The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission says his agency is looking into possible action regarding safety claims made for new and reconditioned football helmets used by high school and younger players. The chairman made the revelation in a letter to New Mexico Democratic Sen. Tom Udall, who had requested an FTC investigation into what he called "misleading safety claims and deceptive practices."
It sounds like a bad joke but for emergency workers, it is not a laughing matter. Sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Bliss, White Lightning and Hurricane Charlie, the chemicals in bath salts can cause hallucinations, paranoia, a rapid heart rate and suicidal thoughts, authorities say.
In Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. v. Mid-Century Insurance Co., the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' resolution of how two insurers must share losses arising from an automobile accident. The first insurer is responsible for losses because it insured the vehicle's owner, who permissively loaned the vehicle to his son, the driver. The driver, the son of the owner of the vehicle, also had his own insurance coverage through a different insurer.
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Niwot-based Crocs Inc. agreed to remove language on product packaging and pay $230,000 to resolve cases involving unsubstantiated antimicrobial claims for several types of its shoes.
Rangers in Rocky Mountain National Park have rescued a 55-year-old Chicago man who tumbled about 900 feet down a mountain while backcountry skiing. Park officials say the man, who was with two other skiers, has several injuries from the accident Wednesday. He was taken to the hospital in Loveland Wednesday evening.
The federal government is ready to make public thousands of complaints it receives each year about safety problems with various consumer products. The compilation of consumer complaints, set to be launched online in March by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has been hailed by consumer advocates as a resource that will revolutionize the way people make buying decisions.
The legislation, widely hailed as the most sweeping update to U.S. food safety law since the Great Depression, survived a constitutional slip-up, repeated filibuster threats, fierce debate over controversial amendments, and managed to advance amidst a jam-packed legislative agenda in one of the most productive Congresses in recent history. The legislative wrangling ended Tuesday when the president signed the bill into law.
With the daily recall notices making the news, it is a herculean task to track recalled products and foods that might be harmful. The challenge has just become much easier with a new site www.ClickCheckandProtect.org, a Consumer Reports companion site, the product of a newly formed National School Safety Coalition convened by Consumer Reports, the National Parent Teacher Assn. and the National School Boards Assn.
