This week marks the annual “National Stop on Red Week”, which was established in 2001. The goal of the Stop on Red Week is to promote safe driving and raise awareness about the dangers of running red lights. Every year, hundreds of people are killed…
The trucking industry is seeing a lot of division about new federal mandates that put a firmer limit on the numbers of hours that truck drivers may drive in one stretch. The purpose of the new rules is to reduce highway deaths, many of which…
By James Lewis, North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney This week, two people on vacation from Pennsylvania were walking along NC 12 in Corolla, when they were hit by an SUV that ran off the highway. Both pedestrians were killed in the wreck. The incident occurred…
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a set of regulations that will improve generic drug warning labels. The agency’s new rules come after a petition that demanded a safer system of warnings for off-brand pharmaceuticals. The risks of drugs released to the…
Evidence suggests that third-party (or “knockoff”) mobile device chargers may pose a risk of electrocution if the user answers the phone while it is plugged in. The speculation comes after an investigation into the tragic death of a Chinese woman, who was electrocuted to death after…
A Reuters investigation revealed that the federal government’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is seriously flawed, the news organization reported recently. The act, which was passed in 1986, is intended to alert a community to the presence of dangerous chemicals in the area; howe
The use of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopause increases womens’ risk of cancer by thirty to seventy percent, according to researchers. Hormone replacement therapy is used by women undergoing menopause in order to alleviate symptoms such as joint pain and hot flashes. However, the…
A recent consumer safety article discussed several terrifying incidents where individuals who had recently purchased a used car got into trouble after a recalled problem presented itself. In one case out of Oklahoma, a woman bought a used Dodge Durango. While she was driving her…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving to protect consumers from so-called “Canadian Pharmacies” and other online pharmacies that sell potentially dangerous, unapproved…
National Beef has issued a recall for 23,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted product, the FDA reported. The voluntary recall, which concerns three variants of ten-pound packages of beef produced in a…
The rise of caffeine-infused foods may pose health risks to consumers, according to the FDA. While caffeine-infused alcoholic drinks recently made headlines for their potential dangers, new…
Statistics from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a nationwide census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),…
