2012

We’re only a few short days away from Thanksgiving, or as some people might consider it, Black Friday Eve.  And true, there are no doubt going to be millions of people heading out to the malls and the department stores to take advantage of great deals.  But almost as many people are going to opt… read more

The perceived lack of quality of airline food has provided ample fodder for comedians, but a new report shows that the problem might actually be quite serious. 20/20 recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request in order to get records from the Food and Drug Administration pertaining to health violations that may have occurred… read more

The threat of potential lead poisoning has led a series of products to be recalled. Focus Products Group International announced the recall, which pertains to Cocoa Latte Hot Drink Makers under the Back to Basics and West Bend brand names.  These items were sold across the country between 2004 and October of this year at… read more

A new article which discusses how the British city of Bristol might improve bicycle safety also contains some important lessons about how the safety of cyclists could be improved stateside as well.  Some of the measures being instituted across Europe should at least be a consideration for legislators here in America. After Bristol was named… read more

Police in Columbus, Ohio have expressed their frustration at an inability to get persons who speed through construction zones to pay the requisite fines.  It’s a problem that is likely felt by law enforcement officials across the country who try to grapple with a sometimes unwieldy bureaucratic system. Ohio has made a marked effort of… read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s deputy director, an individual who also spent a large portion of his career at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is leaving the NHTSA to go work for Google.  Because of his experience conducting vehicle safety investigations and developing safety standards for automobiles, he would seem ideally placed for his… read more

The Food and Drug Administration will be holding a webinar tomorrow designed to educate interested parties on how a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy works and what such a measure means for the medical community.  In the meantime, the organization is also explaining why an REMS is so important.  Basically, prior to the approval of… read more

Solid white albacore tuna in water of the Chicken of the Sea brand has been recalled by Tri-Union Seafoods because the label fails to state that the tuna product contains soy.  The recall only pertains to seven ounce versions of the product available in multi-pack containers from Costco stores in a handful of states, including… read more

We’re coming up on one of the biggest travel weeks of the year.  As such, thousands if not millions of people across the country will find themselves in unfamiliar environments as they crisscross the nation in a bid to spend Thanksgiving with their relatives. But with such alterations to the status quo come potential safety… read more

5-Hour Energy is the latest energy product to fall under the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration.  The agency is looking into 13 death reports that are alleged to have occurred after a user was exposed to 5-Hour Energy.  In addition, 30 people have reportedly been hospitalized following consumption, and 90 reports of adversity… read more

Members of Congress were left with potentially more questions than answers on the heels of a hearing called to figure out how a fungal meningitis outbreak was able to occur. The outbreak, which has already claimed the lives of 32 people and infected hundreds more, was the result of contaminated steroid injections distributed across the… read more

More than two years ago, an explosion aboard BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico cost 11 individuals their lives and led to gallons upon gallons of oil to be distributed through the gulf over the course of nearly three months.  It’s been a long time coming, but the Justice Department has… read more