Defective & Dangerous Products

• Maclaren Stroller Recall: Free Repair Kit Costs More Than Its Worth

  Steven Schafer | November 16, 2009 12:01 AM | 2 CommentsBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Maclaren's "Voluntary" Recall of Strollers May Not Be So Voluntary

  Steven Schafer | November 15, 2009 2:26 PM | 1 CommentBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Elevator Accidents

  Ken Margolin | January 05, 2007 7:00 AM | 1 CommentBoston, MA

  Elevators are often described as the safest means of travel. I don't know if that is true, though it may well be, given the untold numbers of times elevators go up and down across America on any given day. Nevertheless, elevators are machines and like all machines, they can and do fail. The reality of a free-falling elevator can be as frightening as the nightmare. The occupant is completely...

• Maclaren Stroller Recall: What A Parent Should Do

  Steven Schafer | November 17, 2009 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children’s products, “voluntarily” recalled about 1 million...

• Contaminated Dairy May Have Caused 3 Deaths

  Jenny Albano | January 10, 2008 7:36 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Health officials claim that the milk from Whittier Farms dairy in Shrewsbury has caused the death of 3 elderly men and caused one women to miscarriage since last June because the milk was contaminated with listeria.Whittier Farms is popular because they still deliver milk to your door in glass bottles and the milk does not contain added hormones.All were infected with listeria, which is...

• The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc. is Recalling Hooded Jackets Due to Strangulation Hazard from Drawstrings

  Jenny Albano | November 28, 2007 2:14 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 3,240 Children's fleece hooded zip-up jackets with neck drawstrings because the drawstring could pose a strangulation hazard to children.In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets...

• Vintage Chocolates Inc. Recalls Soy Milk Chocolate Bars

  Jenny Albano | October 11, 2007 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Vintage Chocolates Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling 4,455 soy milk chocolate bars because they may contain undeclared traces of milk. Anyone that is allergic or sensitive to milk and consumes this product could run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions.The bar is presented in a beige cardboard package of 3.5 oz, depicting tree with a green band on top stating...

• FDA Announces Safety Review of FosaMax, Boniva Class of Drugs

  Courtney Mills | October 02, 2007 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The FDA released an 'early communication' to the public of an ongoing safety review regarding the drug class bisphosphonates due to potential atrial fibrillation with the use of this class of drug. The agency has requested that further data be obtained in order to assay the merits of the tendency.Bisphosphonates are a class of drug prescribed by physicians to treat osteoporosis. These...

• E. Coli Hamburgers Make 21 Sick in 8 States

  Courtney Mills | September 28, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The CDC has announced that at least twenty-one people in eight states are on record as having fallen ill in the latest E. coli scare after having consumed hamburger meat tainted with E. coli bacteria.According to reports, CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said three cases - two in New York and one in Florida - are confirmed as being linked to the ground beef, with the other 18 cases possibly linked...

• Tainted Beef Sold in Shaw's Supermarkets Recalled

  Ken Margolin | September 06, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Ground beef patties sold under the Shaw's supermarket label, were recalled yesterday. According to Fairbank Farms, the company that sells the beef to Shaws, packages with the tainted beef could have been purchased in New England between 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., on Wednesday, September 5, 2007. The 85% lean beef was sold in 1.33 pound packages with the establishment number "Est. 492. The beef was...