Posts tagged EPA

• Toyota Recall: Time Magazine Suggests Recall Will Not End Sudden Acceleration Problems

  Brett Emison | December 04, 2009 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An article in Time magazine suggests that Toyota's massive recall will not end the controversy over the Toyota sudden acceleration defect. But critics complain that Toyota was slow to acknowledge...

• Jury Orders N.J. Dep't of Transportation to Pay $6M to Man Hurt By Dangerous Road Conditions

  David Mittleman | November 27, 2009 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The New Jersey Department of Transportation was found responsible for the permanent disabling injuries suffered by Kenneth Matlock when massive, rotten tree branches fell on his car as he traveled...

• There Are Far Too Many Bullies In School

  Mike Bryant | November 27, 2009 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I've written before about the school assault bill that got passed on the last day of the legislative session, but was later vetoed. It was the anti-bullying bill. It's intent was to add sexual...

• Proctor & Gamble Recalls Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray

  David Mittleman | November 22, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Proctor & Gamble has recalled approximately 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company discovered bacteria in some test samples of the product. The specific bacteria, B....

• Real Stories Behind Food Poisoning

  Mike Bryant | November 22, 2009 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  There is a real person behind every food poisoning. I'm reminded of that every time I sit down and talk to a family who has lost a loved one. So many times, we here at the InjuryBoard write this...

• P&G Recalls Sinex Nasal Spray

  Chrissie Cole | November 21, 2009 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Three lots -- about 120,000 bottles -- of Vicks Sinex nasal spray has been voluntarily recalled by Proctor & Gamble in three countries after bacteria B. cepacia was detected during routine...

• $4 million study planned for Virginia Beach auto crashes

  Jim Lewis | November 20, 2009 9:54 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A team of researchers studying the role of drugs in automobile crashes will hit the streets of Virginia Beach in 2010 to quiz – and potentially draw blood from – drivers involved in...

• Sharing the Road in North Carolina- Scary Statistics About Motorcycle Accidents

  Rick Shapiro | November 17, 2009 3:35 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  To some, there is no greater rush then taking a motorcycle out on an open North Carolina (NC) highway on a clear, sunny day. Riding a motorcycle along Highway 441 through the Great Smokey Mountains...

• Driver Dies After Causing Multiple Accidents on Interstate 15

  Bret Hanna | November 14, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sheldon Taylor, 54, of Sandy, died yesterday afternoon after triggering a series of 3 accidents that snarled the afternoon commute on southbound Interstate 15. The first accident occurred at about...

• Investigation Of Contaminated Heparin Syringes Highlights Medication Safety Issues

  Wayne Parsons | November 09, 2009 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Heparin is a biological compound often used as an anticoagulant, administered to patients through a pre-prepared syringe. It minimizes the danger of such diseases as deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary...