Defective & Dangerous Products

• Cub Scout Badges Recalled for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 2:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Boy Scouts of America issued a recall of plastic badges that are used to award Cub Scouts, because they may contain excessive levels of lead in the paint. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.Kahoot Products Inc., the company that supplies the badges, notified the national Scout organization earlier this week about its concerns that the totem badges may contain lead levels in...

• Merck Wins Vioxx Product Liability Case in Florida

  Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 12:23 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  On Friday, Merck & Co. announced they won a product liability case brought against them in the State of Florida by a former Vioxx user who claimed he suffered from a heart attack after taking the recalled product over the duration of nine weeks.The Florida case is the 11th win for Merck in its outstanding Vioxx lawsuits. The drug maker has lost five cases. A federal judge set aside the judgment...

• 635,000 Chinese Toys Recalled by US Product Safety Commission

  Claude Wyle | October 05, 2007 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  More than 635,000 Chinese Toys have been recalled by the US Product Safety Commission. The majority of the toys are unsafe because they contain toxic levels of lead. Children can suffer serious injuries from lead exposure. Other products are unsafe due to faulty manufacturing or design. Since roughly 10% of the recalled items are Halloween toys, the products came off the market just in time...

• US Product Safety Commission Recalls 635,000 Toys From China

  Claude Wyle | October 05, 2007 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  The US Product Safety Commission has recalled 635,000 toys from China. Many of the items are unsafe because they contain excessive levels of lead, which are toxic to children, and can cause serious injuries. Other products are unsafe because of faulty manufacturing or design. Whatever the reason for the recall, roughly 10% of the recalled items were Halloween toys, so the products came off...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Contaminated Beef Manufacturer

  Joe Saunders | October 05, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  A class action lawsuit has been filed in US District Court in New York against Topps Meat Co. The company has recalled more than 21. 7 million pounds of frozen ground beef patties that have made at least 28 people sick from the E coli bacteria found in the beef. One person has developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a form of kidney failure from contracting the E coli bacteria. So far, the...

• NIH to Fund New Study Regarding Exposure to Cigarette Smoke

  Brenda Fulmer | October 05, 2007 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a new study focusing on the chemical changes that occur when the body is exposed to cigarette smoke.Previous research has shown that chemical changes in the body can occur after exposure to cigarette smoke and that smoking and exposure to cigarette smoke is the...

• Wal--Mart Sued For Selling Tainted Hamburger

  Patricia Doherty | October 05, 2007 5:39 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The parents of a 15 year old girl sued Wal-Mart alleging their daughter contracted an e-coli infection from frozen hamburger patties they bought at a WalMart. The young girl was hospitalized for about 3 weeks suffering from pain, fatigue, diarrhea and dehydration. She almost died from eating the tainted beef distributed by Topps Meat. The Miami Herald reports that the U.S. Dept. of...

• Campbell Soup Co. Recalls Soup Due to Potential Choking Hazard

  Jenny Albano | October 04, 2007 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The Campbell Soup Co. announced Thursday, October 4, that it was recalling limited quantity of its "Campbell's Chunky" Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits due to a potential choking hazard. The company is recalling 72,000 cans of a variety of its Chunky soup because they may contain pieces of hard plastic. According to the company, three consumers has minor injuries because of the soup in...

• Agreement reached by five major hip and knee manufacturers

  Brenda Fulmer | October 04, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Five companies who market most of the hip and knee surgical implantation devices in the United States have been accused of making deals with orthopedic surgeons in order for their products to be used by those medical providers. Four of the companies, Zimmer Holdings, DePuy Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew & Biomet, have reached nonprosecutory 18 month agreements which include reforms and federal...

• Toy Recall

  Glenn Phillips | October 04, 2007 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled September 27th. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that more than 601,000 toys and children's jewelry contain high levels of lead in their surface paint, and the necklaces and jewelry sets contain excessive lead in some of their metal parts. Under current regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead...