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Archive for April, 2007

Major Recall of Pet Food has Animal Owners Frantic

Menu Foods, a Ontario, Canada-based company, has recalled dog food sold throughout North America under 48 brands and cat food sold under 40 brands including Lams, Nutro, and Eukanuba. The food was distributed by major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Safeway. An unknown number of cats and dogs had suffered kidney failure and [...]

Bausch & Lomb Recalls 1.5 Million Bottles of ReNu MultiPlus Contact Lens Solution

Bausch & Lomb Inc. is recalling about 1.5 million bottles of its ReNu MultiPlus contact lens solution off shelves because trace amounts of iron could cause the cleaner to lose effectiveness earlier than normal. You will recall that a recall of its ReNu with MoistureLoc solution, which was blamed for an outbreak of severe [...]

EPA Sues Exxon for Toxic Cleanup

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sued ExxonMobil Corp. and 95 other companies and cities to recover cleanup costs from a Superfund site in Plaistow, New Hampshire. The EPA said Beede Waste Oil illegally dumped oil and toxic chemicals at the 41-acre site before it was shut down in 1994. A brook that [...]

Dealing with a Traumatic Brain Injury is Extremely Difficult

We just handled a very sad case in Georgia involving a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and hopefully made things better for the family we represented. That case was just another classic example of how a TBI affects not only the patient, but also the injured party’s entire family. Although TBI is a most [...]

Public Citizen Urges Congress to Improve Vehicle Safety for Children

Even though motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children from the ages of 3 to 14 in the United States. I believe most all of our readers will be shocked to learn that the federal government has failed to enact safety standards and gather child safety information to adequately protect [...]