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• Harmful Toys Bring New Safety Warnings

  Greg Webb | November 28, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  With the holiday season approaching, many toys are being inspected by consumer groups for potentially harmful manufacturing violations, including choking hazards and excessive amounts of lead. The Center for Environmental Health, for example, found nine out of one hundred toys purchased from stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart had illegal amounts of lead in them, reaching as high as nine...

• Toy Recall Due To Excessive Lead

  Greg Webb | November 26, 2007 5:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Mattel Inc., Fisher Price, and eighteen other companies have been accused of having illegal amounts of lead in their products, the legal amount being 600 parts per million. Lead is a toxic substance that damages the nervous system and many other organs. There are many toy recalls each year, but this year's recall is especially damaging because it deals with very popular toys, such as Barbie...

• Cruise Ship Run Aground in Virginia

  Jenny Albano | November 10, 2007 7:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  On Thursday, November 8 sixty-six passengers and crew members were transported to Virginia's shore by the Coast Guard after their cruise ship ran aground.The ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, hit something while traveling in the intracoastal Waterway at around 5:30 a.m. and shortly began taking in water. When the captain realized this he decided to run the ship aground instead of letting the ship...