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• 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...

• Three Workers Killed in Indiana Mine Accident

  Courtney Mills | August 10, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Workers at a coal mine in Princeton, Indiana were mounting an air shaft in a transport when three were killed Friday morning. Although the details are still very sketchy, the transport appeared to have fallen in the shaft, and the men were killed as a result of the fall.The coroner, the only official charged with releasing any information on the scene, was not commenting on any details...

• 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...

• Your Rights Under New Jersey Workers' Compensation

  Ricky Bagolie | April 06, 2006 1:35 AM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  What is workers' compensation (also known as workers comp)? Laws passed by New Jersey require that your employer, or your employer's insurance company, compensate you, or your family, for injuries or death that may occur while you are working. Speak to a workers' compensation lawyer if you are unsure of your rights or are denied benefits as the consultations are ususally free.Benefits you may...

• Woman Struck By Car In Jersey City Remains In Critical Condition

  Chrissie Cole | September 30, 2009 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A DeKalb woman remains in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center after being struck by a pickup truck on Tuesday night. The woman, 25, suffered head trauma and other internal injuries...

• 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...

• New Jersey Comp Benefits May Extend to Same Sex Couples

  Ricky Bagolie | February 27, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Same sex couples may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits as New Jersey has enacted a wide-ranging law recognizing same-sex civil unions. The measure puts civil unions on the same legal footing as marriages, and grants couples in civil unions the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as those in traditional marriages, but stops short of declaring the unions to be "marriages." The...

• Accident on New Jersey Turnpike Takes Fashion Model's Life

  Ricky Bagolie | August 01, 2006 8:51 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Whenever your car breaks down on the road you need to be extra careful. A promising young fashion model was killed last weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to Herald Tribune:She was en route to the airport in a car-service sedan Saturday morning when the vehicle broke down in the center lane of the turnpike, and was rear-ended by another vehicle. The New Jersey State Police confirmed...

• 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...

• Job Caused Cancers on the Rise

  Ricky Bagolie | April 19, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the International Metalworkers Federation,A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that over 600,000 deaths a year - one death every 52 seconds - are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths. Workers are exposed to many types of potential cancer causing agents. Very often the cancer may develop after the worker retires from the job. Any...