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• Canadian Government Hopes to Reduce Car Crashes

  Susy Owen | June 04, 2008 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It is no secret that drivers are distracting while driving on an all-too-regular basis. And as a result of those distractions, car accidents increase substantially. Given that fact, the Canadian...

• Roof Strength in SUV's Influence Risk of Injury

  Susy Owen | April 02, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Unfortunately, drivers are often lulled into a false sense of safety while driving an SUV. Perhaps it is the size of the vehicle that lends itself to that misconception. The truth is, many SUV's...

• L'Oréal Recalls Hair Color

  Susy Owen | January 28, 2008 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  L'Oréal has announced a voluntary recall of L'Oréal Paris Dream Blonde Bleach and Lightening Care Kit due to misprinted directions. At this time, the recall involves U.S. retail stores only. Retailers carring the product have been notified. It has been estimated that several hundred consumers have purchased the product. The company received a customer complaint of irritation to the scalp...

• Criminal Charges Loom for Dog Owner

  Susy Owen | January 14, 2008 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  After 7-year-old Ethan Westergard, was attacked by a pit bull mix, the owner told conflicting stories to authorities as to the dogs whereabouts. As a result, she now faces criminal charges. This case has also exposed shortcomings in the way animals are supposed to be quarantined for the purposes of rabies testing. Initally the owner said the dog was dead and buried. However, when authorities...

• Lawsuits Against Vioxx Continue

  Susy Owen | October 14, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Due to safety concerns, a defective product known as Vioxx was pulled from the market 2004. The manufacturer of Vioxx, Merck, is still facing thousands of lawsuits filed by injured people. In fact, a study done by the Food and Drug Administration in 2004, estimated that Vioxx could have played a part in as many as 27,785 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths between 1999 and 2003. Subsequent...

• Kraft Recalls White Choclate

  Susy Owen | October 13, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Kraft Foods has recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. The recall is specific to the following four best-when-used-by dates:31 MAR 2008 XCZ 01 APR 2008 XCZ 02 APR 2008 XCZ 03 APR 2008 XCZ It is feared that the product may contain Salmonella. Salmonella is dangerous. It can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. The...

• Same Girl, Same Incident - Two Hit and Runs

  Susy Owen | October 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Sasha Kemp, 19, of Toledo., was standing on a road at approximately 1:50 a.m., on Saturday morning trying to flag down a car when she was struck by a vehicle. Kemp was then thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle tried of avoid her, but was unable to. The second driver crashed while trying to avoid kemp. Unbelievably, both the first and second driver left the scene of the...

• Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

  Susy Owen | September 08, 2007 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  After the 9/11 attack, the center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, which is based at Mount Saini Medical Center, has examined in excess of 15,000 people who were both workers and volunteers at the tragic site. At the same time, they have overseen an additional 5,000 who were examined at various clinics. Those programs received more than $100 million federal dollars to aid in this...

• $25.8 Million Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit

  Susy Owen | August 28, 2007 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In 2002 a Florida woman, Beth Hippely, was prescribed the blood thinner Warfarin as part of her cancer treatment. However, when she received her filled prescription from the Deerfield, Illinois based Walgreens, it was ten times the strength that her doctor has prescribed and subsequently caused her to have a stroke and eventually die. As a result, The company was sued for negligent breach of...

• Criminal Charges Filed in Big Dig Auto Accident

  Susy Owen | August 11, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  On July 10, 2006 a man driving a Buick with his wife in the passenger seat through the Interstate 90 connector tunnel in Boston experienced a nightmare when 26 tons of concrete panels fell from the ceiling of the tunnel and crushed his wife, the passenger in the vehicle. The panels simply became detached and fell on the vehicle. The passenger died while the driver had only minor injuries.It...