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Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Navien Water Heaters Recalled December 29, 2011 – About 13,000 Navien Instantaneous or Tankless Water Heaters have been recalled, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. An unstable connection can cause the water heater’s vent collar to separate or detach if pressure is applied. A detached vent collar poses […]
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Children’s Robes Recalled For Federal Flammability Standard Violation December 28, 2011 – Hanna Andersson has issued a recall of about 1,000 children’s fleece robes that fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and pose a risk of burn injury to children. The robes are fluffy white 100% polyester fleece robes with large multi-color […]
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Parents Warned by FDA About Infant Acetaminophen Doses December 28, 2011 – New formulations of the infant pain reliever and fever medication, liquid acetaminophen, has the Food and Drug Administration warning parents to be cautious about the doses they give infants. The new versions of the drug have a lower concentration of the drug, but […]
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Airplane Crash Kills Five December 22, 2011 – All five people onboard were killed in a small airplane crash Tuesday morning on Route 287 in northern New Jersey. The plane went down near Exit 33 in Morris Township as it headed to Atlanta from Teterboro Airport. Air traffic controllers at the airport warned the pilot about […]
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Boy Struck, Killed by SEPTA Train December 19, 2011 – A teenage boy was killed this afternoon in a train accident after being struck by a SEPTA commuter train near Hatboro. The boy was walking near the rails just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass when the train hit him. He was rushed to Abington […]
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Man Dies in Accident at Hummus Plant December 19, 2011 – A man died while working at Tribe Mediterranean Foods, a hummus manufacturing plant, last week. Tribe employee Daniel Callazo, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are still investigating but say it appears that the incident was an industrial accident. In addition to […]
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Holiday Decorating Injuries Rise December 14, 2011 – Injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and other holiday decorating activities are on the rise, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In addition to falls and cuts, CPSC issued a reminder about the dangers of Christmas trees which can […]
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Philadelphia City Council Approves Bill to Train Bouncers December 9, 2011 – City Council has unanimously approved a bill that will require all Philadelphia bar bouncers to register with the city. In order to register, bouncers will be required to take a training course in crowd management offered by a third party security firm. City […]
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Company May Face 10,000 U.S. Suits Over Diabetes Drug Actos December 7, 2011 – A group of judges is preparing to decide where cases against the drugmaker Takeda should be consolidated. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. could face as many as 10,000 lawsuits over allegations that its top-selling diabetes drug, Actos, causes bladder cancer. In June, U.S. […]
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