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• FDA Issues Health Warning Not To Use 35% Hydrogen Peroxide

  Ricky Bagolie | September 03, 2006 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers on July 27, 2006, not to buy or to use for medical purposes high-strength hydrogen peroxide products, including an over-the-counter product marketed as "35 Percent Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide," because they can cause harm or death when taken internally. These products are not approved by the FDA and the agency recommends that consumers who...

• Drunk Girlfriend Ran Over, and Killed Boyfriend

  Jenny Albano | July 24, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  On Saturday night, a man trying to stop his girlfriend from drinking and driving ended up being dragged under the girlfriend's car and died. Jesenia Vega was leaving a block party to drive home, when her boyfriend, Louis Wiederer, tried to stop her. According to a witness he told her,"You're going to get arrested, you can't drive like that." Wiederer was hanging onto the open side window of...

• 4 Dead, 4 Injured in NJ Turnpike Auto Accident

  Ricky Bagolie | August 27, 2006 1:56 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In anothe example of out of control killer trucks on our roads, four people were killed and four others were hospitalized last Monday in a six-vehicle crash that closed a portion of the New Jersey Turnpike.According to the AP, the accident on the roadway's northbound express lanes was caused when a truck hauling bricks was unable to stop as it approached slowed traffic, state police said. The...

• 7 Year-Old Dies in One Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | February 19, 2008 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A seven year-old girl died after a car crash that occurred on Monday, February 18 at around 12:30 P.M. The crash took place on the New Jersey Turnpike and injured the girl's mother and sister.Marianne Duffy, 38, of Chevy Chase, Md., was southbound on the highway in Mercer County, near Exit 8 in East Windsor, when she lost control of her car around 12:30 p.m. Monday, said state police Sgt....

• FDA PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY: BIRTH DEFECTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE-LOWERING DRUGS CONTAINING ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS

  Ricky Bagolie | June 12, 2006 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory on June 8, 2006 concerning the possibility of birth defects in children whose mothers were taking the widely prescribed family of high blood pressure lowering drugs known as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in their first trimesters (the first three months of pregnancy).The FDA Public Health Advisory was based...

• Patients at Risk from Long Island Doctor Who Reused Needles

  Jenny Albano | November 15, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  At least 630 patients may be at risk for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C after a Long Island doctor reused needles and syringes on patients, states new York health officials.The at risk patients were only notified of the problem last week after a three-year investigation was finished. It is known that at least two of the doctors patients have already contracted hepatitis C, which is an...

• Everlasting Distributors, Inc. Recalls Smoked Mackerel Due to Potential Contamination

  Jenny Albano | August 17, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Everlasting Distributors, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Blue Ocean Smoked Mackerel because it may be contaminated with the bacterium that causes botulism. Botulism is a rare, but very serious food-borne illness that can cause paralysis and even death.Blue Ocean Smoked Mackerel was distributed in New York and New Jersey areas and it reached consumers through retail stores. Blue...

• Bad Pet Food Causes Kidney Failure & Death

  Ricky Bagolie | March 22, 2007 8:26 AM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  Pet food giant, Menu Foods, has recalled more than 60 million cans and pouches of wet style dog and cat food after it has been linked to kidney failure and death in many pets. The company, based in Canada, has plants in Kansas and New Jersey that produced the tainted food. A full list of the recalled products may be found at www.menufoods.com/recall.Menu Foods may be subject to lawsuits on...

• State Farm Wrongfully Denied Katrina Claims

  Ricky Bagolie | September 01, 2006 10:08 PM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  Is anyone surprised that a giant insurance company has defrauded it's customers to increase profits? A Houston Chronicle article reports that two sisters working for a State Farm contract company revealed the company's fraudulent tactics to deny Katrina victims' claims. According to their lawyer, the company manipulated engineers' reports of storm damage. Several reports were based on a...

• Bicycle Frames Recalled By Norco

  Chrissie Cole | May 19, 2009 11:10 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Norco Performance Bikes, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is voluntarily recalling Norco Bicycle Frames because they can crack and separate, causing a fall...