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• FEMA to Let Katrina Victims Move From Trailers Into Hotels

  Gerry McGill | September 05, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  FEMA announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailers.The policy shift, made two weeks ago but not widely publicized until now, follows a House committee finding in July that FEMA leaders had suppressed...

• Traces of Salmonella Found in Bags of Spinach

  Chrissie Cole | August 30, 2007 11:55 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Metz Fresh announced a recall of bagged spinach, Wednesday, after routine testing detected traces of salmonella.The company has not received any reports of illness thus far. And Metz Fresh is working with federal health officials to find the source of the salmonella contamination.This recall is nearly a year after an outbreak of illness was traced back to a batch of bagged California spinach...

• Toys "R" Us Recalls Coloring Sets Because of Lead Paint

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Toys "R" Us have issued a voluntary recall of some 27,000 wooden coloring cases because of a violation on the federal lead paint standard. According to federal authorities, the cases are painted on the outside with a lead-based paint. The black watercolor paint also contains unacceptable levels of lead.The name of the cases are Imaginarium...

• FDA Issues Health Advisory On Codeine, Nursing Mothers

  Courtney Mills | August 17, 2007 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The FDA issued new important information about the use of codeine in mothers who are nursing children.Because of the way certain individuals metabolize codeine, which breaks down into morphine in the liver, there runs the risk of having extremely high levels of morphine excreted into breast milk. Some women metabolize morphine at a very rapid rate, causing the blood level of morphine to spike. ...

• Mississippi Trucker Cited in Trucking Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 12, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A Mississippi truck driver whose rig veered off Interstate 40 causing over $70,000 in damages to an overhead sign, 200 feet of guardrail and a traffic camera was cited by authorities for the trucking accident.The driver was transporting vinyl siding on a flatbed trailer when the accident happened. While traveling in the right lane along eastbound I-40, the rig veered off the side of the road...

• Massive Toy Recall

  Gerry McGill | August 10, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Mattel, Inc., the world's largest toymaker and distributor, announced on August 9, 2007, a toy recall of nearly a million items from its Fisher-Price division, because the plastic pre-school toys were made in China with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The toys were made by a Chinese vender and included the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar, Sponge Bob, Dora and Deigo characters.The...

• One Storm Forecaster Lowers 2007 Estimate Slightly

  Gerry McGill | August 08, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Hurricane researcher William Gray lowered his 2007 forecast slightly last week, calling for 15 named storms with 8 becoming hurricanes and 4 becoming intense hurricanes.At the outset of the hurricane season on May 31, Gray had predicted 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes, 5 of them intense. The new forecast by month called for 3 named storms, 2 hurricanes and one intense hurricane in August; 5...

• 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...

• Mississippi Is Worst State for Uninsured Drivers

  Gerry McGill | July 31, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A national study released by the Insurance Research Council, a nonprofit study group funded by insurance providers, released a study showing that 26 percent of Mississippi drivers lacked insurance between 1999 and 2004. Alabama and California were tied for the second-highest percentage of uninsured drivers in the 50 states. Twenty-five percent of drivers from those states were uninsured."Even...

• Castleberry Expands Food Recall To Over 90 Brands

  Gerry McGill | July 25, 2007 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Castleberry's Food Company, a Georgia plant owned by BumbleBee Foods, LLC, is expanding its recall to over 90 types of canned meat products. The recall began with the Castleberry's labeled hotdog chili sauce, but has been expanded to cover multiple meat products and brand names such as Kroger, Food Lion, and Piggy Wiggly. . Persons having questions can call the Castleberry's hotline at...