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Current Events
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Customers have dwindled by the week at Indian Masala Hut, a curry stall in Singapore’s shipyard heartland. Manager K. Muralidoss blames the slump in oil rig-building that led to the elimination of thousands of jobs, many held by workers from India and Bangladesh. “The lunchtime crowd has more than halved,” Muralidoss says, surveying the almost-empty Benoi Road food court, where only four of 12 hawker stalls were open one afternoon last week. As recently as September, he was busy filling orders from companies trying to sate hungry laborers working overtime. Read more . . .
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Hyundai is recalling the 2010-2016 Genesis Coupe to address a potential problem with its airbag system. Because the car debuted here as a 2010 model, the recall affects nearly every Genesis Coupe registered in the U.S. The recall stems from a faulty wiring harness connector associated with the car's occupant classification system, or OCS, the hardware that determines whether an adult passenger is traveling in the Coupe's front seat. As National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents explain, "objects or debris placed under the front passenger seat can contact the OCS electrical connector. Read more . . .
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
A chemical recently banned from hand soap by the Food and Drug Administration may still be in your toothpaste. Last month, the FDA banned the antibacterial chemical triclosan from soaps after findings that suggest long-term exposure could “pose health risks, such as bacterial resistance or hormonal effects.” But the chemical may still be used in many other products including makeup, furniture, toys, pesticides – and best-selling Colgate Total toothpaste. Health concerns about triclosan are not new, in 2014 a study released by the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences said it found that long-term exposure led to liver cancer in mice. In fact, many non-profit organizations including the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) have called for a complete ban of triclosan, not just in hands soaps. Read more . . .
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
A big recall of chocolate chip cookie dough has hit ice cream suppliers all over the country and now it's hit diet bars, too. So far, cookie dough ice cream products made by Blue Bell, Publix grocery stores and smaller companies, as well as one flavor of Nutrisystem meal replacement bars, have been affected. No one's been reported sick, and Listeria bacteria have not been found in any of the cookie dough recalled this month. The recall was prompted by an incident in September, when Texas-based Blue Bell ice cream found evidence of Listeria in some products that had used cookie dough supplied by Aspen Hills. Aspen Hills and Blue Bell never agreed on where the listeria came from, but the cookie dough supplier started an investigation of its own processes, a spokesman said. Read more . . .
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc said on Monday that it planned to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber-security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the group, known as the Cyber Security Medical Advisory Board, would provide advice on cyber security standards for medical devices. The St. Read more . . .
Monday, October 17, 2016
Patients who have had valve implants or prosthetic product implants are at higher risk of infection with a bacterial species of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Based on the number of surgeries conducted over the past four years, an estimated 600,000 patients are at risk for a potential infection. The CDC has confirmed infections in 28 heart surgery patients in the US. Meanwhile, worldwide, at least 12 patient deaths have been reported, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Read more . . .
Monday, October 17, 2016
How much attention do people pay to the risk information for prescription drugs? If you said “not much,” you would be correct. A recent study found that, while about 80 percent of those viewing risk information for a fictitious allergy drug claimed to have read at least half or more of the warnings, an eye-tracking tool found they actually read little to none of the cautionary material on a product website. Of 29 people, eight did not read any of the side effect disclosure, some of which was supposedly unique to this medicine. In general, the participants — all of whom had been diagnosed with a seasonal allergy and reported suffering symptoms during the past year — had a very low recall level. Of 12 side effects mentioned, on average, the participants correctly recalled just one. Read more . . .
Monday, October 17, 2016
Medical malpractice premiums are flat, and even falling in some cases, even as healthcare costs rise, particularly for Americans purchasing individual policies on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Medical malpractice premiums remain flat as they have for years now, with rates “experiencing only a very slight (0.1%) cumulative decrease from last year across the industry,” according to the 2016 Medical Liability Monitor Annual Rate Survey. “The stability of medical malpractice premium rates is a stark contrast to the tumult occurring in other segments of the U.S. Read more . . .
Monday, October 17, 2016
 Giti Tire USA and Continental Tire are issuing separate recalls that when combined affect more than 265,000 tires, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Michigan Turkey Producers of Grand Rapids Saturday recalled approximately 54,011 pounds of turkey breast products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically an unidentified black material, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). It was the third and largest recall of the weekend for USDA-regulated products. The oven roasted turkey breast items (logs and sliced) were produced on August 29, 2016 and September 16, 2016. Read more . . .
Friday, October 14, 2016
Toyota has recalled more than 300,000 new Prius vehicles. The company has announced that the 2016 and 2017 models of the popular hybrid vehicle were being recalled because the parking brake could stop working, CNN Money reported. If the driver steps out of the car with the transmission in a gear other than park and the ignition on, the car could roll away, according to a Toyota news release. Owners of the affected cars will be notified by mail starting in November. Dealers will add clips to the brake cable at no cost to drivers. Read more . . .
Alan W. Clark & Associates represent clients throughout Long Island and the New York Metropolitan Area, including New York County, Richmond County, Kings County, Queens County, Bronx County, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County.
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