Posts tagged safe

• Flame retardants: lifesavers or industry hype?

  Pete Flowers | May 06, 2012 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsWindy City, IL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  For decades we have been treating all sorts of consumer products with chemicals labeled “flame retardant,” and most people have accepted at face value that the treated products are...

• Recalled…but still for sale.

  Ryan Theriault | April 12, 2012 6:01 PM | 0 CommentsWindy City, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As the parents of young children, my wife and I have purchased or received as gifts everything from car seats to strollers to cribs to toys…the list goes on and on. We try and keep up with...

• Keeping Kids Safe At Playgrounds Can Be A Challenge

  Pete Flowers | April 05, 2012 10:44 AM | 1 CommentWindy City, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This week, a lawsuit was filed in Chicago on behalf of the family of a young girl who was injured after falling off a slide at a neighborhood park. The seven-year old girl broke her arm in...

• “It’s the principle of the thing”

  Ryan Theriault | February 18, 2012 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsWindy City, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  “It’s the principle of the thing” Now there’s a phrase that we’ve all heard and used, and it usually refers to an issue that isn’t earthshakingly important,...

• Safety Regulations Need Tightening, Not Loosening

  Jordan Margolis | November 03, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Many of us likely remember last year’s tragic death of 29 miners in the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia. The deaths occurred following an explosion in the mine, which investigators now...

• Safety First: How Dedicated Are Chicagoland Hospitals to Intercepting Preventable Injuries?

  Jordan Margolis | April 04, 2011 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Healthgrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety In American Hospitals Study of March 2010 provided us with an updated report on patient safety incidence rates among Medicare patients at nearly all...

• Plug The Pool Drain Hazard

  Jordan Margolis | February 09, 2011 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to the Chicago Tribune Watchdog Update, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin wants the federal consumer protection agency to tighten up the regulations on pool safety equipment, to prevent...

• Have a Merry and Safe Holiday Season

  Jamie G. Goldstein | December 24, 2010 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Everyone loves the holiday season, but every year around 8,700 people visit the hospital for injuries caused by holiday festivities. The number of fire responses also typically increases. Keeping...

• Peanut Butter Recall List Expands

  Kristina Labanauskas | January 21, 2009 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  More than 125 products have been recalled in the recent salmonella/peanuts investigation. All products were made with peanut butter or paste at a Peanut Corp. of America plant. The Blakely, Ga.,...

• Scary Halloween Treats: Keeping an Eye Out for Melamine

  Nick Avgerinos | October 30, 2008 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  With the recent development of tens of thousands of Chinese infants falling ill from milk powder that contained melamine, consumers might find it wise to keep an eye on candy products produced in...