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Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall to Repair Roman Shades by Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen has added its name to the retailers joining the voluntary recall announced in December 2009 of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products [...]
Traumatic Brain Injuries Overview
The brain is a complex and vital organ that shapes who we are. It allows us to understand questions and solve intricate problems, it produces our emotions while crafting our personality, and it helps us to live on both a biological and spiritual level. If it should experience damage than the essence of who we [...]
Safety Review of Avandia
The Food and Drug Administration FDA is reviewing data submitted in August 2009 from a large, long-term study on possible heart-related risks with the diabetes drug Avandia rosiglitazone. FDA’s review is ongoing. No new conclusions or recommendations about the use of rosiglitazone in the treatment of type 2 diabetes have been made at this time.
After [...]
Va Bill Seeks To Empower Critical Care Specialist To Determine Brain Death
Senator Janet D. Howell(D) from Senate District 32 is the chief patron sponsor of new legislation in the Virginia General Assembly that adds critical care specialists to the list of specialists who can make the determination of when a patient is brain dead. It has passed the Senate and has been referred to the Committee [...]
VA criticized for lax highway safety laws, yet fatalities continue to decline
According to an advocacy group known as the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Virginia is among the nine worst states for highway safety laws. Even so, Virginia continues to see fewer and fewer traffic fatalities. The Virginia Highway Safety Office VAHSO reports that Virginia had 821 traffic fatalities in 2008, the fewest [...]
New study shows driving hinders talking
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It is well known that having a conversation (for example on a cell phone) impairs one’s driving. A new study indicates the reverse is also true: Driving reduces one’s ability to comprehend and use language.
The findings, from researchers at the University of Illinois, appear in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
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Counterfeit check scheme targeting U.S. law firms
The FBI continues to receive reports of counterfeit check scheme targeting U.S. law firms. As previously reported, scammers send e-mails to lawyers, claiming to be overseas and seeking legal representation to collect delinquent payments from third parties in the U.S. The law firm receives a retainer agreement, invoices reflecting the amount owed, and a check [...]
Contaminated House Dust Linked to Parking Lots with Coal Tar Sealant
Coal-tar-based sealcoat—the black, shiny substance sprayed or painted on many parking lots, driveways, and playgrounds—has been linked to elevated concentrations of the contaminants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in house dust. Apartments with adjacent parking lots treated with the coal-tar based sealcoat contained house dust with much higher concentrations of PAHs than apartments next to [...]
Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard Prompts Recall of Mattress Sets by Mattress World
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Mattress Sets
Units: About 750
Manufacturer: Mattress World, of Dallas, Texas
Hazard: The mattress sets fail to meet the mandatory federal open flame [...]
Gas Cans Recalled Because Containers Can Leak and Create Fire Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: No-Spill 5-gallon Gasoline Cans
Units: About 7,500
Manufacturer: No-Spill LLC, of Lenexa, Kan.
Hazard: The gas containers can leak fuel at the black plastic [...]
