Defective & Dangerous Products

• Political Pundit George Will: Is He Sane?

  Dan Frith | April 09, 2009 9:55 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This week I attended a lecture at a local college given by political pundit George Will entitled Lessons I learned from the 20th Century. As most readers know, George Will is conservative newspaper...

• West Virginia: ATV Accidents On The Rise

  Dan Frith | May 12, 2008 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  It is that time of year when people start getting outdoors more...becoming active..but these numbers from the state of West Virginia involving fatal accidents and All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) is...

• Maine Lawmaker wants Lead Paint Registry

  Dan Frith | March 29, 2008 6:55 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Kudos to Maine's Speaker of the House Glenn Cummings! He is sponsoring a bill that would create a state registry of homes that have been declared lead-free, so that people with children can make sure the home they're buying is safe.And Speaker Cummings knows something about the effects of lead paint on children....His son was diagnosed with lead poisoning about a decade ago. Lead poisoning...

• Lead Paint Manufacturers Attempt to Escape Responsibility

  Dan Frith | March 27, 2008 6:27 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A Rhode Island jury in 2006 found three companies -- Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries, Inc. and Millennium Holdings LLC -- liable for creating a public nuisance by manufacturing a product that continues to poison children. The state filed the lawsuit against the manufacturers alleging that they had created a public nuisance by selling and promoting lead pigment for use in paint in Rhode...

• Botulism in Green Beans?

  Dan Frith | December 30, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about a possible contamination with Clostridium botulinum of canned cut green beans manufactured by New Era Canning Company, New Era, Michigan and labeled as "GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans." The products were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee...

• Lead Paint in Children - scary scary

  Lauren Ellerman | December 15, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We hear about toys from China made with lead paint causing harm to our children. More frequently, children poisoned by lead swallow or ingest it by eating paint chips. Now, at first glance, I could not understand how paint chips or peeling paint could be purposefully consumed by a child - but it happens and happens frequently! Cribs near windowsills, or small children within arms reach of...