Posts tagged epa

• 5,000 Mayo Clinic and St. Luke’s Patients at Risk for Hepatitis C from Hospital Employee

  Paul Napoli | September 25, 2010 5:09 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  September 24, 2010 The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL is sending warning letters to 5,000 patients potentially exposed to Hepatitis C from a hospital worker who injected himself with painkillers...

• EPA Warns Consumers that Improper Pesticide Use in Bedbug Treatment Can Make People & Pets Sick

  Paul Napoli | August 14, 2010 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  August 14, 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an alert for consumers warning of dangers associated with improper bedbug pesticide treatments. Bedbug infestations have...

• OSHA says Exel did not report dozens of injuries at Hershey's PA plant

  Paul Napoli | February 23, 2012 7:44 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An inspection by government regulators has found that Exel Inc., the operator of a Hershey Co. packaging plant in Palmyra, PA who is facing allegations of exploitation and unsafe working...

• Government Shuts Down Public Access to Physician’s Discipline and Malpractice Database

  Paul Napoli | November 06, 2011 9:39 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  November 6, 2011 A government health agency has revoked the public’s access to a database of healthcare practitioner’s malpractice and other negative history, even though its records...

• Gov. Advisory Committee Finds Unnecessary Blood Transfusions are Exposing Patients to Risks

  Paul Napoli | June 28, 2011 10:43 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  June 28, 2011 Doctors in U.S. hospitals are exposing patients to dangers from blood transfusions unnecessarily, says a government advisory commission. The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and...

• 22 People Hurt as New York City Elevator Falls 3 Floors and Crashes

  Paul Napoli | May 19, 2011 1:39 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  May 18, 2011 Nearly two dozen people are injured but lucky to be alive after an elevator malfunction caused the car to plunge three stories. The incident occurred about 7:00 am this morning at...

• Distracted Driving Caused 16% of All Traffic Fatalities in 2009, says Govt. Report

  Paul Napoli | September 20, 2010 10:13 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  September 20, 2010 A new report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says accidents involving reports of distracted driving caused 16% of all traffic fatalities in 2009, up...

• OSHA cites Brooklyn contractor in fatal Brighton Beach building collapse

  Paul Napoli | May 27, 2012 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Federal safety regulators have found the collapse of a building under construction in Brighton Beach that killed one worker and injured four others was the result of poor construction by a...

• Kids suffering lead exposure in neighborhoods across U.S. contaminated by old smelter facilities

  Paul Napoli | May 01, 2012 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  An investigation by USA Today has found that Americans, especially children, across the country who live near former lead “smelter” factories are being exposed to toxic levels of lead...

• Is your child in one of 70,000 classrooms across U.S. with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas?

  Paul Napoli | March 02, 2012 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Parents across the country will likely be shocked to find that their child may be sitting in a classroom every day that has high levels of a radioactive gas, and that their school has not tested...