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LONDON, Feb 14 – Discoveries so far of horsemeat in products sold as beef are likely to be the “tip of the iceberg”, a British parliamentary report into the scandal said today.

Data compiled by the consumer agency from death certificates and hospital emergency room visits from 2003 through May 2012 shows that 150 mostly older adults died after they became trapped in bed rails.

Over nearly the same time period, 36,000 mostly older adults — about 4,000 a year — were treated in emergency rooms with bed rail injuries. Officials at the F.D.A. and the commission said the data probably understated the problem since bed rails are not always listed as a cause of death by nursing homes and coroners, or as a cause of injury by emergency room doctors. Experts who have studied the deaths say they are avoidable.

Extension cords

If a power tool is drawing more current than an extension cord can carry, it may cause the cord and tool to overheat and create a fire. Before using any extension cord to help power an electrical tool or appliance, the safety professionals at UL encourage consumers to consider three important questions:

So-called button batteries can cause choking and death, report warns
August 30, 2012 ; By Steven Reinberg - HealthDay Reporter

As the use of small button batteries has become more widespread to power devices such as toys, watches and hearing aids, more young children have swallowed them, resulting in choking and even deaths, a new U.S. report says. From 1997 to 2010, as many as 40,000 children under 13 years old have been treated in emergency rooms

With the onset of globalization and the increasing movement of goods from one country to another within various regions through complex supply chains, it is difficult to assess how products are used and what risks they pose to consumers in different environments, cultures, weather/climates, languages and regulatory settings. Often safety incidents go unreported until they affect the health and safety of a large population of consumers or vulnerable groups.

By SABRINA TAVERNISE - Published: July 17, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and children’s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some plastic bottles and food packaging.

By STEPHANIE STROM Published: July 23, 2012

A unit of the giant agribusiness Cargill is recalling about 29,300 pounds of ground beef produced in late May, after it was linked to several cases of salmonella poisoning last month. So far, the only retailer known to have sold the contaminated beef is Hannaford Supermarkets, which operates about 180 grocery stores in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.

View From Asia July 23, 2012, 12:20 am

HONG KONG — A month after large batches of Chinese baby formula were found to contain dangerous levels of mercury, state media outlets reported Monday that the authorities have discovered more shipments of contaminated formula, this time poisoned with a cancer-causing toxin.

On 29 June 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases “US – Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements” (DS384 and DS386)........ "The Appellate Body recommends that the DSB request the United States to bring its measures, found in this Report, and in the Canada Panel Report as modified by this Report, to be inconsistent with the GATT 1994 and the TBT Agreement, into conformity with its obligations under those Agreements". full document here.

By Paul Tan - June 27, 2012

Evasive manoeuvres at high speed may cause a vehicle to go out of control. Stability control reduces the likelihood of the occurrence.