Auto Recalls
Name of product: Competition/Closed Course and Enduro Motorcycles Hazard: During use, the throttle cable can malfunction and result in an uncontrollable throttle. This poses a crash hazard to the rider. Units About 7,000 Description The recall includes 13 models of KTM and Husaberg brand competition/closed-course and off-road motorcycles. Eleven 2013 KTM models are being recalled: [...]
Name of product: Toro® Z Master® Riding Mowers Hazard: The idler pulley can rub against the mower’s fuel tank, posing a fire hazard. Units About 3,700 in the U.S. and 60 in Canada (about 2,600 units were previously recalled in the U.S. and 30 in Canada in November 2012) Description This recall involves 2012 and [...]
Name of product: Motor Scooters with Hello Kitty graphics Hazard: The scooters can accelerate suddenly while in use, causing the rider to lose control and fall. Units About 5,200 Description This recall involves electric, battery-operated City Scooters that are pink and black with Hello Kitty graphics on the front panel, footboard and rear fenders. The [...]
Name of product: Motor Scooters with Monster High graphics Hazard: The scooters can accelerate suddenly while in use, causing the rider to lose control and fall. Units About 5,500 Description This recall involves electric, battery-operated City Scooters that are purple and black with Monster High graphics on the front panels, seat and rear fenders. The [...]
Name of product: Utility Vehicles Hazard: The oil filter can leak, posing a fire hazard. Pinholes or cracks have been identified in oil filters installed by the engine supplier which were not manufactured to specification. Units About 4,700 Description This recall involves John Deere Gator™ RSX850i Base, Sport and Trail model recreational utility vehicles manufactured [...]
Name of product: Ski-Doo® snowmobiles Hazard: The fuel pump inlet fitting can come into contact with the oil tank and break, leading to a fuel to leak, which poses a fire hazard. Units About 10,200 Description The snowmobile has the model name printed on the vehicle’s side panel. The 2013 models included in the recall [...]
Name of product: Precedent i2 and Signature gas golf and transport vehicles Hazard: The fuel hose could separate from the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard. Units About 950 Description The recalled vehicles are model year 2013 gas-powered golf and transport vehicles used for short-distance transportation. The vehicles come in five models and colors and [...]
Name of product: Can-Am® Commander Side-by-Side Off Road Vehicles Hazard: Debris such as leaves, hay and grass in wet terrain areas can collect in the vehicle’s exhaust pipe area in a short period of time. A hot exhaust pipe and accumulated debris that has dried, poses a risk of fire. Units About 25,000 Description This [...]
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 [...]