Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Model number on Designer Pro Series suction covers Recall Summary Name of product: Designer Pro Series Suction Covers Hazard: The drain suction cover can become disengaged from the spa wall, posing an entrapment hazard to consumers. Remedy: View Details Repair Consumer Contact: Waterway Plastics toll-free at[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Cane Creek Recalls Bicycle Shocks Due to Risk of Injury
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. DBINLINE Rear Shock Recall Summary Name of product: DBINLINE Rear Shock Hazard: The shock absorber is marked with graphics that incorrectly identify the adjustment directions for High Speed Rebound (HSR) damping. Following these directions will cause unexpected behavior by a bike’s suspension and pose a fall[Read More…]
Meijer Recalls Halloween Projector Flashlight Due to Burn Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Signature Designs Halloween image projector with three lenses. Recall Summary Name of product: Flashlight Hazard: The flashlight can overheat and melt the plastic handle, posing a burn risk to the user. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: Meijer at (800) 927-8699 anytime or online at www.meijer.com[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Built In Chicago Announce the Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago
Over 49,000 Jobs in Chicago’s Digital Economy; 16,000 Jobs Have Been Added in the Last Two Years CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Built In Chicago today announced the 2014 list of the Top 100 Digital Technology Companies in Chicago. New to this year’s list are a diverse range[Read More…]
RN Ebola Strike, National Day of Action for Ebola Safety Standards Coast to Coast Nov. 12
Action to Include Strike by 18,000 Kaiser California RNs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Registered nurses from California to Maine will hold strikes, picketing, and other actions Wednesday, November 12 in 12 U.S. states and the District of Columbia – with possible support actions globally – as the largest U.S.[Read More…]
FTC Charges Gerber with Falsely Advertising Its Good Start Gentle Formula Protects Infants from Developing Allergies
Agency Also Alleges Health Claims Were Not Approved by the FDA, as Advertised Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission has charged Gerber Products Co., also doing business as Nestlé Nutrition, with deceptively advertising that feeding its Good Start Gentle formula to infants with a family history of allergies[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: U.S. Headed Toward Becoming Third World Country
BURLINGTON, Vt.,–(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a new report that paychecks are shrinking and half of all workers in the United States made less than $28,031 last year is another sign of a 40-year trend which is moving the U.S. economy in the direction of a[Read More…]
UN Ebola Response in West Africa to be Bolstered by Increase in World Bank Funding
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (second left) touring the Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and discussing preparations and readiness to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez KENYA–(ENEWSPF)–30 October 2014 – The World Bank has announced it is boosting its efforts in assisting health workers fight[Read More…]
Outdated Policies, Critical Gaps Fueling Global Drug-Resistant TB Crisis
An MSF doctor shows a lung X-ray to a extensively drug-resistant TB patient in Kara Suu hospital, Kyrgyzstan. Vincent Tremeau BARCELONA/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Outdated policies and practices and critical gaps in care for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are fueling a worldwide public health crisis, said the international medical humanitarian organization[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Begins Malaria Program in Ebola-Ravaged Monrovia, Liberia
Women pick up antimalarials at an early-morning MSF distribution in Monrovia, Liberia. Armelle Loiseau/MSF PARIS/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. In order to address a deeply troubling but little-known consequence of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has begun distributing antimalarial[Read More…]
