Appliance Recalls
Name of product: Chest Freezers Hazard: A capacitor in the freezer’s circuitry can overheat, posing a fire hazard. Units About 41,000, 67,500 additional freezers were recalled in November 2010 Description This recall involves the Haier® models HNCM070E with 7.0 cubic foot capacity and ESNCM053E with 5.3 cubic foot capacity, and Black & Decker® model [...]
Name of product: One-cup Coffeemakers Hazard: The coffeemaker can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. Units About 6,000 Description This recall involves Jerdon Style model CM12B one-cup coffee makers, with date code 1217. The coffee makers are black and have an oval, red indicator light above the on/off switch. The coffee maker brews [...]
Name of product: BlueStar™ residential gas wall ovens Hazard: Some of the wall ovens have been improperly installed and/or have damaged flexible gas appliance connectors, posing a fire hazard. Units About 940 Description This recall involves all colors of three models of BlueStar gas-powered stainless steel wall ovens manufactured prior to November 23, 2012. Oven [...]
Name of Product: GE Profile™ Front Load Washers Units: About 62,000 Importer: GE Appliances, of Louisville, Ky. Others arrived looking for:yhs-att_001//tinyurl com/comprecallfrigidaire dishwasher recall listlg appliance recallLG Appliance Recall Listlg appliances recall
Name of Product: LG Electronics and Kenmore Elite® Gas Dryers Units: About 21,000 Manufacturer: LG Electronics, Inc., of South Korea
Name of product: GE, GE Adora™, GE Eterna™, GE Profile™ and Hotpoint®, Dishwashers Units: About 1.3 million in the United States Manufacturer: GE Appliances, of Louisville, Ky.
Name of Product: Kenmore Dehumidifiers Units: About 795,000 Retailer: Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation, of Hoffman Estates, Ill. Others arrived looking for:kenmore dehumidifier model 580kenmore 580 dehumidifierkenmore dehumidifier 580kenmore model 580 dehumidifierkenmore dehumidifier 580 recallsears 580 dehumidifier recall modelssears 70 pint dehumidifier model 580sears dehumidifier 580sears dehumidifier model 580
Name of Product: Frigidaire Self-Clean Gas Range Units: About 185 Manufacturer: Frigidaire, of Charlotte, N.C.
EU Votes to Ban 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene
It has been decided by the European Commission and European Union member states that the flavoring substance 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene should be banned. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion and press release on 16 May that said: ‘The flavoring substance 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene is genotoxic (that is, it can damage DNA, the genetic material of [...]
What We Know About Concussions
Your brain is your body’s command center. Its soft, sensitive tissues float in a cushioning fluid within the hard and sturdy skull. But a swift blow to the head or violent shaking can override these protections and lead to a mild type of brain injury known as a concussion. More than 1 million mild traumatic [...]
Flu in Pregnancy May Quadruple Risk for Bipolar Disorder in the Child
Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked [...]
NHS England to Tackle Shockingly Low Dementia Diagnosis Rates
NHS England is to tackle “shockingly low” dementia diagnosis rates with plans that could see 160,000 people who are unknowingly living with the condition identified and treated, Jeremy Hunt announced today. The plans, announced as the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia reached its first year, will aim to see two-thirds of people with dementia identified [...]
CDC Finds Suicide Rates Among Middle-aged Adults Increased From 1999 to 2010
Suicide deaths have surpassed deaths from motor vehicle crashes in recent years in the United States. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides. Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen substantially since 1999, according to a report in CDC journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Suicide is a tragedy [...]