The Federal Communications Commission’s “safe exposure” limits for low-level radiation absorbed from cell phones operating at their highest possible power level—known as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)—“does not adequately protect” most people who use cell phones, especially children who absorb more cell phone radiation than adults, according to an article published online this week in […]
Product Liability / Defective Products
18 dead from tainted canteloupe
A total of 100 people have been infected with Listeria from bacteria-laden cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado, while an additional 18 people have died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its latest update. All illnesses started on or after July 31, 2011, in what the CDC is calling the deadliest outbreak […]
Birth Control Pills Recalled
Attention: Any woman currently using bill control pills, you may want to abstain from sex until you check out the packaging – unless of course you want to get pregnant. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has issued a recall on six of its birth control products, including Cyclafem 7/7/7, Cyclafem 1/35, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, […]
Cargill Foods Recalls Tainted Turkey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. in Springdale, Ark. announced yesterday a recall of approximately 185,000 pounds of Salmonella-tainted ground turkey meat. According to the FSIS, this current food safety alert is tied to the earlier recall of 36 million pounds of turkey meat contaminated with Salmonella […]
Sunsations to pay 60K penalty for drawstring hoods
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Sunsations Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000. The penalty agreement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5-0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Sunsations knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by […]
