May 29th, 2012 joshua
Previously confidential records on Franciscan clergy detailing cases of sexual abuse of children have been released to the public recently. According to an L.A. Times report, a non-profit organization has posted these records online at its Web site. They were released three years after the Roman Catholic church paid more than $28 million to 25 [...]
May 25th, 2012 joshua
A clip-on desk lamp sold at Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers has been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission because it poses a shock hazard to consumers. According to a recall statement from CPSC, about 33,000 LED Clip-On Desk Lamps sold at Lowe’s can pose serious injury risks to consumers. The power cord on the [...]
May 25th, 2012 joshua
An Alabama man claims he contracted HIV during his heart bypass surgery when he received contaminated blood collected at a center in the state. According to a report from The Montgomery Advertiser newspaper, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers in Huntsville, Ala., is accused in a lawsuit filed by Howard Midkiff of supplying the Montgomery, Ala., hospital [...]
May 23rd, 2012 laurie
A set of brothers have been awarded $700,000 by a jury after the men claimed a now-deceased priest sexually molested them as children. Todd and Troy Merryfield had filed suit against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the late Bishop Aloysius Wycislo, who was in charge of ensuring priests were fit to serve [...]
May 22nd, 2012 Julie
As a Brooklyn judge handed down a 20-year sentence to a man who preyed on children, he urged the Orthodox Jewish community to report sex abuse. “There is a duty for all adults to protect our children,” Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice said Monday. “And the only way they can be protected is [...]
May 22nd, 2012 laurie
Vermont’s Gov. Peter Shumlin said he believes the state’s decision to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling for natural gas is not worth the risk to clean water supplies there in the future. According to a report from Today’s Energy Solutions magazine, the move is the first in the nation even if Vermont is believed to [...]
May 21st, 2012 Julie
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish child sex abuse victims face intense intimidation and bullying from others within their sect who wish to combat – or ignore – the issue among their own people. Brooklyn, New York district attorney Charles Hynes has put together a task force to combat the problem among growing criticism over how he has handled [...]
May 18th, 2012 joshua
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has ruled that crib tents and play yard tents manufactured by Tots in Mind Inc. are unsafe and along with five nationwide retailers, has announced a plan to refund consumers who purchased them. According to a release from the agency, these Tots in Mind products pose strangulation and entrapment hazards [...]
May 18th, 2012 joshua
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has altered the allowed limit of lead in the blood before it will consider someone to be poisoned with the toxic element. According to an LA Times report this week, the new CDC standards are the first measurable change in lead standards in more than two decades. Under [...]
May 17th, 2012 Julie
A new Harvard University study shows that women who are exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels commonly found in the general population may have a harder time getting pregnant if they are undergoing fertility treatments. The link was stronger in women having more intense fertility treatments. Past animal studies resulted in the same outcome, [...]
