The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission in conjunction with Atico International USA has issued a product recall of about 92,000 of its TrueLiving Heater Fans and Portable Quartz Radiant Heaters due fire hazard. Consumers are being advised to stop using the recalled Defective Products immediately unless otherwise instructed. The recalled TrueLiving Heater Fans and Portable […]
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Motorcyclist dies after driving off cliff
A motorcyclist died Saturday afternoon after driving off a cliff in unincorporated Santa Clara County near Milpitas a California Highway Patrol officer said. The accident was reported at about 12:30 p.m. on Calaveras Road near Felter Road, CHP Officer Eric Anderson said. For reasons yet unknown, the motorcyclist went off the roadway and died after […]
One killed, four injury in accident with city bus
One person was killed and four were injured in a crash involving a Monterey-Salinas Transit bus and pickup truck in Salinas last Friday, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said. The accident was reported at about 5:15 a.m. at the intersection of Blanco and Davis roads in Salinas. The driver of the pickup truck, the lone […]
Sports Brain Trauma May Cause Disease Mimicking ALS
New research by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition that affects voluntary muscle movements. The most […]
11 deaths not due to defective drywall says CPSC
A review provided to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health found no evidence linking exposure to problem drywall and 11 reported deaths. The CDC review confirms the results of previous reviews conducted by CPSC into these deaths, which also found […]
