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- Pennsylvania girl shot after being mistaken for skunk
Oct 24, 2012
A Pittsburgh area girl is recovering at an area hospital after a Halloween party this past weekend went horribly wrong. The 8-year-old was hurt after a partygoer, referred to as a relative, shot her with a shotgun. The man reportedly thought the girl, who was wearing a black costume, including a hat with a white tassel, was a skunk. The bullet wounded her in the shoulder. According to what was told to the police by...Read More - FMCSA to review its trucking safety management system
Oct 23, 2012
After enduring a great deal of criticism over its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) trucking management system, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) has agreed to allow one of its subcommittees to thoroughly review its processes. The CSA is one of the most widely praised and widely criticized trucking regulations on the books in the United States. Trucking advocacy groups, lobbyists and others have long-demanded that the FMCSA review the CSA, as these groups believe that...Read More - Cadmium exposure is still a critical kids safety issue: Part II
Oct 23, 2012
Earlier this week, we began a discussion about the ways in which the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has yet to act on the critical safety issue of cadmium-tainted children's toys and jewelry. These unsafe products have been present in the marketplace for years, but the CPSC has so-far failed to recall most of them or educate the public that they remain on store shelves and in millions of homes. When the Associated Press...Read More - 23 Dead in Meningitis Outbreak
Oct 22, 2012
In the current outbreak of fungal meningitis two more have been reported dead today. The death toll is now at 23. The fungal meningitis outbreak is linked to contaminated steroids which were distributed by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated there are 297 cases: 294 are fungal meningitis and the others are joint infections. There are cases in 16, but 23 states received shipments of...Read More - Cadmium exposure is still a critical kids safety issue: Part I
Oct 22, 2012
In the autumn of 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) became aware that various children's toys and jewelry sold in the U.S. contained the toxic substance cadmium. However, despite the agency's vocalized commitment to keep these potentially unsafe products out of American stores, homes and schools, little has been done in the past two years to address the problem. According to results of an investigation conducted by the Associated Press, the CPSC has...Read More - Police investigate deadly accident, urge caution for motorcyclists
Oct 22, 2012
There may have been a third car involved in an accident that claimed the life of a local motorcycle rider. The accident occurred on the Ohio-West Virginia border last week, and has been under investigation since then. On the 17th Street West Bridge in Huntington there is a remnant of the final moments of a 47-year-old man's life — a 20-foot long skid mark from where he locked up the breaks on his beloved Harley...Read More - Pennsylvania drivers: Beware, it’s deer season
Oct 22, 2012
Even though American children grow up watching Bambi and cultivating a sense of awe at the gentle nature deer possess, it doesn't take long for adults to understand that deer overpopulation is a serious issue. Deer hunting permits are granted in certain areas to keep the population under control, but even with this control measure, overpopulation still leads to an astonishing number of deer-related car accidents each year. The fall months are characterized as breeding...Read More - Motorists endangered by counterfeit air bags
Oct 22, 2012
Over the past two weeks, the American public has been inspired to panic, albeit mildly. On October 10, the Obama Administration warned motorists that in the event of car accidents, the air bags installed in their vehicles to protect them may either fail to inflate or may cause them physical harm. Essentially, a quarter of a million vehicles are at risk for containing counterfeit air bags manufactured in China. Specifically, motorists who have replaced their...Read More - Death toll for Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Grows to 23; Total Reported Cases Grows to 284
Oct 20, 2012
The number of fungal meningitis cases linked to tainted epidural steroid injections has now reached 284. As of today there have been 23 reported deaths due to complications caused by fungal meningitis. The last two deaths were reported in Tennessee and North Carolina. According to the CDC, of the 284 cases reported, three cases are peripheral joint infections. The number of states reporting cases has remained the same at 16. Tennessee remains the state with...Read More - UPDATE 2-FDA finds fungus in steroid shots, meningitis toll rises
Oct 19, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now investigating 2 other lots of steroids that were shipped from the New England Compounding Center for the Exserohilum fungus. The fungus that is believed to cause fungal meningitis is associated with grass and rotting wood and seems to attack the brain and spine aggressively. The contaminated steroids, or methylprednisolone acetate, that were shipped by the New England Compounding Center have been causing fungal meningitis. The patients who...Read More