Peloton is issuing a recall for 2 million exercise bicycles due to safety concerns, marking the second major recall faced by the fitness company. According to an announcement from the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, the seat post of the bikes has the potential…
Lakeside Refrigerated Services has recalled nearly 43,000 pounds of ground beef shipped nationwide to various Walmart locations due to possible contamination with E. coli. The USDA announced that during routine testing, the possible contamination was discovered. All of the meat that has been recal
Fisher-Price is recalling all models of Rock’n Play Sleepers after 32 infant fatalities occurred while using the product. The fatalities occurred between 2011 and 2018 “after the infants rolled over while unrestrained, or under other circumstances,” according to the (CPSC) Consumer Product Safety C
On September 30, 2019, the FDA announced that ranitidine (Zantac), a heartburn medication used by millions of Americans, may cause cancer. Zantac has been found to contain a carcinogenic chemical 26,000 times the FDA-approved limit. When one 150 mg tablet is ingested, it undergoes a…
Ford knew they had problems with the dual-clutch transmission in their 2012-present Focus and 2010-present Fiesta sold in the past decade. Ford was warned by engineers and lawyers to recall these vehicles and not sell anymore of them to the public due to potentially dangerous…
Tyson Foods is recalling 190,757 ready-to-eat chicken fritters as some may contain hard plastic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Health officials received consumer complaints from schools of a foreign material in the breaded chicken produc
Merck & Co. are battling lawsuits that involve their Zostavax shingles vaccine that allegedly caused blindness, paralysis, brain damage, liver failure, and even death. Shingles are most common in adults over 50 years of age. You must have previously had the chickenpox to contract shingles.…
General Motors cars, trucks and SUVs manufactured from 2000 until 2012 have a dangerous and deadly defect in their airbag system that can prevent the front airbags from deploying in certain frontal impacts. During this timeframe, General Motors installed a time limit calibration in the…
A California jury awarded former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson 289 million. He claimed the weed killer Roundup gave him terminal cancer. He was a groundskeeper at a school outside of San Francisco and estimated he used Roundup about 20-30 times a year. He was diagnosed with…
What does this mean for your children? You must use federally approved child safety seats for children younger than 8 when they are riding in vehicles. If your child meets the weight or height requirements listed by the manufacturer then you do not need to…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Inserra Kelley Sewell In recent years many holiday revelers have switched from old fashioned Christmas Lighting to replacing their old strings of lights with LED lights. The author of this blog has first-hand knowledge of replacing her strings of…
Lithium Ion Batteries drew worldwide attention in 2016, when reports of certain Samsung Galaxy 7 smartphones exploding started popping up just about every week. Airlines soon banned the phone from flights, people were worried the devices would erupt into flames without notice. Samsung recalled cert
