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While electric cars become more prevalent and more technologically advanced, they become increasingly dangerous to pedestrians, especially the blind, according to traffic safety advocates, for a safety issue that for many automakers seems more like a sales incentive: their whisper quiet engines. According to a recent New York Times review of the new electric model… read more

Beginning in May, teenage drivers face the deadliest 100 days of the year for young motorists, and according to safety experts, text messaging and other cellphone related distractions are at least partially responsible. In the time between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day, teenage drivers face a greater risk of being involved in a fatal… read more

In an effort to help children have safer walks to and from school, the city of San Francisco will soon lower speed limits for school zones surrounding more than 180 schools around the city to 15 miles per hour during the regular hours of operation. This change will mark the culmination of a yearlong effort… read more

The undeclared presence of walnuts, a known allergen, has prompted Whole Foods Market Incorporated to issue a voluntary recall for cupcake variety packs. The cupcakes affected by this recall are the carrot cake cupcakes included in six pack variety cupcake packages distributed for sale in Whole Foods Supermarkets throughout the Northern California region. The cupcakes… read more

The Food and Drug Administration wants to crack down on the overuse of medical devices that they say might expose children to unnecessarily high amounts of radiation. Last week, the agency released a brand new set of proposed guidelines that would make devices such as CT scans safer for young children.  Among other things, CT… read more

A treatment that some claim can help combat multiple sclerosis is taking fire from the Food and Drug Administration because they say a correlation cannot be established that would prove the treatment’s efficacy. Under scrutiny is a form of treatment known as liberation therapy.  This type of treatment involves using stents or balloon angioplasty devices… read more

Now that school is either out or just about out, families across the country are gearing up for summer road trips.  But before they do, Consumer Reports is spreading the word about the importance of checking the condition of spare tires.  To that end, they offer a few tips on how you can make sure… read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently looking into whether or not a recall might have to be initiated on a certain model of car. The investigation by the agency was prompted by a complaint filed with the NHTSA regarding the 2012 Hyundai Elantra.  The person making that complaint has alleged that their ear… read more

A relatively small number of Ford F150s have been recalled by the manufacturer due to a defect that compromises the safety of a vehicle’s passenger. The recall affects 101 vehicles that were produced between November 6 and November 15 of last year.  It’s been surmised that the defect that prompted the recall could have come… read more

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has partnered with Health Canada and the Dayton, New Jersey-based Kennedy International to announce a recall of  folding step stools that were sold between January 2010 and January 2012. The stools, which have been sold at various retailers, including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods, can break or… read more

At the request of the United States Food and Drug Administration, Nestle Purina PetCare has issued a voluntary recall for a single production lot of its feline food products due to the possibility that these products do not contain the amount of feline nutrients specified on their ingredients labels. A consumer report prompted the Food… read more

Two varieties of Kaytee brand baby bird feed have been voluntarily recalled by their manufacturer due to dangerously high levels of vitamin D. This recall has been issued by Kaytee’s parent company Central Garden & Pet, at the request of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Due to an error that occurred during the… read more