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• Simplicity Cribs Recalled Due To Failures Resulting in Infant Deaths

  RLF Staff | September 24, 2007 5:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today a voluntary recall with Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa., of about 1 million cribs. The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap and lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants. CPSC is aware of two deaths in Simplicity manufactured cribs with older style hardware, including a 9-month-old...

• Recall: Baby's Bliss Gripe Water

  RLF Staff | September 21, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  MOM Enterprises Inc., and FDA informed consumers and healthcare providers that Baby's Bliss Gripe Water, apple flavor, with a code of 26952V and expiration date of October 2008 (10/08) is being recalled due to the presence of Cryptosporidium infection. The product is labeled Baby's Bliss. Pediatrician Recommended Gripe Water. Apple Flavor. An herbal supplement used to ease the gas and stomach...

• Flip Flops Causing Rash and Chemical Burn - Another Product from China Recalled

  RLF Staff | September 14, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The latest in a string of recalls of products made in China are popular flip flops sold nationwide at Wal Mart stores.The flip flops are being tested to determine the cause, but the effect is a painful, itchy rash or chemical burn anywhere the flip flops touch the skin. For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• Microwave Popcorn Could Cause Serious Lung Disease

  RLF Staff | September 11, 2007 12:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Major popcorn manufacturers who use Diacetyl in their popcorn have started removing the "buttery smalling" chemical from their products. This comes more than a year (and consumption of more than 750 million pounds of popcorn) after the EPA produced a study warning Diacetyl poses potential health hazards. Diacetyl was identified at the CDC in 2002 as the cause of a debilitating and sometimes...

• MRI and MRA Contrast Dye containing Gadolinium can cause rare disease NSF/NSD

  RLF Staff | September 10, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A contrast is sometimes used in MRI ("magnetic resonance imaging") and always used in MRA ("magnetic resonance angiography"). These tests use powerful magnets and radio waves to make images of a patient's internal issues or blood vessels. During these procedures, a contrast dye is injected into the body to help detect any abnormalities. Unfortunately, MRI and MRA contrast dye containing the...

• Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Linked to Gadolinium

  RLF Staff | September 10, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a newly described systemic disorder that occurs in patients with renal insufficiency. The functional consequences of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis are often devastating and may be fatal. Since nephrogenic systemic fibrosis develops after exposure to gadolinium-containing magnetic resonance contrast agents in some patients the FDA recommended avoiding such agents...