By Patrick Corcoran on May 16, 2011
The nation’s scientific establishment has issued a blunt warning that the risks posed by climate change are “pressing” and demand substantial action, reports The New York Times. The warning came in a report by the National Research Council, part of the National Academy of Sciences. It offered no specific recommendations to Congress, which had requested…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 13, 2011
Federal investigators are looking into whether Google has been posting ads of illegal pharmacies, and the web giant has set aside $500 million for “a potential resolution” of a federal investigation, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing obtained by The New York Times. As the Times reports, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Rhode…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 13, 2011
Federal authorities say that the deployment of inexperienced air traffic controllers at some of the nation’s busiest airports may explain the soaring number of near-collisions in American skies last year. As the Associated Press reports, the Department of Transportation, which oversees air traffic through the Federal Aviation Administration, testified before a Senate subcommittee that the…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Aviation Safety |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 12, 2011
Amid the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor, the threat that earthquakes and tsunamis pose to nuclear safety is drawing lots of attention. But many experts say that a much more pressing concern, and a much more likely source of a domestic disaster, is fire. As the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News reports, fires…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 12, 2011
Bedbugs typically are thought of as a disgusting nuisance rather than a clear and present health danger, but a Canadian research team has discovered that they can carry potentially hazardous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. As LiveScience reports, the researchers detected so-called superbugs in bedbugs extracted from three hospital patients in Vancouver. The presence of drug-resistant bacteria suggests…
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By Patrick Corcoran on May 11, 2011
As Japan struggles to deal with the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the government is pulling back from plans to increase the nation’s reliance on nuclear power. As the Associated Press reports, Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced on Tuesday that Japan will drop the plan it announced last year to boost, from 30…
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By Patrick Corcoran on May 11, 2011
Amid growing reports of serious health complications, federal authorities have ordered manufacturers of a type of artificial hip to conduct follow-up safety studies of the devices. As The New York Times reports, the action by the Food and Drug Administration applies to 21 manufacturers of “metal-on-metal” hips. For the agency it is an unusually broad…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 10, 2011
Children rushed to the hospital after a knock on the noggin may wind up receiving a CT scan that they don’t need, exposing them to unnecessary doses of radiation. As HealthDay News reports, that issue is raised by a study in the journal Pediatrics that reviewed more than 40,000 emergency room visits of children with…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Medical Errors |
By Patrick Corcoran on May 9, 2011
Federal product safety regulators are warning that parents immediately should stop using certain clip-on, tabletop chairs for infants and toddlers, and they say that the company that sells the items has refused to carry out a product recall acceptable to the agency. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that some of the “metoo” clip-on chairs…
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By Patrick Corcoran on May 9, 2011
Autism and related conditions might be far more widespread than previously thought. As the Los Angeles Times reports, a groundbreaking study of South Korean children found that 2.6 percent — one out of every 38 kids — suffer from from autism spectrum disorders, which can range from severe autism to more mild disorders such as…
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