Posts tagged defective products

• Pesticides May Be Cause Of Birth Defects In Florida

  Bob Carroll | October 13, 2005 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An agriculture company could pay $111,200 for allegedly violating federal and state pesticide laws at two of its farms in Florida - a St. Petersburg Times article today. An investigation is proceeding into the cause of three cases of birth defects in children born to mothers who worked for Ag-Mart and were exposed to the pesticide.An agriculture company could pay $111,200 for allegedly...

• Implant Program for Guidant Heart Device - Research Or Marketing?

  Bob Carroll | September 27, 2005 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The New York Times sheds some needed light on the cute connections between research and marketing in some medical device companies. "By January, about 80 cardiologists nationwide completed an evaluation run by the Guidant Corporation of one of its products, an improved electrical component, known as a lead, that connects an implanted cardiac device to the heart.""The program did generate...

• Furniture Tipover Causes 10,000 Injuries And Deaths A Year

  Bob Carroll | September 20, 2005 6:13 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that "8,000 to 10,000 victims are treated annually in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with the tipover of furniture. CPSC also receives reports of about 6 deaths each year. The majority of these injuries and deaths are to children."There are voluntary standards that apply to the children's furniture manufacturing...