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Luca The AP (11/12, Thomas) reports, “General Motors said Thursday it is recalling nearly 14,000 sedans to address potential problems with the power steering. … GM’s recall involves certain 2010 and 2011 model year Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne sedans with V8 engines. The cars have alternator cables that can wear through a power steering line, … Read more
According to an article inBloomberg News (11/10), “Hanover Direct Inc. of Weehawken, New Jersey, is recalling 523,500 window blinds after a child was strangled by a pull-cord. The recall was originally reported by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The recall covers Roman shades and roll-up blinds sold by Hanover through its Domestications, … Read more
Safety Warning: The AP (10/28) reported, “Discount store operator Dollar Tree Stores Inc. is voluntarily recalling some battery-run pumpkin, ghost and skull Halloween lanterns because the bulbs in them may overheat, creating potential fire and burn hazards.” Dollar Tree “aid Thursday that the recall includes about 682,000 lanterns sold for about $1 each in Dollar … Read more
The Los Angeles Times (10/27, Zajac) “Booster Shots” blog reported, “B. Braun Medical Inc., of Irvine on Wednesday announced a recall of seven lots of the anticoagulant heparin because of concerns they may be contaminated with trace amounts of oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, or OSCS, the same substance implicated in the 2008 heparin crisis that … Read more
You may have read about the extraordinarily high number of employees who died of brain cancer at a former Rohm & Haas research facility in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week. Now, Philadelphia Magazine has a fairly detailed history by Richard Rhys of the center and the situation.
The New York Times (10/27, A12, Goodnough) reports beverages containing alcohol and caffeine, especially “a brand called Four Loko,” are drawing “scrutiny after students who drank it this fall at Ramapo College in New Jersey and Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash., ended up in emergency rooms, some with high levels of alcohol poisoning.” … Read more
CQ HealthBeat (10/26) reports, “The Food and Drug Administration on Monday put out a warning that Hyland’s Teething Tablets may pose a risk to children and the company has agreed to a voluntary recall. The agency also passed along recall information about two candy products in this week before Halloween.” Notably, the “teething relief product, … Read more
Parents, make sure to keep an eye out for these recalled products this Halloween. CQ HealthBeat (10/26) reports, that “Nestle USA’s Confections & Snacks Division has voluntarily recalled its Raisinets Fun Size Bags, which the company says may contain peanuts even though there is nothing on the label to indicate that,” and “Colombina, S.A., … Read more
Reducing the epidemic of hospital acquired infections has been a primary goal for hospital administrators and federal regulators alike over the past few years. A prime cause of hospital infections, poor hand washing practices by healthcare workers, has been in the cross hairs. Now health care workers are encouraged to wash before each and every … Read more
New parents, please read this urgent message about Graco Strollers. The New York Times (10/20, B1, Martin) reports on the front page of its business section, “In the largest recall of strollers ever, Graco Children’s Products on Wednesday urged the owners of about two million older-model strollers to stop using them because of concerns … Read more
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