Defective & Dangerous Products

• A Product Recall Search Engine

  Bob Carroll | October 25, 2006 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Introducing the Google-Powered Recall Search Engine by US Recall News This is pretty helpful and may deserve a bookmark. A Google Custom Search Engine for RecallsIt still boggles my mind that I am able to sit at a computer in Clearwater, Florida, and have access to information and databases all over the world. Research on defective products or medical matters used to require trips to...

• Gentlemen, Check Your Batteries

  Bob Carroll | October 04, 2006 5:11 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Ross Ipsa Loquitur posts on the subject of the self-immolating Sony-built batteries.It is just a matter of time before one of these batteries ignites in a particularly bad place and time. It could happen in Clearwater, Dunedin, Largo or Tampa, Florida, just as easily as in New York City or Chicago. And, a battery could combust during the night just as easily as during the day.The situation with...

• You Have The Right To Sue The Cigarette Companies But Must Act Quickly

  Bob Carroll | September 19, 2006 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Florida Supreme Court has issued an opinion in the Engle case holding that cigarette smoking causes or substantially aggravates the following medical conditions:aortic aneurysm, bladder cancer, cerebrovascular disease, cervical cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer (specifically, adenocarinoma,...

• Florida Tobacco Engle Class Members Must Register before June 16, 2008

  Brenda Fulmer | April 23, 2008 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  At a hearing on April 15, 2008, Judge David Miller in Miami made a number of rulings with regard to the distribution of the Engle Trust Fund (the "Fund"), previously referred to as the Guaranteed...

• Stryker Recalls Defective Hips

  Joe Saunders | January 24, 2008 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A week after the US FDA issued an 11 page warning letter to Stryker Co. about complaints the firm received from January of 2005 to mid 2007 involving the Trident PSL and Trident Hemispherical Acetabular Cups used in hip replacement surgery, Stryker has voluntarily but temporarily withdrawn the defective hip device from the market. The warning letter came after the FDA performed a six week...

• Evidence Mounts on HRT Breast Cancer Dangers

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Yet another study was released earlier this month showing that women who use combination hormone replacement therapy drugs face much greater risks of developing certain types of breast cancer. This latest study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center noted that women taking HRT drugs had a four-fold (400%) increased risk of developing lobular breast cancer and was the...

• Hickory Barbecue Sauce Recall

  Joe Saunders | November 01, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Another food product has been recalled due to mislabeling. This time it's a hickory barbecue sauce manufactured by Dutch Kettle. The issue has to do with the company's failure to include anchovy as an ingredient. Anyone with an allergy to fish protein could be susceptible to a serious, life-threatening reaction if the barbecue sauce is ingested. The company is recalling 94 cases of 12/19 oz....

• Agreement reached by five major hip and knee manufacturers

  Brenda Fulmer | October 04, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Five companies who market most of the hip and knee surgical implantation devices in the United States have been accused of making deals with orthopedic surgeons in order for their products to be used by those medical providers. Four of the companies, Zimmer Holdings, DePuy Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew & Biomet, have reached nonprosecutory 18 month agreements which include reforms and federal...

• FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products

  Chrissie Cole | August 09, 2007 1:02 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert warning consumers not to buy or consume three different types of red yeast rice products sold and promoted online. The products may contain an unauthorized drug that can be harmful. The product is promoted as a dietary supplement used to aide high cholesterol.The potentially harmful products are: Red Yeast Rice and Red Yeast...

• Consumers Advised to Discard Toothpaste from China

  Christina Cole | June 02, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled "Made in China" while also issuing an import alert to prevent toothpaste that may contain a poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) from entering the United States. DEG is used in antifreeze and as a solvent.Consumers should examine their toothpaste products for labeling that...