The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with FAF Inc., of Greenville, R.I. today announced a voluntary recall of about 55,000 children’s metal necklaces. Manufactured in China and sold exclusively at Walmart, these necklaces contain high levels of cadmium, which is toxic if ingested by young children. It can cause serious adverse health [...]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is advising homeowners how to identify metal corrosion and other indicators of problem drywall. The guidance recounts visual signs of metal corrosion, evidence of drywall installation in the relevant time period, and identification of other validating evidence or characteristics. [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing its most serious Class I recall for Hettich Centrifuges with 2050 and 2076 plastic rotors, used in combination with the Mikro 12-24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges. This action was initiated because the plastic centrifuge rotor could crack, break apart and [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Edwards Lifesciences notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of the Aquarius Hemodialysis System due to reports of clinically significant fluid imbalance and the potential for users to repeatedly override the fluid imbalance alarm. This could result in volume fluctuation of circulating blood, which could cause serious injuries [...]

Canned tuna contains too much mercury, according to researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team led by UNLV environmental health professor Shawn Gerstenberger, discovered more than half the tuna samples obtained from a local grocery exceed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety standards. Five percent of over 300 samples surpassed Food & [...]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced the recall of about 2,500 2009 Model Year FX10 Snowmobiles, distributed by the Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A., of Cypress, California. A bolt in the right front “A” arm can loosen in the suspension/steering system, causing a sudden loss of steering control. Riders could risk injury or [...]

About 17,500 Chinese made  Zippo Slatkin & Co. Candle Lighters, imported by the Zippo Manufacturing Company, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, have been recalled, announced the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The Zippo Slatkin & Co. Candle Lighters can discharge an excessive flame when set at flame maximum, posing a burn hazard to consumers. To date, [...]

A Botox overdose is blamed for the death of a California 7-year-old girl who died in November 2007 of respiratory failure and pneumonia, after Botox injections for her cerebral palsy. The mother has filed a lawsuit against Botox manufacturer, Allergan. Last April, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ordered a black box warning for [...]

Strollers are supposed to be safe, not lacerate the child or amputate a fingertip. However, another recall of defective strollers is happening today because of those possibilities. Newly recalled are 1,100 CYBEX strollers made in China and distributed by Regal Lager Inc. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the CYBEX strollers’ hinge mechanism [...]

A recently published New England Journal of Medicine study says the rotavirus vaccine can impair severely immune-deficient infants. The findings described three cases where such children unfortunately developed rotaviral infection after vaccination. All of the infants received rotavirus vaccination before they were diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency. The infants’ stool specimen analysis revealed that their [...]