About 5,800 battery packs used with SoundStation2W Wireless Conference Phones are affected by this action.
The department conducted six public hearings on the proposed rule and made changes to the final rule in response to hundreds of comments.
The birds tested positive for exposure to the H7N3 strain--a subtype of avian flu. The exposure was discovered Friday during routine blood tests, but state officials decided against announcing the infection to the public.
"It would be much easier for a terrorist to track and target a train moving at 30 mph than to track one moving at 50 or 60 mph," NACD noted.
Ten rodenticides used in bait products marketed to consumers henceforth must be enclosed in bait stations, making the pesticide inaccessible to children and pets. The measures also prohibit the sale of loose bait, such as pellets, for use in homes.
The city's newspapers are reporting that a second construction worker died in the incident.
The agency said about 150 pilots and 30 controllers were known to be taking the medication when the ban was announced May 23.
The Electrical Safety Foundation International wants owners of aging homes to see whether those homes are protected with Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and to install them if not.
"Drowsiness is a condition most drivers fail to recognize, and it can be as dangerous as drinking and driving," said the NRSF's Adele Kristiansson.
More recreational water illnesses (RWI) outbreaks were reported in 2007 than ever before, and the numbers could increase in the coming years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cricket Communications of San Diego is recalling the phones because when a call is connected to 911, the operator may not hear the caller or vice versa.
A new report from the CPSC staff says an average of 283 children younger than 5 drowned in pools and spas in 2003-05, up from an average of 267 in 2002-2004.
Ileana Arias, director of CDC's Injury Center, launched her new blog with a statement of the center's three priority areas for the next three to five years.
Loral Librascope has joined a 2000 consent decree to implement EPA's cleanup of solvent-contaminated groundwater in the Glendale Superfund site area.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is co-sponsoring the "Import Safety Summit," an inter-industry conference to be held in Washington, DC, with eleven other organizations on July 9, 2008.
With National Safe Boating week beginning today and running through May 23, NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker is reminding boaters of the importance of using good judgment by wearing personal flotation devices at all times while on the water.
With the arrival of the warmer spring weather, families across the nation are opening their windows to let the fresh air in. CPSC offers some safety tips.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Maple Chase Company, of Plain City, Ohio, have announced a voluntary recall of the FireX Branded 10000 Series Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms and 12000 Series CO/Smoke Combo Alarms.
People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended yesterday.
IAFC says the teams will serve a crucial element in the development of a National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center to analyze hamat response data.