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"Wii-mote" Charging Stations Recalled For Potential Fire Hazard

Posted on August 20, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Griffin International Cos. has recalled about 220,000 'Wii-mote' charging stations after the product hurt consumers hands due to a burning battery. According to the CPSC, the company's Chinese manufactured Wii controller accessories, the Psyclone Essentials and React four-dock battery recharging stations, can overheat and pose a burn or fire hazard...

Former Insurance Executive Outs Insurance Companies in Healthcare Debate

Posted on August 19, 2009
Wendell Potter, the former head of communications for health insurance giant Cigna, understands why many people across the country are showing up to town hall meetings extremely upset when members of Congress try to explain why the government needs to expand its role in the health care system...

Bill Will Hold Foreign Companies Accountable For Defective Products

Posted on August 14, 2009
The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009, a bipartisan bill that was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate, aims to help victims of tainted Chinese drywall hold foreign manufacturers more accountable for their defective products. The act would cut down the red tape faced by American consumers who try to sue foreign companies...

Federal Concerns About Electronic Cigarettes Are Growing

Posted on August 13, 2009
Because so little is known regarding what is in electronic cigarettes, regulators are growing more and more concerned due to the increase in popularity of the product over the past several years. Preliminary tests carried out by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show e-cigarettes, which are battery operated tubes that deliver a nicotine vapor instead of burned tobacco smoke, contain some of the dangerous carcinogens that traditional cigarettes do, but at lower levels...

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Popular Dietary Supplements Alleged to Contain Steroids

Posted on August 12, 2009
Federal authorities filed court papers last month alleging that two over-the-counter dietary supplements commonly used by high school football players contain steroids. Tren Extreme and Mass Extreme, manufactured by American Cellular Labs, are marketed as a potent legal alternative to steroids...

Texting Drivers Significantly Raise Crash Risk

Posted on August 10, 2009
The first study of drivers texting while operating their vehicles shows that the crash risk of doing so is much higher than previous estimates from laboratory research and significantly surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions. The study, which involved outfitting the cabs of long-haul trucks with video cameras over a year-and-a-half, showed that a texting driver's collision risk is 23 times greater than when not texting...

Federal Agency Withheld Data On The Risks Of Distracted Driving

Posted on August 06, 2009
In 2003, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a long-term study that would determine the danger posed by cell phone use behind the wheel; they began the study after evidence showed multitasking was a serious and growing threat on the roadways...

Doctors Urged Not To Induce Labor Unless Medically Necessary

Posted on August 06, 2009
Under revised guidelines released recently by the nation's association of obstetricians and gynecologists, physicians are being advised not to induce labor for non-medical reasons prior to thirty-nine weeks into a pregnancy. These guidelines, which are the first to be released since 1999, arrive after concern about the increase in the numbers of these procedures in the last twenty years; in 1990 the rate of induced labor was 90 per 1,000 births, however, this number increased to 225 per 1,000 births in 2006...

Hospitals In VA, MD, DC Must Report Avoidable Mistakes

Posted on August 06, 2009
Over the past year, there have been hundreds of incidents of death or serious medical harm that were disclosed by hospitals in the Washington DC area, preventable errors that until recently have not required public reporting. Under laws that took effect last year in Virginia and a few years earlier in DC and Maryland, hospitals must report to health officials the many serious injuries that patients may suffer in the course of treatment...

Xolair Possibly Linked To Heart Problems

Posted on August 04, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that an ongoing clinical trial for the asthma drug omalizimub, commonly known as Xolair, and suggests patients taking the medication may have a stronger risk of blood clots, stroke, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and heart enlargement when compared to patients not treated with the drug...

Tractor-Trailers Make Interstate 81 A Dangerous Ride

Posted on August 03, 2009
Interstate 81 runs from central Tennessee to the Canadian border, offering picturesque views of the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains as it winds through Virginia. Drivers, however, report nerves and fear because of the incredible number of tractor-trailers on I-81...

FDA Study Identifies Toxins in Electronic Cigarettes

Posted on August 02, 2009
According to a preliminary analysis by the FDA, electronic cigarettes contain traces of carcinogens and toxins. These findings contradict electronic cigarette manufacturers' statements that their products are a safe alternative to tobacco. Manufacturers claim that the battery-powered cigarettes contain nothing more than water vapor, nicotine, and propylene glycol, which is used to create artificial smoke...

Many College Athletes Have Insufficient Health Insurance

Posted on July 26, 2009
In 2005, the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) began requiring universities guarantee their athletes have adequate health insurance due to many years of concerns that college athletes had insufficient health coverage. The association did not, however, establish clear standards for this coverage, which allowed colleges to decide for themselves what was adequate...

Nine Companies Pay Penalty For Lead In Toys

Posted on July 21, 2009
As punishment for violating the federal lead paint ban, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced nine children's product manufacturers, importers and sellers, including Dollar General and Michael's, have agreed to pay more than $500,000 in civil penalties...

