted on January 18, 2011
Seven firefighters were injured while battling a seven-alarm fire in New York City, officials said. The blaze, broke out at J&J Ironworks, a one-story brick commercial building in Queens, at about 6 p.m. Monday, according to a Fire Department spokesman...

Do you have one of these recalled programmable thermostats in your home?

Posted on January 17, 2011
January 17, 2011 White-Rodgers has recalled about 188,300 programmable thermostats because they could potentially cause a fire. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that the company is voluntarily recalling the affected programmable thermostats because the unit constantly recharges the AA batteries that power the clock, which may cause the batteries to leak and become a fire hazard...

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OSHA Fines Companies $229,390 after Explosion at PA Oil Well Kills Two Workers

Posted on January 16, 2011
January 16, 2011 After an investigation into an explosion at a Pennsylvania well site that killed two workers, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued fines totaling $229,390 to two companies involved in the incident...

New York City Woman Performing Illegal Breast and Butt Enlargements with Injected Silicone

Posted on January 15, 2011
January 15, 2011 Authorities have discovered a Bronx woman running an underground business out of her apartment in which she injected liquid silicone to enhance women's breasts and buttocks. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York regarding a Complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court, Whalesca Castillo, who has no medical or nursing license, ran her illegal business of injecting women with liquid silicone she imported from the Dominican Republic since at least 2009...

Rattles, Teething Rings and Toys Recalled

Posted on January 13, 2011
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of three child products that include, baby rattles, teething rings and toy phones. Baby Rattles Kid O Products has recalled baby rattles because the beads can come off, posing a choking hazard to young children...

FDA Cuts Acetaminophen Dosage in Prescription Meds, Requires Black Box Warning for Liver Damage

Posted on January 13, 2011
January 14, 2011 Cases of liver failure associated with acetaminophen overdose have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to lower the allowable amount of the drug in prescription pain relievers and require a warning about liver toxicity on the label...

Tractor Trailer Driver Dead after Pulling Rig in Front of Amtrak Train Bound for New York City

Posted on January 12, 2011
January 12, 2011 The driver of a tractor-trailer is dead today after driving his rig around the railroad crossing gates and into the path of a passenger train, says an article by Associated Press. 51-year-old Randolph Todd, of Sheppard, TX, disregarded railroad flashing warning lights and drove his tractor-trailer around the closed railroad crossing gates in Dunkirk, NY in Chautauqua County...

GE and Professional Series Dehumidifiers Recalled after Complaints of Smoke and Fires

Posted on January 11, 2011
January 11, 2011 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that about 198,000 GE and Professional Series Dehumidifiers are being recalled because they are a fire hazard. Affected by the recall are 30-pint and 40-pint white portable dehumidifiers with digital controls and a front loading water bucket...

1 Worker Killed and 3 Injured as Wall Collapses at NY Construction Site

Posted on January 10, 2011
January 10, 2011 The collapse of a cinder block wall on a Queens, NY construction site has left one construction worker dead and three more seriously injured. A 20-foot tall by 64-foot wide cement block wall collapsed at about 9:30am this morning on a construction site at 84-16 Queens Blvd...

NY Snowplow Strikes and Kills Pregnant Woman and Her Dog

Posted on January 09, 2011
January 9, 2011 A pregnant woman is dead after snowplow struck and killed her, and her dog, on Friday in New York. The incident occurred in the Town of Lewisboro of Westchester County, about 50 miles North of Manhattan. Andrea Fernandez Acevedo, 34 years old, was walking her dog in the Oakridge Condominium complex just before 5:00 pm on Friday when a the driver of a plow truck hit her and her dog, reports the Lewisboro Ledger...

Cruise Ship Increases Disinfection Efforts after Outbreak of Intestinal Illness

Posted on January 08, 2011
January 8, 2011 A cruise ship returned to port on Saturday with more than 150 sick passengers, prompting enhanced sanitation efforts aboard ship. Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas returned to its home port of Tampa, FL on today after a five-night voyage to ports in Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico with 150 of its 2336 passengers suffering from an intestinal illness causing diarrhea and vomiting...

Millions of Dangerous Antipsychotic Drug Prescriptions Put Patients at Risk for No Reason

Posted on January 07, 2011
January 7, 2011 Researchers in a new study have found that doctors write millions of prescriptions of antipsychotic medications for off label uses every year despite a lack of evidence of benefit for these uses and risk of serious side effects. Physicians are prescribing the newer antipsychotic drugs known as second generation or atypical antipsychotics (AAP), developed since the 1990's for treatment of schizophrenia, for off label uses such as bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorder, dementia and autism...

Recalled Alcohol Pads & Swabs from Drugstores and Medical Supply Could Cause Fatal Infections

Posted on January 06, 2011
January 6, 2011 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a recall of certain alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs and alcohol swabsticks because of potential bacterial contamination. Triad Group, a manufacturer of over the counter products is voluntarily recalling all lots, including both sterile and non-sterile, of alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs and alcohol swabsticks because they may be contaminated with a bacteria called Bacillus cereus...

Nearly 1 in 4 Implanted Defibrillators are Unnecessary and Risky

Posted on January 05, 2011
January 5, 2011 A new study released today says 22.5% of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are surgically implanted in patients who do not meet medical guidelines for these devices. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a medical device about the size of a cookie implanted in the chest that detects an irregular heartbeat, an arrhythmia, and sends electrical shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm...

1,300 People Potentially Exposed to Hepatitis during NY Church Christmas Communion

Posted on January 04, 2011
January 4, 2011 People who attended Christmas day mass at a Long Island church may have been exposed to Hepatitis A during Holy Communion. The Nassau County Department of Health is warning parishioners and anyone who received Holy Communion at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park during the 10:30 am and 12:00 pm masses on Christmas day, December 25 that they may have been exposed to Hepatitis A...

OSHA Warns New York Employers and Workers of Hazards of Snow Cleanup

Posted on January 02, 2011
January 2, 2011 As New York continues to recover from last week's snowstorm and in preparation for more winter storms, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) warns of potential dangers of snow cleanup and urges proper worker safeguards...

Ground Beef in NY, NJ, NC, CA, WI and WA Recalled due to E. coli

Posted on January 01, 2011
January 1, 2011 34,373 pounds of Nature's Harvest and Organic Harvest ground beef products sold in the states of New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, California, Wisconsin and Washington are under a Class I Recall due to possible E. coli contamination...

Slush Causes Spike In Elderly Slip And Fall Patients

Posted on December 30, 2010
Slushy sidewalks are hard to avoid this time of the year, and for some it can be life-threatening. In fact, emergency rooms have seen a spike in elderly slip and fall patients. The most common injuries are to the hand, elbow and shoulder. And, head injuries for those whose reflexes were too slow...

Chrysler Recalls 144,000 Dodge Ram and Journey Vehicles

Posted on December 30, 2010
December 30, 2010 Chrysler Group LLC has issued three separate recalls totaling more than 144,000 vehicles for safety defects that could result in a crash or injury in a crash. The first recall involves 22,274 of 2008-2011 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 pickups because the left ball stud on the tie rod may weaken and break, which could result in a loss of steering...

Sleep Deprived Surgeons Put Patients at Risk and Should Disclose Their Sleepy Condition

Posted on December 29, 2010
December 29. 2010 In a commentary published today in a medical journal, physicians urge surgeons to disclose a lack of sleep to patients before elective surgical procedures because it may increase risks of serious complications by 83%. To meet the demands of healthcare 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, physicians may often work long hours with little or no sleep...

45 Workers Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Leak at NY Plant

Posted on December 28, 2010
December 28, 2010 Forty-five employees of La Mar Plastics in Freeport, NY on Long Island required medical attention due to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after a leak of the deadly gas at the plant where they worked. According to The Washington Post, the incident occurred on Tuesday morning...

Woman in Critical Condition after Elevator Accident at Brooklyn Hospital Mangles Leg

Posted on December 27, 2010
December 27, 2010 An accident in an elevator at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY has left one woman in critical condition from severe injuries to her leg. According to myfoxny.com, the incident occurred about 4:45pm on Christmas day when a woman visiting the hospital tried to use the elevator...

NYC Warehouse Roof Collaspes

Posted on December 27, 2010
No one was injured when the roof on a Brooklyn warehouse collapsed, according to authorities. The accident, at the one-story building located at Fifth Avenue and Second Street happened at 12:45 p.m., said a fire department spokesman. Emergency crews at the scene are unsure if the roof collapse was weather related...

Millions of Diabetes Glucose Test Strips Recalled

Posted on December 26, 2010
December 26, 2010 Abbott Diabetes Care, a division of Abbott Laboratories, is voluntarily recalling 359 million test strips used by diabetics to monitor blood glucose levels. According to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) release, these recalled test strips may give falsely low blood glucose results...

Spinning Candle Holders Recalled By QVC

Posted on December 23, 2010
QVC, working in cooperation with the CPSC, has issued a voluntary recall of metallic spinning candle holders due to a potential fire hazard to consumers. To this date, there have been 19 reports of the candle holders igniting. Damage to surrounding surfaces and furnishings was reported in 11 cases...

Toyota Pays Record Fine for Delay in Reporting Sudden Acceleration and Steering Defects

Posted on December 21, 2010
December 21, 2010 Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay $32 million dollars in penalties, in addition to $16 million the company paid already earlier this year, for failing to report sudden acceleration and steering rod defects to the U.S government in a timely manner...

Study Finds Gastric Acid Reduction Drugs Increase Risk of Pneumonia

Posted on December 20, 2010
December 20, 2010 A new study shows that people taking acid suppression medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, called H2 blockers, may encounter an increased risk of pneumonia. Researchers at Seoul National University reviewed medical studies published between 1985 and 2009 for a link between these drugs and pneumonia...

Kroger Issues Recall of Select Dog and Cat Foods

Posted on December 19, 2010
Select packages of dog and cat food have been recalled by The Kroger Co. in 19 states because the products pose a health risk to pets. According to the company, the recall involves some bags of Pet Pride Cat food, Pet Pride Tasty Blend Poultry & Seafood Cat Food and Pet Pride Kitten Formula...

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