Defective & Dangerous Products

• More Fires Break Out in Chevrolet Volts During Testing

  Kevin Duffan | November 27, 2011 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  More fires in Chevrolet Volts have come to light during intensive crash-testing, raising new safety concerns about the electric hybrid car that’s hailed as a vehicle of the future. The...

• Binge-in-a-Can Drink, Four Loko, Gets Slap on Wrist from Feds

  Pierce Egerton | November 27, 2011 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a settlement with Phusion Projects, LLC, regarding claims that it engaged in deceptive marketing of its flavored malt beverage, Four...

• CPSC Still Receiving Reports of Severe Head Injuries to Falling Babies in Bumbo Baby Seats

  Pierce Egerton | November 25, 2011 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is reissuing an alert to parents and caregivers regarding Bumbo Baby Seats. Despite earlier alerts, the CPSC is still receiving...

• Black Friday: Dangerous Toys To Avoid This Christmas (2011)

  Brett Emison | November 25, 2011 5:00 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Today is Black Friday - an ironically unsettling description for the unofficial start of the Christmas holiday season. So for all of Santa's elves out early to stock up of gifts, you might want to...

• Think Safety for Black Friday

  Mike Bryant | November 24, 2011 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  There has been some very good advice given here at the Injuryboard. Take a minute and check it out: Mark Bello with Happy Thanksgiving: Tips for Safe Holiday Shopping Eddie Farah gives us...

• Let's Have a Safe Black Friday

  Mike Bryant | November 24, 2011 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The stories are crazy from the last couple of Black Fridays, as people fought over places in line and acted like animals. Thankfully, there wasn't any Walmart like deaths this year. I won't be up...

• The Truths About Synthetic Marijuana

  David Mittleman | November 24, 2011 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  Recent reports revealed that the U.S. Navy is discharging 26 sailors over their use of synthetic marijuana. The sailors apparently used Spice--or an alternative to marijuana that mimics the...

• Recall - Motion Sensing Wall Switches

  Chrissie Cole | November 23, 2011 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  HeatCo, LLC in cooperation with CPSC, is voluntarily recalling Heath/Zenith and WirelessCommand motion sensing wall switches. When the units are in auto mode and the light is off, some leakage...

• Dangerous BPA Found In Canned Food and Drinks

  Brett Emison | November 23, 2011 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  I wrote about BPA in canned vegetables a year-and-a-half ago. Now, a Harvard study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association confirmed that canned soups and drinks may raise...

• Beware of toxic and dangerous toys on store shelves this Black Friday and Holiday Season

  Paul Napoli | November 23, 2011 10:15 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Just in time for the Holidays, a consumer group analyzing toys currently on store shelves has found that some contain dangerously high levels of toxins, are strangulation or choking hazards or...