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Fires and Property Damage Spark Recall of Dehumidifiers

Posted on December 30, 2009
December 30, 2009 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co., of China, is voluntarily recalling certain dehumidifiers due to fire and burn hazards. The recall involves about 98,000 30-pint portable humidifiers sold under the brand name 'Goldstar' or 'Comfort-Aire'...

GM Recalling New CUVs Due to Crash Hazard

Posted on December 30, 2009
December 29, 2009 General Motors' new 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain are subjected to their first recall due to a potential problem in the HVAC system that may create a crash hazard. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that GM is recalling about 53,000 of the popular crossover utility vehicles because they fail to comply with the requirements of two federal motor vehicle safety standards in regards to windshield defrosting/defogging systems, controls and displays...

Nationwide Recall of 248,000 pounds of Beef Due to E. coli Illness in Six States

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 27, 2009 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that National Steak and Poultry, of Owasso, OK, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products linked to illness that may be contaminated with E...

Utica DWI Woman Twice Legal Limit and Driving with Four Children

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 27, 2009 A Utica woman is facing serious charges under Leandra's Law for driving under the influence and having four young children in the car. New York State Police received a report of about 11:15 p.m. Friday night of a female driver who hit a tollbooth while getting on the Thruway at the Williamsville, NY toll plaza, causing minor damage and leaving the scene...

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Construction Worker Falls Eight Stories in Manhattan and Lives

Posted on December 26, 2009
December 26, 2009 A construction worker survived an eight-story fall from scaffolding Thursday afternoon in New York City. Jose Paulino, 29, a native of the Dominican Republic living in the Bronx, worked as part of a crew removing scaffolding at 580 Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, a 20-story building that recently underwent repairs to the façade...

Five Kids Attacked by Bulldogs in NJ

Posted on December 26, 2009
December 25, 2009 Two American bulldogs attacked five neighborhood children in Winslow, NJ on Monday. Police say the two dogs escaped their owner's backyard. Four children, ages 9-12, played outside of their home in the 100 block of Villanova Court in the Sicklerville section of the township when the dogs approached...

Impatient Driver Hits a Child Getting Off a School Bus on Staten Island

Posted on December 26, 2009
December 24, 2009 As a 12-year-old girl exited her school bus on Bay Street in Staten Island, a woman in an SUV hit the child and then fled the scene, allege police. A school bus stopped to unload students with lights flashing and stop sign extended about 3:19 p...

CPSC - Final Rule On Durable Infant and Toddler Products Approved

Posted on December 24, 2009
A new rule that will require makers of durable infant and toddler products to form and maintain a registration card program was approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) last week. As mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) Sec...

Tractor Trailer Driver Trapped in Dangling Cab for Two Hours on New Jersey Turnpike

Posted on December 23, 2009
December 23, 2009 An accident near Exit 5 of Mount Laurel left a tractor-trailer hanging off an overpass and traffic backed up for miles on the New Jersey Turnpike Wednesday morning. According to State Police, John Monroe Jr., 67, of Mount Laurel, exited the James Cooper Service Area in his Chevy van onto the northbound lanes of the Turnpike around 5:45 a...

CPSC Winter Heating System Safety Tips to Reduce Risk of Fire and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Posted on December 23, 2009
December 22, 2009 The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to inspect their home heating and emergency power systems this winter to prevent potential deaths from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and fires. Heating equipment and portable generators are among the top contributors to carbon monoxide poisoning deaths...

Two EMTs Refuse to Help Dying Pregnant Woman in Brooklyn

Posted on December 23, 2009
December 21, 2009 When asked to help a pregnant woman who was having a seizure, two emergency medical technicians told frantic coffee shop employees to call 911 because they were on a break. About 9 a.m. on December 9, Eutisha Revee Rennix, 25, complained of shortness of breath and intense stomach pains and collapsed in the women's restroom of the Metrotech Center Au Bon Pain restaurant in downtown Brooklyn where she worked as a cashier...

Born With Brain Damage!

Posted on December 22, 2009
Have you wondered why your child is not acting the way he or she should? Has your baby not reached the milestones that you were told that they would? Has the doctor avoided your concerns and told you "everything will be fine?' If any of this has happened to you, your child may have some developmental problem or disorder as a result of the care you received from the doctors, nurses, or hospital...

Babies Born With Erb's Palsy

Posted on December 22, 2009
Bad births can lead to Erb's Palsy, a condition in which nerves are stretched and cause the hand, arm, shoulder and face to be injured. Erb's Palsy is frequently caused by the use of excessive force or inappropriate traction on the infant's head or neck during childbirth...

Dollar Tree Recalls Thousands Of Utility Knives

Posted on December 22, 2009
Dollar Tree Stores, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of more than 200,000 Tool Bench Utility Knives because the blade can slide past the support during use, posing a hazard to users. To this date the company has received one report of injury associated with the recalled utility knife...

Non-surgical Method for Diagnosing Breast Cancer

Posted on December 20, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD has released results of a AHRQ funded report that found some methods of minimally invasive biopsy for breast cancer are nearly as accurate as surgical biopsy, but have much less risk of harm...

