Tool and Hardware Recalls
Name of product: Salsa Bicycle Forks Hazard: The bicycle fork can bend above the disc brake mount, posing a fall hazard to the rider. Units About 1,700 Description This recall involves all Salsa Vaya bicycle forks stamped with the batch codes 2011 02 21, 2011 04 11, 2011 06 14 and 2011 09 09 and [...]
Name of product: Cedar Lake Propane Heater/Cooker Hazard: The regulator on the heater/cooker malfunctions when a user switches from a cooking to heating option, or vice versa, the gas propane turns to liquid, which can flare easily and pose a fire hazard. Units About 325 Description The dual use heater/cooker consists of a single large [...]
Name of product: DiveAlert and DiveAlert PLUS signaling devices Hazard: The signaling device can malfunction when used and restrict the diver’s air flow, posing a drowning hazard. Units About 2,500 Description This recall involves DiveAlert and DiveAlert PLUS scuba dive signaling devices with model numbers DA2, DP2 or DV2. The signaling device is attached to [...]
Name of product: Gerber® Bear Grylls Parang Machete with stitched sheaths Hazard: The Parang machete can cut through the stitching of the sheaths when the blade is taken from or replaced in the sheath, posing a laceration hazard. Units About 80,000 in the U.S. and 11,000 in Canada Description This recall involves stitched sheaths sold [...]
Name of product: GNU Snowboard Bindings Hazard: The ankle straps can break posing a fall hazard. Units About 6,800 pairs in the U.S. and 1,200 in Canada Description The recalled snowboard bindings include men’s, youth, and women’s sizes. The bindings attach to the snowboard with screws, and to the snowboard boot with straps with [...]
Name of product: Surly Pugsley Bicycle Forks Hazard: The bicycle fork can bend above the disc brake mount, posing a fall hazard to the rider. Units About 975 Description This recall involves Surly Pugsley 100mm and 135mm bicycle forks made of tubular chromoly steel. “Surly” is printed on both legs of the fork. “Pugsley” is [...]
Name of product: Louisville Slugger® OneX Fastpitch softball bat Hazard: The bat’s barrel can separate from the handle during use and strike people nearby. Units About 13,000 Description The recalled bats include all OneX style bats. The composite bat has a white and grey shell with blue and yellow lettering. “Louisville Slugger oneX” appears twice [...]
Name of product: Cervélo Bicycles with Aura Pro Handlebars Hazard: The bicycle’s handlebar clamps can detach during riding causing the rider to lose control, posing a risk of injury. Units About 623 in the United States and 53 in Canada Description The Aura Pro custom bicycle handlebars are original equipment on the 2013 Cervélo P-Series [...]
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 [...]