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Jul 18th, 2008 |
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Children and gasoline don’t mix. With the passage of the Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act, an additional layer of fire safety and burn protection has been added for families across the country.
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Tags: charcoal lighter fluid, Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention, flammable liquids, gas caps, gasoline cans, gasoline container, gasoline containers, household cleaning products, open flames, store gasoline
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Jul 8th, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified manufacturers of fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs that a Boxed Warning in the product labeling concerning the increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture is necessary.
Tags: antibacterial drugs, antimicrobial drugs, antimicrobial products, bacterial infections, drug evaluation, medication guide, mitigation strategy, risk evaluation, tendinitis, tendon rupture
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Jun 25th, 2008 |
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For most Americans, the Fourth of July celebration is a time for food, fun and fireworks, but in 2007 nearly 10,000 Americans were treated in emergency rooms for firework-related injuries.
Tags: alcohol tobacco firearms, bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms, customs and border protection, dangerous fireworks, emergency rooms, fourth of july, legal fireworks, product safety commission
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Jun 23rd, 2008 |
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The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Conn., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
Tags: clean air act, consent decree, hazardous air pollutants, hydrogen chloride, leak tests, manufacturing plant, national emission standards, pfizer inc, pharmaceutical materials, repair leaks
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Jun 16th, 2008 |
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The FDA today exercised its new authority under the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) to require manufacturers of “conventional” antipsychotic drugs to make safety-related changes to prescribing information, or labeling, to warn about an increased risk of death associated with the off-label use [...]
Tags: atypical antipsychotic drugs, conventional antipsychotics, fda, health care professionals, neurological side effects, receptor antagonists, treatment of dementia
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Jun 12th, 2008 |
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Fifty lives a year could be saved by ground-breaking motorcycle helmet safety ratings revealed today by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick.
Tags: helmet rating, helmet safety rating, motorcycle helmet rating, motorcycle helmet safety rating, Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program, sharp test
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May 22nd, 2008 |
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U.K. Parents will be given a dramatic insight into how their own behavior on the road can pass dangerous habits on to their children as Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today launches a series of innovative workshops in schools across England.
Tags: england primary school, jim fitzpatrick, liz brooker, practical parenting, road accidents, road safety, safety behavior, safety sessions, zebra crossings
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May 16th, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Scientific Laboratories Inc., and its president, Rajeshwari Patel, and chief executive officer, Amit Roy, have signed a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction and are barred from manufacturing and distributing drug products until they bring their manufacturing operations [...]
Tags: cold products, consent decree, corrective measures, cosmetic act, drug evaluation, good manufacturing practice, laboratories inc, new drugs, scientific laboratories
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May 15th, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the shut down of cream cheese and seafood operations at Lifeway Foods, Inc. and its subsidiary, LFI Enterprises, Inc., both Illinois companies, until they are found compliant with food-safety laws.
Tags: adequate procedures, cheese products, cream cheese, cross contamination, food safety laws, food safety requirements, lifeway foods inc, nova salmon, seafood processing, toilet facilities
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May 6th, 2008 |
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Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tags: american academy of pediatrics, home safety, hospital emergency departments, infant injury, medical epidemiologist, most common injury to a child, parental supervision
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