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Forbes.com: Why Small Cars Won't Keep You Safe

Hannah Elliott, 04.14.09, 12:01 AM EDT A recent study shows no amount of airbags, electronic stability control or roll cages can defeat the laws of physics.
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Government Of Canada Increases Child Safety With New Regulations For Corded Window Coverings

The Government of Canada announced new safety regulations for corded window coverings that will make these products safer for young children.
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Children's Bath Products Contaminated with Formaldehyde, 1,4-Dioxane

Chemicals Not Listed on Product Labels Due to Weak Regulatory Standards

The chemicals were not disclosed on product labels because contaminants are exempt from labeling laws.

Washington − Despite marketing claims like “gentle” and “pure,” dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane,

Counterfeit Electrical Products - Danger!

In 2008, seizures of counterfeit pharmaceuticals saw a dramatic increase of 152 percent over 2007.

According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the value of all seized counterfeit and pirated products for the year ending Sept. 30, 2008 was nearly $273 million, an increase of 38 percent over 2007,

Gym Equipment Recalled

Linda Young - AHN Editor

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Vancouver, WA-based fitness equipment maker Nautilus is recalling 78,000 Bowflex home gym equipment because of a safety flaw, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says.

Maklumat Tentang Talkum, Bedak Talkum dan Barah

Apa itu talkum? ‘Talc’ adalah nama umum sebatian magnesium silikat terhidrat. Talc digunakan dalam makanan, dadah, kosmetik dan aplikasi industri. Artikel ini memfokus kepada talc yang digunakan untuk tujuan kosmetik dan penjagaan diri. Ini adalaj kerana penggunaan bedak talc atau talkum dikaitkan dengan barah ovari.
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Slimming products cancelled

PETALING JAYA: Three slimming products found to contain scheduled poisons have had their registration numbers cancelled by the Health Ministry. The products, Slimway Herbs, BMI-9 Xylimming Night capsule and BMI-9 Xlymming Day capsule, were found to contain the scheduled poison, Sibutramine.
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Public warning on three slimming products

KUALA LUMPUR: The public is advised to stop the sale, distribution and use of the slimming products Slimway Herbs, BMI9 Xylimming Day Capsule and BMI9 Xylimming Night Capsule with immediate effect as they have been found to contain the scheduled poison "Sibutramine".

The Health Ministry's Pharmaceutical Services Division director Eishah A. Rahman said the use of these herbal products without supervision by doctors could lead to adverse effects like high blood pressure and other cardiovascular complications.

ISO 9001: quality revisited

30 Jan 2009 - In November 2008, ISO published ISO 9001:2008 - the fourth and latest edition of the quality management system requirements standard. How has it changed? Hector Nairn reports. In truth, ISO 9001:2008 is only slightly changed from the 2000 edition. It was reviewed just as all standards are - to ensure that they stay relevant and useful.
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Tackling 2009: beating the storm (article from the BUSINESS STANDARD of BSI Group)

30 Jan 2009 - It's official: we're in the midst of what some believe could be a prolonged recession. How should businesses respond? Above all, argues Hector Nairn, don't do nothing - and look to standards for undiscovered opportunities.

In the headline writers' version of events, a recession is very bad for business. However, it can also be useful to the level-headed. For example, a reduction in GDP is not a complete halt; business isn't stopping, just slowing down. There's reason to believe that by responding sensibly to the challenge, well run businesses will survive and even lay down the foundations for future prosperity once the storm has passed.

Malaysian rights groups seek ban on weed killer

By Tan Ee Lyn Reuters
Published: February 2, 2009

HONG KONG: Rajam Murugasu, a plantation worker in Malaysia, became blind in one eye after she slipped and accidentally sprayed the weed killer paraquat in her face.

"It was raining. I fell down and the chemical shot straight into my eye," Murugasu, a 40-year-old mother of four, said in Teluk Intan, a town in northwestern Malaysia. "I was in and out of hospital for a whole year."

Paraquat is banned in the European Union and in Latin America. But it is widely used in China, India, the Philippines and Malaysia, where the government reversed a ban on the herbicide in 2006 after growers asked to be allowed to use it because of its low cost.

UPDATES: UNITED STATES - Hershey Import Company Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall on Certain Snacks

UNITED STATES: Hershey Import Company Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall on Certain Snacks

EDISON, N.J., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Hershey Import Company is voluntarily recalling the lots identified below of certain varieties of snacks sold under the following brands: Express Snacks, Grateful Harvest, Woodfield Farms, Woodstock Farms, Bridgehampton Gorp, Full Circle, KA-ME, Nature's Promise, & Sun Harvest. Certain Hershey Import Company packaged and bulk products listed below also are being voluntarily recalled.

UPDATES: Peanut product recalls in the United States

By The Associated Press

The following recalls have been announced in the United States:

_ GKI Foods Inc. is recalling a variety of peanut candies, because they could be contaminated with salmonella. This is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. No illness has been reported. The candies were available nationwide and sold under a variety of brand names.

JAPAN: 79 kilograms of salmonella-tainted peanut butter imported from U.S. last year

Nearly 80 kilograms of salmonella-tainted peanut butter made in the United States were imported into Japan last year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced.

The ministry said on Friday that 79 kilograms of peanut butter imported last January have been confirmed as the same product that caused a salmonella outbreak in the United States since last autumn, sickening 521 people and killing eight in 43 states.

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