In a massive recall, some 50 million Roman Shades blinds& nbsp;have been recalled from the market. It has been reported that five kids have died and 16 have suffered close call strangulation incidents as a result of the cords on the blinds. This is a very serious recall that must be acted on immediately. The…
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China recently executed two executives of a milk production company for their role in selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk powder than sickened at least 300,000 children and was linked to the death of six infants. One of the executives was found guilty of selling more than 1.3 million pounds of tainted…
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Recently, Excelligence Learning Corporation, which conducts business as Discount School Supply, has agreed to pay a hefty penalty for repeatedly importing children’s products that contain a high level of lead. The California company agreed to the settlement after the Consumer Product Safety Commission made allegations in a civil action that the company knowingly imported and…
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The maker of Slim-Fast has recalled all of its ready-to-drink canned beverages because it may be contaminated with the bacterium Bacillus cereus. “Unilever United States, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall…”, notes the press release by the FDA. The full content of the FDA…
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On January 2, 2008, about 4:13 a.m., a 2005 Volvo 47-passenger motorcoach, operated by a 42-year-old driver and carrying 47 passengers, was proceeding northbound on U.S. Highway 59 (U.S. 59) about 5 miles south of Victoria, Texas, when the motorcoach driver partially drifted off the right edge of the roadway. The driver oversteered to the…
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A consumer website clarified its previous announcement that one of the hottest-selling toys of the holiday season contains high levels of a potentially hazardous substance, saying the testing method was different than that of the federal government. The manufacturer of Zhu Zhu Pets, which makes the light-brown hamster called Mister Squiggles, then issued a statement…
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After two infants suffocated this summer in Amby Baby Motion beds, these beds have been recalled. The beds, made by Amby Baby USA of Minneapolis, are hammock-like beds marketed to parents of fussy babies with colic or reflux. The Consumer Product Safety Commission indicated the side-to-side shifting or tilting of the hammock can cause an…
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& nbsp; The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are endangering the health of Americans, and that regulation of those gases is necessary to prevent further harm. This finding is significant in several respects. First, it reflects the Obama administration’s willingness to move forward on the prevention of…
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