Defective & Dangerous Products

• Fisher-Price Recalls Toys

  Chrissie Cole | August 01, 2007 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Mattel Inc.'s, Fisher-Price division, announced a worldwide recall of nearly one million toys on Wednesday, due to excessive amounts of lead in toy paint.There are 83 types of toys included in the recall such as the popular Elmo, Dora and Big Bird. The recall involves plastic toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. Consumers of recalled toys can...

• Fisher-Price Recalls One Million Toys for Excessive Lead Paint

  Chrissie Cole | August 01, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Fisher-Price has recalled nearly one million toys because they contain excessive amounts of lead paint. Lead is toxic and cause serious adverse health effects if ingested by children.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall on Wednesday. The recalled toys include Sesame Street, Cookie Monster and Dora the Explorer to name a few. For a complete list of recalled...

• Signature Gourmet / Kitchen Gourmet Coffeemakers Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | July 31, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ

  The Signature Gourmet and Kitchen Gourmet 12-cup coffeemakers, made by Atico International USA, are being recalled for an electrical failure that can pose a fire hazard.The coffeemakers are white and have a glass coffeepot. Signature Gourmet or Kitchen Gourmet is printed across the front of the maker. Model Number (XQ-673B), Item Number (W14A4984) and date code are located on the bottom of the...

• May Have Been Recall On Truck Involved in Accident on July 13, 2007, That Resulted in the Deaths of Five and Injury of Others

  Amy Rothschild | July 31, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The truck that was involved in the horrific crash on I-526 on July 13, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina resulting in the deaths of five individuals, is the subject of a recall expected to begin as soon as July 27th. The rig involved in the accident was a 2007 Freightliner Columbia series model that was put into service in December 2006. It had about 48,000 miles on it when it was last...

• Those Killed in Helicopter Collision Honored

  Jenny Albano | July 31, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO

  People visited the site where two helicopters crashed to leave flowers, cards, and candles for the four passengers who died in the tragic accident. A TV station that used one of the helicopters for the news, aired a video tribute to the deceased on Sunday morning.Those killed include Scott Bowerback and Jim Cox, the pilot and the photographer of the KTVK helicopter. On board the KNXV...

• Pacifiers Decorated with Crystals Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Pacifiers decorated with crystals are being recalled because the crystals can easily separate, posing an aspiration and ingestion hazard to infants and small children. The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).The pacifiers do not meet federal safety standards and guidelines for pacifiers. The recall includes pacifiers that were...

• Avandia and Personal Injury

  Ed Van Dorn | July 30, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Yet another drug maker has come under attack for not disclosing that one of its drugs may cause serious heart problems. This time its the drug Avandia and the maker is GlaxoSmithKline. Today's New York Times reports about this dangerous drugA federal drug safety official recommended during an advisory committee hearing today that Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine made by...

• Nissan Altima's Recalled for Fire Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Nissan announced an auto recall of 140,500 Altima Sedans to replace air filters that could catch on fire, according to company officials.The voluntary recall affects 2007 Altima's with four cylinders that were produced at its Tennessee and Mississippi plants. A spokesperson for the company said "flammable objects, such as cigarettes, can enter the filter and catch on fire."Four engine...

• No Salmonella in True Leaf Farm's Spring Mix

  Jenny Albano | July 30, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  True Leaf Farms LLC has announced that the sample of spring mix and arugula that had tested presumptive positive for potential salmonella contamination was found to be incorrect and due to a laboratory error. The laboratory informed the company of the error ans stated that the test should have come back negative.In addition, True Leaf had another test done from the same samples, and the results...

• Avandia and Product Liability

  Ed Van Dorn | July 30, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Yet another drug has recently been found to cause more serious health problems than it is designed to treat. The drug is Avandia and it is prescribed as a diabetes drug. Unfortunatley it also appears to cause serious heart problems. Two of the most commonly used drugs for diabetes, which were taken by hundreds of thousands of mostly overweight people in the UK last year, are causing widespread...