Honda has announced that the Takata air bag faulty inflators have caused at least nine deaths. Recalls of the faulty Takata air bags have been made in past years and at least one death due to the bad inflator has occurred since April of 2015…
Warnings have been released regarding the popular prescription drug, fluconazole (or name brand Diflucan), available in pill and liquid form to patients prescribed it for yeast infections. A large study has been done in Denmark that has shown that the drug is quite possibly linked…
Lithium button batteries are highly popular during and following the holiday season and commonly used in watches, hearing aids, remote controls, calculators, toys, and even musical greeting cards. A sad story has been reported of a toddler in Oklahoma losing his life after the ingestion…
Back in the summer we warned about keyless ignitions being linked to carbon monoxide defects leading to sickness and death. Ten of the big automakers were the defendants in lawsuits at that time due to the defects and now a new report out December 21,…
Mars Chocolate of North America has issued a recall of its Dove Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes due to the product containing allergens, such as peanuts, egg, and wheat not specified on the packaging. The candy was sold starting back in September of this year and was…
Does your teenager use indoor tanning beds and booths? If so, this habit may be hampered if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decides to go through with a “ban” for indoor tanning for individuals under the age of 18. The supposed ban is…
Celebrity hair stylist and reality star, Chaz Dean is famous for a line of hair care products he created, called WEN, supposedly better for hair without all the harsh ingredients like lathering detergents. However, these products are now part of an embarrassing lawsuit Mr. Dean…
There is another E.coli contamination to report in celery. It is not just regular celery purchased in produce departments all over the United States, but other products containing celery produced by Taylor Farms Pacific in California. Consumers must also look at whether they have purchased…
Okay there may be many of you out there breaking out in a cold sweat when you hear this latest news flash. Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is accused in a lawsuit by Qualitest, Inc. due to the mispackaging of birth control pills leading to at least…
E-cigarettes consumers turn to when kicking the regular cigarette habit is proving dangerous in other ways. They have the potential to explode and the news has abounded with stories on injured users from explosions. A man in Florida suffered severe burns, internally and externally and…
We are regularly alerted to the dangers of texting and driving, but are you aware that your smartphone can distract you even when you are just texting at red lights or using your hands-free technology to use them? Research studies have been done that reveal…
Sanofi, the maker of epinephrine injectors for severe allergic reactions, has placed a recall on hundreds of thousands of its epi injectors due to the fact they may not provide the right amount of epinephrine and endanger lives of its users. The Auvi-Q injection pack…