Earlier this month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that multiple firms are recalling millions of units of Window coverings, including Roman shades and roll-up blinds. These...
Read moreHarry and David, the Oregon-based purveyor of food and fruit gifts, recently announced that it is voluntarily recalling raw, shelled hazelnut kernels sold in their store in Medford, Oregon, due to...
Read moreThe snow is falling, the holidays are upon us, and winter recreation activities are plentiful. People will be driving over the Cascade passes to visit family and/or spend time...
Read moreOn November 9, 2009, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) announced a voluntary recall by one stroller manufacturer because, “the stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and...
Read moreLast week, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable segments of the human population from health problems attributed to a wide array...
Read moreLate last month, the Center for Environmental Health independently tested 250 popular children's products, and found that the following seven had high levels of lead: Dora the Explorer Activity...
Read moreLast week, the National Football League instituted new rules regarding when players can return to play after suffering a concussion during a game or practice. Under the new policy,...
Read moreThe media reported Monday that a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building. The worker certainly would have died, but the...
Read moreThe Consumer Safety Product Commission (CSPC) announced Monday that more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs manufactured by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled following reports of four infant suffocations....
Read moreThe McCarran-Fergusson Act currently exempts Health Insurance and Malpractice Insurance companies from antitrust laws. On September 17, 2009 Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement...
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