Defective & Dangerous Products

• Drug-Resistant Salmonella Contamination Prompts New Recall of Ground Turkey

  Pierce Egerton | September 12, 2011 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Last month I blogged here and here about the massive recall by Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation of 36 million pounds of ground turkey potentially tainted with the deadly antibiotic-resistant...

• Honda Recalling 1 Million Vehicles - Another Auto Manufacturer Recall

  Greg Webb | September 11, 2011 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Coming off the Labor Day weekend, on this past Labor Day Monday, Japanese auto manufacturer Honda announced it will recall 936,000 Honda vehicles from its CR-V and Fit models to replace the master...

• FDA Panel Hears from Patients – Mesh is “Complete Torture”

  Tor Hoerman | September 09, 2011 2:03 PM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL

  Safety concerns over the use of vaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse prompted the FDA advisory panel to come out in favor of a more rigorous premarket approval process. Although no votes have...

• Justice Denied in Mississippi: What Are YOU Going to do About it?

  Mark Bello | September 09, 2011 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Notice to all Americans who support a plaintiff's access to the civil justice system: This is the dirtier side of the politics of denying the public access to justice. Behind your backs, billion...

• Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Dolls

  Chrissie Cole | September 08, 2011 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Pottery Barn Kids announced a voluntary recall of Audrey, Chloe and Sophie soft dolls, in the U.S. and Canada because the hair on the dolls may contain loops large enough to fit around a...

• FDA Warns Brazilian Blowout - Straighten Up!

  Tor Hoerman | September 07, 2011 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  The popular salon service – the Brazilian Blowout – previously under attack by members of Congress, is now taking heat with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued a...

• New Limits set for Cadmium content in Jewelry

  Scott Kappes | September 07, 2011 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Several popular retailers, including Target, Saks, and The Gap, recently settled a suit over cadmium content in jewelry sold at their retail stores. The settlement drastically reduces the amount of...

• The State Fair & Outdoor Festival Safety Loophole

  Jeffrey Downs | September 05, 2011 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Self Regulation and the Lack of Incentives to Protect Attendees from Harm The Indiana State Fair Collapse that caused death and injury to fans waiting to see the band Sugarland has indeed raised...

• Food Poisoning: Quaker Oats Recalls 8-count Quaker Chewy Smashbar Graham Pretzel Snack Bars

  Mike Bryant | September 04, 2011 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The first week in September, Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, issued a recall of 8-count Quaker Chewy Smashbar Graham Pretzel snack bars. The concern due to an undeclared milk allergen...

• Delayed Sweatshirt Recall Costs Virginia Beach Souvenir Shop

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 02, 2011 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  While no one expects great quality in products they buy from souvenir shops by the beach, everyone should expect anything they buy to be safe. Sunsations, Inc., a chain of souvenir shops based in...