Thirty-nine states currently ban texting while driving, but two recent surveys conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal that drivers are increasingly disobeying these texting bans. The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration conducted two surveys on the use if handheld devices while driving. In the first survey, the NHTSA monitored intersections and…
The last time Ohio raised auto insurance coverage limits, music was played on 8-track tapes, Woodstock was the talk of the nation, and a brand new car cost less than $4,000. Today, cars cost a lot more including vehicle repairs due to accidents. In 2012 the Ohio state senate passed a bill that would raise…
A review of Ohio Tractor Trailer Accident Statistics Show The Number of Accidents Involving Tractor Trailers Continues to be a Major Factor in Ohio Accident Injuries and Deaths and Work as a Warning for Passenger Car Drivers to Remain Alert and Utilize Defensive Driving Tactics While Traveling. Thousands of tractor trailers and big rigs travel…
Frozen food recall has lead to a multi-state outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121. The Farm Rich Frozen Food Recall was issued for 27 cases of Shinga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) that have been confirmed in 15 states The Frozen Food Recall is in connection with Farm Rich Product Corporation’s Farm Rich frozen…
After reviewing some of the data below the CDC has gathered a list of impaired driving policy changes that everyone hopes will save lives and reduce the number of impaired drivers. Every day, millions of drivers choose to drive after consuming alcohol or drugs, putting everyone on the highway at risk of a serious accident…
Ohio Cancer Cluster in Clyde Ohio, Home of Whirlpool Washing Machine Factory, Prompts $750 Million Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Whirlpool Corp and Others Over Residents Exposure to Cancer Causing PCBs. Three families have filed an Ohio Cancer Cluster class action lawsuit in Sandusky County, Ohio against the Whirlpool Corporation and other defendants on behalf…
Families living in an Ohio Cancer Cluster have hired an environmental consultant is collecting air samples in and around Clyde, Ohio in an attempt to determine if toxins are causing the abnormally high rate of childhood cancers. At least 37 children in a 12-mile area have been diagnosed with a cancer, four of whom have…
Johns Hopkins study reveals billions in Medical Malpractice Claims caused by thousands of surgical events that should never occur. A patient safety study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins and published in the journal Surgery revealed that about 4,044 ‘never events’ occur in hospitals across the country each year. ‘Never events’, named because they should…
Any parent or caregiver whose child depends on safe medical devices for children has probably wondered about the safety and efficacy of that device, especially with all the press surrounding defective medical devices for adults. The FDA’s MedWatch ‘adverse event’ reporting program makes it easy for adults to report concerns regarding medical devices for children….
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeks to tighten restrictions on hydrocodone painkiller limits in an effort to reduce access to what has become one of the top two most abused prescription pain medicines in the country. Hydrocodone painkiller medications include Vicodin, and are in the opioid family of drugs, which includes methadone, morphine, heroin,…
