Posts tagged defective products

• Tobacco Ruling Hurts Companies

  Robert Blanchard | November 30, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Tobacco Companies are back in the Appellate Court after a Federal Judge ruled that they violated anti-racketeering laws by promoting lite cigarettes as safe. Judge Kessler wrote a 1600 page decision to support her finding that the tobacco companies acted the same as an organized crime syndicate when they promoted their lite cigarettes. And she also banned the cigarette companies from...

• United Nations Torture Panel Singles Out Taser

  Joe Saunders | November 27, 2007 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The UN Committee Against Torture has bluntly singled out the use of taser stun guns as a form of torture. It also disagreed with Taser International by stating that several reliable studies have shown that taser shock can lead to death. The UN Committee's strong stance has been the latest in a growing public debate about the safety and proper use of tasers by police. Amnesty International has...

• Second Taser Death in Two Days

  Eddie Farah | November 21, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We've been told that tasers are a useful tool for law enforcement to subdue agitated people.But in the last two days in Jacksonville, tasering has resulted in two deaths.In the latest case, a man got into a wreck in the Springfield area Tuesday afternoon. The driver then got out of his vehicle and began fighting with another man. The sheriff's office now says the man, Conrad Purvis Lowman, 35,...

• Death by Taser in Canada

  Joe Saunders | November 17, 2007 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Robert Dziekanski had just landed in Vancouver on his first-ever flight. He was forty years old and about to start a new life in British Columbia with his mother. According to one witness who videotaped the event, Dziekanski was acting erratically but not violently. No drugs or alcohol were involved. Yet, the police confronted him and 46 seconds later tasered him to death. He was hit with...

• Another Dangerous Chinese Made Product

  Ed Normand | November 14, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Add the children's toy "Aqua Dots Super Studio" to the list of dangerous products sold to American children that were manufactured in China. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) if the dots are swallowed they can convert into a chemical like that found in the dangerous, often abused, drug known as GHB. Young children have sustained serious life threatening injuries from...

• Spin Master Recalls Aqua Dots

  Jenny Albano | November 09, 2007 12:41 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Spin Master, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 4.2 million Aqua Dots because children have become unconscious and hospitalized after swallowing the beads.The coating on the beads that causes the beads to stick to each other when water is added contains a chemical that can turn toxic when many are ingested. Children who swallow the beads can become comatose, develop respiratory...

• Popular Aqua Dots Crafts for Children Recalled

  Sandy Grinnell | November 08, 2007 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission announced that Spin Master of Toronto, Canada is recalling approximately 4.2 miilion sets of Aqua Dots due to a toxic coating on the beads. If swallowed, the chemical reacts with the body similar to GHB also known as the date rape drug. There have been reports of two children who ended up in the hospital in a coma after swallowing the beads. Parents...

• Aqua Dot Toy Recall

  Joe Saunders | November 08, 2007 6:14 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Aqua Dot became so popular that it made Wal Mart's list for top toys to give for Christmas. Yesterday, 4 million of the toys have been recalled because the toys are toxic if ingested. They've already induced comas in at least 2 children. Scientists say a chemical coating on the beads, when ingested, metabolizes into the so-called date rape drug gamma hydroxy butyrate. When eaten, the compound...

• Toxic Toys Recalled Again

  Eddie Farah | November 07, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Wal-Mart thought Aqua Dots were so cool that the toy made the Top 12 List for Christmas.The Canadian distributed toy has been on store shelves since April.Now about four million Aqua Dot toys are being recalled because they contain a chemical that can, if ingested, lead to coma or seizures.You guessed it- the chemical beads are made in China.The toy is a craft item and comes with small dots or...

• Bush Administration Leaning Toward Giving More Regulatory Power to Food and Consumer Agencies

  Joe Saunders | November 05, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Bush Administration has signaled that it may give the go-ahead for more regulatory powers to such agencies as the FDA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the wake of numerous food and toy recalls recently. The move would be a reversal of sorts for the Administration but comes at a time when consumer confidence is faltering as news continues about defective toys and contaminated...