January, 2010Recall of Built-In Thermador Ovens Expanded
More Thermador Built-In Ovens are being recalled following reports of the units overheating in the self-cleaning mode, causing fires and posing a risk of burns to consumers.
Continue →Lifetime Brands Recalls Fruit and Vegetable Choppers Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold at Sam’s Club
Pieces of the chopper’s metal blades can break off during use and fall into food being prepared in the chopper, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Continue →Connector Kits Used with Sonitrol Access Control Modules Recalled; Failure Could Lead to Entrapment in an Emergency
The pin connector can fail and prevent a door from being unlocked from the inside, posing an entrapment hazard to consumers. This failure can lead to the inability to vacate a location in an emergency.
Continue →Johnson Health Tech North America Recalls Horizon Fitness and LIVESTRONG Fitness Elliptical Trainers Due to Fall Hazard
The foot pedal can become disengaged, posing a fall hazard.
Continue →Lysol Steam Cleaning Mop Recalled by Conair Corp. Due to Burn and Laceration Hazards
Hot water mixed with Lysol can forcefully spurt out and rupture the housing unit, posing a burn hazard and a laceration hazard to consumers from the broken housing unit.
Continue →BSH Home Appliances Corp. Expands Recall of Thermador Built-In Ovens Due to Fire Hazard
The ovens can have gaps in the insulation where overheating can occur and when used in the self-cleaning mode it can cause nearby cabinets to catch fire. This poses a fire hazard to consumers.
Continue →Chrysler Recalls 24,000 Vehicles for Defective Brakes
More than 24,000 cars and trucks have been recalled by Chrysler Group LLC because a defective part may cause the brakes to fail.
Continue →Paxil, Other Depression and Anxiety Drugs Can Boost Preterm Labor Risks
Women who take the depression drugs Zoloft, Paxil, and Prozac or anti-anxiety pills Xanax and Ativan later in pregnancy may be more likely to deliver their babies early or have other birth complications, a new study finds. About 2,800 women in Washington took part in the study, which determined mothers-to-be who started taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the second or third trimesters had a higher risk of preterm birth compared to women not on the drugs, according to …
Continue →More Warnings Added to Diet Drug Meridia
New warnings of possible cardiovascular problems in some patients have been added to Meridia, the diet drug studies have recently linked to serious heart complications.
Continue →Non-Stick Pan Chemical May Cause Thyroid Disease
Last week, we wrote about a link between a little-known but widely used chemical called PFOA and liver damage. Now, another study finds the same chemical used to make non-stick pans and water-resistant fabrics can cause thyroid disease.
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