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Undercover police officers in North Hollywood issued citations to many drivers and pedestrians recently as part of a sting operation targeting unsafe crosswalk behavior, following a fatal accident that claimed the life of an elderly pedestrian. The police stopped 60 people, giving warnings to 24 pedestrians and motorists and ticketing 36 others for jaywalking or… read more

Sandoz Canada Incorporated has issued a voluntary recall for approximately 57,000 vials of injectable morphine due to a possible health hazard created by improper packaging. The pharmaceutics manufacturer, headquartered in Quebec, became aware of a packaging error after a Toronto hospital found four vials of an adrenaline-type heart drug known as isoproterenol hydrochloride inside a… read more

The number of recalls that get issued on a semi-regular basis can put just about anyone on edge.  And as you’re soon about to see, even sleeping in your own bed could be a hazard! The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that Leggett & Platt has had to recall its power foundations that… read more

Perhaps the saddest recalls pertain to items whose defects cause them to have the exact opposite effect of what was originally intended. Take this latest recall for example.  It has been reported that 900,000 cabinet locks, designed specifically to keep children out of cabinets that could contain hazardous materials, have been recalled because they can… read more

Jaguar Land Rover North America Incorporated has issued a recall for a specific model of the rear drive shaft couplings potentially installed as replacement parts in Discovery model sports utility vehicles. A manufacturing defect might cause the couplings to fail while the vehicle is in operation, endangering the lives of the driver and others on… read more

Westinghouse Lighting Corporation of Philadelphia has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 7,000 ceiling fans due to a shock and fire hazard. The two 60-watt light bulbs contained in the fan’s packaging exceed the fan’s lighting fixture’s maximum allowable wattage. Using the bulbs in the ceiling fan can cause it to malfunction putting users at… read more

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s applied physics group manager says he thinks he’s discovered a mathematical formula that can predict whether or not a cellphone user sending a text message is doing it from behind the wheel of a moving car. The applied physics group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory focuses on quantifying qualities that aren’t… read more

The state of Ohio does not currently have a law against texting while driving, but once West Virginia passes its ban on texting while driving, 35 other states, including all the states bordering Ohio will have such laws. The state’s chapter of the American Automobile Association has begun to urge the Ohio legislature to pass… read more

 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has begun warning people to examine the products containing ground beef that are stored in their freezer in light of a nationwide recall of beef products due to E. coli contamination. The recall continues to expand to include an increasing amount of products. The affected ground meat is mostly found… read more

Firefighters in West Springfield, Massachusetts, are using a high-tech driving simulator to test their abilities behind the wheel. Firefighting is a difficult, dangerous job, it’s well known, but one of the lesser known difficulties facing them is driving to the scene of the fire or accident. They are often forced to dodge motorists who don’t… read more

South River New Jersey company El Rancho Del Sur is issuing a voluntary recall of its El Ranchero Queso Oaxaca 14 oz. and 10 lb. (String Cheese), El Ranchero Queso Fresco 14 oz. (Fresh Cheese), and Los Corrales Queso Fresco en Hoja De Platano 14 oz. (Fresh Cheese In Banana Leaf) because of the possibility… read more

Bon Hiver Incorporated of Chester, New York, has issued a voluntary recall for approximately 200 units of its snowboard bindings. These bindings can create a potential falling danger for the rider if the binding’s base plate breaks during use. Bon Hiver Freebase board bindings with the following model names and series numbers are affected by… read more