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Hang-up over cell phones in cars

Read this article on the State House rejecting the “Jacy Good Law”, the proposed state law banning cell phones use while driving.

Jacy Good sees Pennsylvania as an island of dangerous driving.

Most bordering states have laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. A similar proposal lies in limbo in Harrisburg.

“We’re the odd man out right now,” said Good, who became a high-profile cell-phone-free driving advocate after a traffic accident killed her parents and left her with severe head, leg and left arm injuries.

The tragedy happened two years ago as Jay and Jean Good were driving their daughter home to Brunnerville after her Muhlenberg College graduation. The crash was caused by an 18-year-old man talking on his cell phone.

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Consumers sue J&J, demanding cash refunds for recalled children’s medicines

Bloomberg News (7/9, Harris, Tirrell) reported that on July 8 in US District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago), “Johnson & Johnson…was sued by US consumers accusing it of fraud and racketeering, and demanding cash refunds for recalled children’s cold and allergy medicines.” The five lawsuits “seek to proceed on behalf of plaintiffs’ groups for residents of Illinois, Texas, and Florida, as well as consumers in the US and Canada, who have bought the drugs since December 2008.”

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Pottery Barn “Drop Side” Crib Recall

The AP (7/15) reports 82,000 “drop-side cribs from popular retailer Pottery Barn Kids are being recalled over safety concerns.” According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the “cribs on recall could pose a suffocation or entrapment risk to young children if the drop-side rail on the crib detaches,” citing faulty hardware. “The recall involves all Pottery Barn Kids drop-side cribs regardless of model number.”
Bloomberg News (7/15, Bostick, Langford) reports the CPSC, “citing 153 deaths in the past four years, voted to ban drop-side cribs in the agency’s first across-the-board overhaul of regulations for infant beds in almost three decades.” CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said yesterday “the agency was following a mandate from Congress.”

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FDA panel votes to keep Avandia on market with more restrictions

ABC World News (7/14, story 5, 0:25, Sawyer) reported, “A surprise decision on Avandia [rosiglitazone]. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended keeping Avandia on the market,” although most “advisers did recommend stricter warning labels and the FDA will now decide which course to take.”
The New York Times (7/15, A1, Harris) reports on its front page that the 33 panelists “took six votes on a variety of issues” and when asked what the FDA should do, “12 voted that Avandia should be withdrawn; 10 voted that its sales should be restricted and the warnings on its label enhanced; 7 voted only to support enhanced warnings on the drug’s label; and 3 voted that the drug should continue to be sold with its present warnings unchanged. One member abstained, and no one voted for a final option, to weaken the label’s present heart warnings.” Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s drug center, “said that the agency took the panel’s advice seriously and that it would consider its regulatory options.”

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Play yard tents recalled following child’s death

The &&&AP (7/15) reported, “About 20,000 tents that clip on to the top of play yards are being recalled two years after a child died when his neck became trapped between the frame and the metal rod at the tent’s base.” The CPSC “says a child can remove the clips that hold the portable Tots in Mind tents to the side of a play yard, creating a dangerous gap.” The recalled “Cozy Indoor Outdoor Portable Playard Tents Plus Cabana Kits were sold by Walmart, Amazon.com and other stores specializing in products for babies and children.”

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