Defective & Dangerous Products

• Is the Tanning Booth a Cancer Trap?

  Ryan Scott | October 03, 2008 1:42 PM | 1 CommentBentonville , AR

  Is there such a thing as a safe tan? According to a joint British and American research team, the answer is a resounding “No”. They said in their review of published studies that tans...

• Are You Feeding Your Child Cancer? A BPA Checklist

  Ryan Scott | August 26, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The controversy over the use of Bisphenol-A, (BPA) in plastic baby bottles and food containers is not new to InjuryBoard members and vigilant consumers. As reports linking BPA to developmental...

• Tumble Tower Infant Rattles Recalled

  Jeanie Oliver | May 19, 2008 4:51 PM | 2 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  When a post is about a defective product recall, I find that a picture would be worth a 1000 words. For most of us, hearing or reading that a certain baby rattle can cause choking leaves a blank...

• Is The Federal Government Supporting Negligent Corporations?

  Frank Bailey | May 14, 2008 5:58 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  The Bush administration’s effort to limit consumer’s access to courts and protect negligent corporations has reached new heights. It is rewriting the bureaucratic rulebook. Jon Haber, AAJ’s chief...

• Ameriwood Entertainment Centers Prove Deadly

  Jeanie Oliver | May 01, 2008 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  How do you know what to buy anymore? It is sad that oftentimes a recall does not occur until a child dies. This is the case with the Ameriwood Entertainment Center. The Tiffin, Ohio company is "voluntarily" recalling one of its entertainment centers now that there has been fatality when one collapsed on a 19 month old child. The child died.As consumers we need to seriously consider what...

• Contact Lenses Can Present Risks To Eyes

  Jeanie Oliver | April 16, 2008 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  I have been dependent on contact lenses since 1976. Because my eyes were very weak, my glasses were as thick as stain-glassed windows. At that time, doctors waited until a patient's eye prescription...

• Heparin Fatalities up to 62 in Number

  Jeanie Oliver | April 15, 2008 12:34 PM | 1 CommentBentonville , AR

  As I checked the New York Times over the weekend, I found that updates on Heparin were available. Heparin, a blood thinner, primarily used in dialysis and many types of surgeries has now been linked...

• Botox Linked to Deaths

  Jeanie Oliver | February 11, 2008 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Botox is associated with anti-aging and continuing that youthful look. Most people don't realize that a death warning should come with the use of the drug. Botox is classified as a drug and is given for a variety of conditions. Unfortunately, it has become the latest subject of a FDA warning.On Friday, February 8, 2008, the FDA warning came 2 weeks after the consumer advocacy group Public...

• Duragesic-Fentanyl Patches Cause Overdoses and Death

  Jeanie Oliver | February 01, 2008 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Medicine should relieve our pain or enable us to live better lives. In the case of Johnson and Johnson's Duragesic pain patch, death and life-threatening conditions have been the unfortunate effect on patient's lives. Before I talk about the details in these cases, let me put one fact out there: Duragesic generated $l.29 billion in global sales last year.This makes it Johnson and Johnson's 6th...

• Red Toy Wagon Recalled by Tricam

  Jeanie Oliver | January 15, 2008 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR