We’ve written before about recalls and how to keep yourself and your loved ones informed and safe. Now we’ve come across an article in the Chicago Tribune about BMW, which has announced a major recall–nearly 1.3 million vehicles worldwide–because of a defect that could cause vehicles to fail to start…
Deaths related to tobacco have nearly tripled over the past decade, according to a new report led by the World Lung Foundation (WLF) and American Cancer Society. The report also charges that tobacco companies have tried to interfere with efforts to increase public awareness about the dangers of tobacco products.…
Buckyballs and Buckycubes are strong, small, rare earth magnets that are marketed as desk toys for adults that are fun to fidget with and have been known to relieve stress. However, according to a press release by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), children are swallowing these magnets, and…
A recall announced Thursday in the U.S. and Canada affects more than 30 million propylene gas cylinders used for welding, soldering, brazing and cutting. The gas cylinders, carrying the product names Map Pro, Propylene and MAPP Gas Cylinders, are manufactured by Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin, LLC, of Chilton, Wisc. The U.S.…
Recently, three United States Senators introduced legislation to amend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) post-market watch of medical devices. Currently, the FDA may approve moderate-risk devices through the 510(k) process as long as the product is found to be similarly safe and effective as another product that is…
South Carolina has become the 28th state to ban synthetic marijuana marketed as bath salts. Some, including many youths, snorted, injected, and smoked the so-called bath salts. The bath salts have gained national attention after deaths, hospitalizations, and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration ban on some of their ingredients. South…
In 2004, a 16-year-old girl got the pocket of her coat caught on a bolt protruding from the drive shaft of an auger-like post-hole digger operated by her stepfather. Her arm wrapped around the auger resulting in the loss of her arm. A New York jury hearing the case in…
Bloomberg reports Caterpillar has paid more than $9 million in one of last year’s largest product liability verdicts. The 41-year-old worker was using a Caterpillar Wheel Tractor 623 G Scraper in August 2006 when the machine “suddenly and without warning began dramatically bouncing up and down.” The bucking caused the…
An Omaha retailer, Hayneedle, Inc., is being sued by the parents of a 1-year-old boy who was allegedly asphyxiated in a crib accident, reports BostonHerald.com.
The Sacramento Kings are suing two U.S. based distributors and the Italian manufacturer of the Gymnic Plus Ball for at least $4 million reports news10.net.