Infant Head Injury and Reports of Product Defect Prompt Recall of 447,000 Infant Car Seat/Carriers

Posted on December 20, 2009
December 19, 2009 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., announced a recall of the company's infant car seat/carrier because the product is a fall hazard to infants...

Natural Gas Companies Fined for Hydrochloric Acid Spill in PA

Posted on December 20, 2009
December 18, 2009 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC and Schlumberger Technology Corp. $15,557 each for a 295-gallon hydrochloric acid spill at a natural gas drilling site in northern Pennsylvania...

Named for Manhattan Girl killed in DWI Crash, Leandra's Law Goes into Effect in NY

Posted on December 20, 2009
December 17, 2009 The Child Passenger Protection Act, known as Leandra's Law in honor of 11-year-old Leandra Rosado, goes into effect tomorrow and makes driving drunk with a child in the car a felony. The law was passed by the state Senate and signed by Gov...

NJ Drug Company Recalls Cleviprex due to Metal Particles

Posted on December 20, 2009
December 16, 2009 The Medicines Company of Parsippany, NJ announced a voluntarily recall of eleven lots of Cleviprex® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion because a routine annual inspection found the medication vials to contain a visible particulate matter...

Vicks Dayquil Capsules Recalled By P&G

Posted on December 18, 2009
Proctor & Gamble, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of 700,000 packs of Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu 24-Count Bonus Pack because the packaging was not child-proof. The packages, which are not child resistant, lack the statement,' This package for households without young children, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act...

Precious Moments Recalls Christmas Tree Toppers

Posted on December 17, 2009
Precious Moments Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntarily recalled 4,300 Angel Tree Toppers due to a faulty wiring which can overheat posing a fire hazard. To this date, the company has received two reports of incidents involving the tree toppers overheating...

Dehumidifiers Recalled By Home Depot Due To Fire Hazard

Posted on December 17, 2009
The Home Depot, in conjunction with the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of 2,000 Hampton Bay Humidifiers due to faulty component that poses a fire and burn hazard concern. To this date, the company has been made aware of 18 reports in which the dehumidifiers caught fire...

How Many Children Have Died From Corded Window Treatments?

Posted on December 16, 2009
December 15, 2009 The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) announced a recall today to repair all Roman shades and roll-up blinds to prevent the risk of strangulation to young children, but the number of deaths the CPSC associates with corded window treatments may be vastly underreported...

NJ Releases Report of Higher Cancer Rates for Residents near the DuPont Pompton Lakes

Posted on December 16, 2009
December 14, 2009 The State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) sent letters to about 450 residents of Pompton Lakes, near where DuPont formerly operated an explosives manufacturing plant, notifying them of the findings of two reports related to the area's contamination plume...

800,000 Swine Flu Shots Recalled By Sanofi

Posted on December 15, 2009
About 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine, made by Sanofi Pasteur SA, have been recalled after testing indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The recalled shots are preservative-free syringes of a low- dose version made for children ages 6 months through 25 months, said Anne Schuchat, head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC...

OSHA Fines Newark, NJ Company $212,400 for Workplace Safety and Health Hazards

Posted on December 14, 2009
December 13, 2009 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Solid Waste Transfer & Recycling Inc., of Newark, NJ, for alleged safety and health violations and proposed penalties totaling $212,400...

Crash Amputates Leg of Bronx Man While He Changed Tire on I-95

Posted on December 14, 2009
December 12, 2009 A horrific crash this morning on I-95 in Mamaroneck, NY left one man without part of his leg. About 7:30 a.m., an accident occurred on I-95 northbound just south of Exit 18A, Fennimore Road, resulting in minor injuries. Ten minutes later, 26-year-old Sylvia Cabrera of New Rochelle, NY steered around the accident, lost control of her Nissan Altima and struck a man changing a flat tire of his Toyota Corolla on the interstate shoulder...

Woman Untreated for Six Hours in Hospital ER Goes Home and Delivers Premature Baby, Baby Dies

Posted on December 14, 2009
December 11, 2009 On November 30, a doctor at a Quick Care medical clinic referred patient Roshunda Abney, 25, who was complaining of severe abdominal pain, for 'higher care' at the emergency room of University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas, NV, where allegedly she was bullied by a nurse's assistant, ignored and failed to receive medical attention...

Two Students Struck by Drunk Driver while Walking to School in Brooklyn

Posted on December 14, 2009
December 10, 2009 A drunk driver in an SUV struck and critically injured two students as they walked to school this morning in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, police said. Brian Rosario, 17, and Elizabeth Lopez, 17, were crossing Ocean Parkway at the intersection of West Avenue on their way to Lincoln High School just before 9 a...

Popular Children?s Book Recalled Due to Choking Hazard

Posted on December 14, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Simon & Schuster Inc., of New York, N.Y., have announced a voluntary recall of the popular Monday the Bullfrog Plush Book because the plastic eye on the frog can detach, which may pose a choking hazard to young children...

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