Electronic Recalls
Name of product: Metal Halide Lamps Hazard: The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter. This poses fire and laceration hazards. Units About 8,100 Description The recalled items are egg-shaped, clear glass, 150-watt industrial metal halide lamps. They are about five inches long and have a medium [...]
Name of product: Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters Hazard: The heater design can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the consumer. Units About 355,000 Description This recall involves two models of Optimus Infrared Quartz Radiant heaters with model numbers [...]
Name of product: Portable Heaters Hazard: The heaters can overheat posing a fire hazard. Units About 19,640 Description Optimus Tower Quartz Heaters are portable electric tower heaters that are about 10 inches wide, 25 inches tall and 9 inches deep. The heaters have a white metal casing with a white plastic top, a wire cage [...]
Name of product: Touch Point Portable Baseboard Convection Heaters Hazard: The heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Units About 4,560 Description This recall involves Touch Point brand portable, electric baseboard convection heaters with model BBC-1500 and date code 0611. “Touch Point” can be found on the front of the product and the [...]
Name of product: 5-Tray Dehydrator with Digital Timer Hazard: The fan can fail causing the unit to overheat and pose a fire hazard. Units About 14,600 in the U.S, and 100 in Canada. This product was previously recalled in February 2011. Description This recall involves 5-tray food dehydrators. The dehydrators are gray and are made [...]
Name of product: Chandeliers Hazard: Defective wiring can conduct electricity to the chandeliers’ metal parts, posing an electric shock hazard to consumers. Units About 2,100 in the United States and 100 in Canada Description This recall involves 10 models of Currey & Company crystal or metal chandeliers. They were sold in various colors and [...]
Name of product: Floor Lamps Hazard: A failure of the lamp’s joint locking mechanisms can cause the lamp to collapse and the electrical cord to spark, posing injury and shock hazards to consumers. Units About 900 Description This recall involves Industrial Overarching model floor lamps with an iron base and arm in an antique bronze [...]
Name of product: CE Tech 1,000 ft. Riser Cable Hazard: The riser cable does not meet fire resistance standards for riser cable, posing a fire hazard. Units About 11,300 Description This recall involves 1,000 ft. CE Tech riser cable sold in boxes of 1,000 ft. lengths. It is intended to run between floors of a [...]
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 [...]