After months upon months of anticipation and speculation, Takata has finally agreed the best option is to succumb and finally recall all potentially deadly airbags in vehicles. Currently, the Takata recall is due to the airbags deploying with too much for thus sending shrapnel flying through the vehicle. It is assumed that the issue…
It seems as though these days there are more and morevehicle recalls than ever before. Likewise, Ford Motor Company has joined in the recent recalls due to a power steering issue. Nearly 423,000 vehicles including cars and SUV’s in the U.S. are being recalled because the power steering can fail while being driven. The…
GlaxoSmithKline is the pharmaceutical giants that are the makers a popular anti-nausea drug,Zofran. Typically Zofran is prescribed to people who have recently had surgery, and those going through cancer treatments. Sadly, although the FDA has not approved Zofran as safe for use during pregnancy, physicians have been doing otherwise. In addition, women who used…
It was a scary and surreal scene in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Memorial Day when abounce house went flying through the air, with children inside. In fact, three children were bouncing inside the house when a waterspout carried it several feet through the air. Before the accident, the bounce house was placed inside a…
Fiat-Chrysler is refusing to repair some of their vehicles that are part of the almost 1.6 million recalled Jeeps due to fire risk hazards. The eyebrow-raising refusal is prompting questions amongst regulators as to why the company would refuse to fix certain vehicles. According to the NHTSA, Jeep advised them that they are unable…
Salmonella is a bacterial infection, which causes numerous unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. Furthermore, the CDC has announced that Salmonella has recently been linked to sushi, which has sickened 53 people from nine different states. The vast majority of the cases happened in California, as well as Arizona, Illinois,…
As theTakata airbag recall continues to expand, so do the vehicle manufacturers involved. Furthermore, three Japanese vehicle manufacturers announced today that they would recall more than 700,000 vehicles that have Takata airbags in them. The concerns with the airbags revolve around the fact that they can deploy with too much force, thus causing shrapnel…
ConAgra Foods, the makers of Peter Pan peanut butter have agreed to pay a$11.2 million dollar settlement due to federal charges that they shipped salmonella containing products. Furthermore, the tainted peanut butter was made at a ConAgra plant in Georgia and injured more than 600 people, which happened over eight years ago. ConAgra also…
What is now a twisted piece of metal are the remains of asmall plane crash was found in southwest Virginia on Tuesday. Sadly, there were no survivors. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Beech BE-55 plane was headed seven miles northeast of Richland’s near the Tazewell County Airport when it lost contact with…
Kenmore and Electrolux are now recalling gas ranges due to a potential fire hazard. Furthermore, the fear is that the fuel ranges can go out while the gas is still turned on, thus letting the gas escape. Luckily there have been no injuries related to the product. To get a complete list of affected…