BACTERIA OUTBREAK HITS ALABAMA HOSPITALS By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Mar 30, 2011 4:22 AM CDT (NEWSER) – Intravenous fluid bags contaminated with bacteria are suspected of causing nine deaths at Alabama hospitals. Ten other patients treated with the same product—which has now been pulled off the market—were sickened, AP reports. All the patients ... Read more
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Walmart Recalls 2 Million Heaters
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Dec
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 5:20 AM Walmart and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued a voluntary recall for more than 2 million electric heaters, citing fire and burn hazards. The recalled heaters include Flow Pro, Airtech, Aloha Breeze and Comfort Essentials 1500 watt heaters sold at Walmart between December 2001 through October 2009. The ... Read more
Conair recalls 291,000 hair dryers
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May
By Chavon Sutton, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Conair Corp. is recalling 291,000 BabylissPro model hair dryers because they pose a laceration risk, a government agency said Friday. Conair (CNGA) disclosed 16 reports of the fan breaking, causing the plastic shell to shatter, as well as reports of hair dryers sparking ... Read more
Baby sling warning: Sling may cause suffocation
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Mar
March 10, 2010 By: Jackie Soto, WGN News CHICAGO – A new warning for parents: Your baby can suffocate if you carry them in popular infant slings, that strap around your chest. The head of the Consumer Product Safety commission says there have been too many deaths linked to the slings ... Read more
Family Sues Maker Of Robe That Caught Fire, Killing Woman
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Oct
Posted October 29, 2009 By Dave Altimari, The Hartford Courant Atwilda Brown died trying to pour herself a cup of hot chocolate. As the 80-year-old woman reached across the electric stove to grab a teapot full of hot water in her East Windsor kitchen on a Saturday night in February 2005, the sleeve of ... Read more