New GM Accepts New Product Liability Claims

Posted on July 20, 2009
In a bid to win court approval for a quick sale from bankruptcy, General Motors Corp. (GM) has agreed to accept liability for future product defects. Additionally, GM stated that it would change the terms of its proposed asset sale to address the objections raised by twenty suppliers and was working to create a 'consensual' agreement regarding the future of a joint-venture plant with Toyota...

Bottled Water Safer Than Tap?

Posted on July 19, 2009
Members of Congress were recently briefed on two new studies that question whether bottled water is safer than tap water. Following the meeting, the Congressional committee sent letters to thirteen companies requesting more information regarding the source of their water and how it is tested...

D.C. Metro Crash- Both Human and Mechanical Error

Posted on July 19, 2009
Investigations will soon be underway regarding the Washington D.C. Metro's Red Line crash that killed nine people and injured dozens. Early indications have suggested a computer system malfunction, while several accounts have raised questions about whether or not the train's driver applied the brakes in time...

Woman Crusades Against Pool Filters That Killed Husband

Posted on July 13, 2009
Sue Halverson has become an activist, warning the public about the dangers of a two-piece, kettle style pool filter that exploded and struck her husband in the head, killing him. With the help of an undisclosed settlement she won from the filter's manufacturer, Mrs...

Supreme Court OKs Claim For Punitive Damages In Tugboat Case

Posted on July 12, 2009
In a recent 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Edgar Townshend, a tugboat crewmember who injured his arm and shoulder when he slipped and fell on the boat's steel deck. His employer, Atlantic Sounding Co., said they would not pay for his medical care or time off...

Toy Manufacturer Agrees To Penalty For Lead In Toys

Posted on July 12, 2009
OKK Trading, an American based toy importer, has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after it was shown that the company imported and sold toys that violated many child safety standards, such as having high levels of lead...

FDA's Lax Investigation Leads to Shipment of Contaminated Syringes

Posted on July 01, 2009
Natalie Fullerton's parents were thrilled to see their year-old daughter recover from a double-lung transplant. Her father dutifully used fluid-filled syringes to clean a tube that doctors had implanted in her chest to deliver intravenous medication. Despite his fear, bacteria infected the toddler's blood and she was rushed to the hospital...

FDA Panel Decides Acetaminophen Doses Should Be Changed

Posted on June 30, 2009
On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, thirty-nine government safety experts, who were assembled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recommended ways to reduce deadly overdoses of acetaminophen, which is the leading cause of liver failure in the United States...

Homeopathic Drugs - "Remedies" - Potentially Hazardous?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Although it was sold for many years as a drug for colds, Zicam Cold Remedy was never tested by federal regulators for safety like many other drugs. Because the drug is considered a 'homeopathic remedy,' categorized as a highly diluted drug made from natural ingredients, they can legally be sold without any checks for safety, effectiveness, or even the right ingredients by the federal government...

EPA Declares Public Emergency Due To Asbestos At Montana Mine

Posted on June 27, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared its first-ever 'public emergency,' stating the federal government will give $6 million to the health authority in Lincoln County, Montana to provide medical care to people who were sickened by asbestos from a mine...

Lawyers Sinking Their Teeth Into Denture Cream Lawsuits

Posted on June 25, 2009
Attorneys representing injured consumers are filing product liability suits alleging that denture cream use causes zinc buildup and neurological problems. A dozen cases in federal courts in California, Colorado, Florida, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee target Poligrip manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Fixodent manufacturer Procter & Gamble Co...

Alarming Data in the Amount of Children Injured While Playing Baseball

Posted on June 22, 2009
While baseball may seem to be a fairly safe sport, researchers have found that over a thirteen year period, more than one and a half million players under eighteen years of age were injured enough to be treated in emergency rooms. Although it is unclear how many children are involved in the sport, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) claims there are about six million in leagues and another thirteen million playing baseball on their own...

Johnson & Johnson Under Fire Over Baby Products

Posted on June 19, 2009
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of health, environmental and consumer groups, is demanding that Johnson & Johnson remove tiny amounts of two chemicals, which are believed to cause cancer, from their baby shampoo and other products. They are asking the company to reformulate its personal care products so that by the end of August the products can be free of 1,4-dioxane and any preservatives that release formaldehyde...

GM Asbestos Claimants Seek Formal Panel in Bankruptcy

Posted on June 19, 2009
Asbestos-injury claimants have asked for an official committee in the General Motors bankruptcy case, saying that the plan to sell the corporation might be unconstitutional since they've been excluded from the negotiations. Lawyers for the claimants stated in a filing with the U...

Zicam Cold Remedy Should Stop Being Used Says FDA

Posted on June 16, 2009
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated via a press release today that consumers should stop using three over-the-counter Zicam Cold Remedy products, including: nasal gel, nasal swabs and the "kids size" swabs (which were discontinued)...

FDA Commissioner Supports Direction of Food Safety Bill

Posted on June 15, 2009
The new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, entered the debate over how to fix the nation's food safety system in her first appearance before Congress as commissioner recently. Dr. Hamburg told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health that the safety legislation sponsored by several Democrats was moving in the right direction, but that the FDA would need more money to make it happen...

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