July 8, 2010In recent years, the number of cars recalled has increased. The recalls range from small issues, such as a mislabeled sticker or when a durability test found that a spring wears out prematurely, to large recalls, like Takata airbags that...
Read More July 2, 2010“ A bedroom mirror reflects a young woman, hand on her arm, facing a worn teddy bear and plastic bottle of Johnson's baby powder. The 1980s advertisement claims “It's a feeling you never outgrow. The powder that kept you feeling...
Read More June 29, 2010The Agriculture Department announced Thursday that Campbell Soup Co. is recalling “15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company's plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.” (M.C. Jalonick, AP Washington, 6/18)....
Read More June 29, 2010USA TODAY A paper trail of sexual misconduct involving 30 priests and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s slow and clumsy handling of the cases is revealed in thousands of pages of documents released online Tuesday. Lawyer Chris Hurley, whose firm represents...
Read More May 28, 2010Food and Drug Administration documents show Johnson & Johnson was aware of “problems with the potency of its Motrin formula in 2008, but did not recall the product until July the following year.” (Washington AP, 5/27). In response, House lawmakers...
Read More May 28, 2010The Chicago Tribune reported today that two employees of the Cook County Medical examiner's office have been fired in connection with the recent discovery of hundreds of unidentified bodies left in a crowded cooler. This disturbing discovery last month led...
Read More May 25, 2010It was just recently announced that “nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart are being recalled after dozens of reports of overheating, smoking, burning and fires. (AP Washington, 5/20). The Consumer Product Safety Commission stated Walmart has...
Read More May 2, 2010The Consumer Product Safety Commission is “recalling thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.” (Washington AP, 4/29). The agency says the Simplicity recall has been implicated by at least one death, and...
Read More