The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 5,500 swing sets imported by Pacific Cycle Inc. The agency reported that the seats can crack and break, posing a fall hazard to users. There have been five reports of seats cracking and breaking, including minor injuries such as scrapes and bruises. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pacific-cycle-recalls-swing-sets-due-to-fall-hazard-sold-exclusively-at-toys-r-us-128680803/

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the ShoulderFlex Massager poses serious health risks to consumers, and has caused one death due to strangulation. The agency said necklaces, hair or parts of clothing can become caught in part of the machine that rotates, posing a severe strangulation hazard. The device, distributed by King International, Read More

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reportedly received numerous complaints from drivers of Nissan Frontiers, Pathfinders and Xterras about transmission failures due to leaking radiator coolant. The company extended the warranties to cover radiators, but did not apply the warranty to vehicles over 80,000 miles. Drivers are reporting that the transmission failures are Read More

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of almost 341,000 step stools with storage areas sold at Target. This recall follows an earlier recall this month in which 206,000 stools were recalled. The agency said the stools can break apart and collapse under the weight of users. Target has received 27 reports of Read More

McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson has announced a recall of a number of lots of Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom Nighttime Rapid Release Gelcaps. The company initiated the recall because a compound in the medication “was slightly higher than expected.” This is the fifth recall issued by McNeil this year. Carter Stein

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 165,000 children’s riding toys due to fall hazards. The agency reported that Radio Flyer’s Scoot ‘n Zoom toy can tip over, causing the rider to fall and potentially suffer an injury. There have been six injuries reported, including chin lacerations that required stitches and some Read More

Perfect Fitness has agreed to pay $425,000 in penalties to the Consumer Product Safety Commission over allegations that the company failed to report a product defect. The agency claims Perfect Fitness was aware of a defect in its Perfect Pullup product in June 2008, but did not report the defect until December 2010, a violation Read More

As of July 20, 2011, Arkansas revenue offices have equipment allowing Arkansas motorists to see the oath they sign when obtaining driver’s licenses. The oath has been updated at the urging of law enforcement officials and now includes a pledge that motorists will not text while driving. Law enforcement official asked that the change to Read More

There was an article in Saturday’s business section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette regarding Miscanthus Giganteus, a biofuel grass to be planted in Paragould, Arkansas. The Arkansas State Plant Board has expressed some concerns that the grass to be grown for biofuel has many of the same characteristics of kudzu. Proponents for the biofuel grass say Read More

If you’ve watched any political television lately then you’ve likely seen Republicans, particularly those with a Tea Party lean, cry out with exuberance for “smaller government” and “deregulation of industry.” Last week’s massive Cargill recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey from a plant in Springdale, Arkansas, one of the largest meat recalls in Read More