Yesterday, November 1, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Atico International USA Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is recalling about 3,000 units of Halloween Mini Projection Lights. These were sold nationwide during the month of September 2012 for $1.25 exclusively at
On Wednesday, October 31st, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Imagine Nation Books, of Louisville, Colorado, is recalling about 1,700 units of Double Dazzler Light Show toys. The recalled toys were sold nationwide from March 2012 to September 2012 for about
On Tuesday, October 30, at around 5 a.m. in Kingston, Massachusetts, there was a house fire that caused about $250,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is still unknown and it is under investigation by the Kingston Fire Department and the state fire
On Thursday, October 25, there was a small private plane crash along Interstate-93 in Hooksett, New Hampshire at approximately 1:10 p.m. The plane hit a light post and then it dropped onto the busy interstate. The two passengers, a couple that owned the plane, were
On Wednesday, October 24, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that HatsanUSA Inc., of Bentonville, Arkansas, is voluntarily recalling about 2,400 units of Hatsan Striker air rifles. These rifles were sold nationwide from November 2011 through July 2012 for between $100 and $130
On Thursday, October 18, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that Trend Lab LLC, of Burnsville, Minnesota, is recalling about 16,850 units of Children’s upholstered chairs. These chairs were sold from November 2007 to August 2012 for about $100 to $140 at
In 2004, Massachusetts health regulators proposed a formal reprimand for the pharmacy that is currently linked to the deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak – the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts. Health officials never delivered the reprimand, however, after the company protested the
Massachusetts and federal health officials have reportedly identified a Framingham pharmacy as the source of injectable steroids that may have infected more than 25 people, four fatally, with a rare form of fungal meningitis. The pharmacy, New England Compounding Center, recalled three lots of