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The Watsonville, California-based West Marine Products has announced the recall of two types of folding bikes that are supposed to be used in the vicinity of marinas.  The recall affects an estimated 4,600 Port Runner 2 and Jetty Express 2 bicycles that were available for sale across the country between March 2010 and last July. … read more

An instant cereal called C’Real Spirulina is being recalled by the Irwindale, California-based Gano Excel USA due to a potential undeclared allergen hazard posed.  There is a chance that the products could contain soy or wheat without the labels outlining the presence of these ingredients.  Thus, anyone who is allergic to those substances could sustain… read more

It’s one thing to have to take care of your own automobile, but quite another to oversee dozens if not hundreds of vehicles.  Such is the responsibility of persons who have to look after entire fleets at commercial enterprises. We tend to underestimate how many of these vehicles could be on the road at any… read more

If you ever find yourself in the midst of a winter snowstorm, there may come a time when you’re forced to share the road with a snowplow.  This will require a slew of precautions that you don’t necessarily have to take with other vehicles, and the risk of a crash is compounded when the roads… read more

Many teenagers absolutely cannot wait until they reach legal driving age so that they can get behind the wheel on their own.  However, recent research has shown that this is not the case universally, with an increasing number of teens actually opting to hold off on the responsibility of driving until later years. A new… read more

Pedestrian safety is an important topic in California with more and more people walking in places like Los Angeles that used to be dominated by the automobile.  A new report out of New York finds a transportation engineer exploring some of the ways that fatalities and injuries could be reduced there, but some of them… read more

Eight-cup coffee presses are being recalled by Bodum USA because of a possible burn and laceration threat posed.  The recall affects an estimated 28,000 rose gold Chambord presses under the Bodum brand that were available only from Starbucks.  The carafe portion of the product is in danger of falling out of the rest of the… read more

Another state is inching closer to the passage of a potential texting and driving ban.  Such a measure has proved elusive thus far in New Mexico, but progress is currently being made on the matter.  The measure as it currently stands would outlaw the usage of a phone or a similar to device to send… read more

The Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based IKEA North America Services has announced the recall of SNIGLAR and KRITTER junior beds because of a possible laceration threat posed.  22,000 such items were previously recalled last summer, but this latest announcement adds 3,500 additional beds to the safety announcement.  These products have a guard rail attached to the frame of… read more

Yesterday, we related the news that the DOT-111A train car currently used to shuttle crude oil across the country may have suffered from safety shortcomings dating back decades.  The issue of train safety has captured the spotlight on the heels of multiple crashes in which a train carrying combustible oil derailed and endangered persons in… read more

The debate continues to rage over whether or not the Food and Drug Administration is doing enough to curtail the usage of antibiotics in feed for livestock intended for the food supply.  The concern is that providing these antibiotics to animals could lead them to develop resistances that could then be passed on to humans,… read more

We recently related the news that researchers with the University of California had compiled a list of buildings that could be susceptible to extensive structural damage in the event of an earthquake.  At the time of the initial report, the people involved were unsure if it would be wise to release the list, the worry… read more