December 11, 2017 TARA HAELLE About one child a month dies from being entangled in cords from blinds and shades, a study finds. Efforts are underway to get corded blinds off the market, but many will remain in homes. Joanne Dugan/Getty Images Andrea Sutton, a mom in Firestone, Colo., was trying to put her 3-year-old…
DAN MITCHELLJULY 5, 2007 Correction Appended AS much as Paul Hardin wants you to buy his products, he hopes you never have to use them. That’s because more than half of the people who do turn on his outdoor rescue devices “are at the point of death,” he said, and are otherwise out of options….
Do cell phones cause cancer? The preliminary results of a massive, government-funded study suggest they could. This makes cell phone safety an incredibly important topic. The early findings in the $25 million U.S. National Toxicology Program animal study show exposure to very high signal cell phone radiation led to a slightly increased risk of malignant gliomas…
Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY Published 6:00 a.m. ET July 16, 2015 | Updated 11:31 a.m. ET July 16, 2015 (Photo: Handout) Reports of children harmed by liquid laundry packets continue to grow, despite years of warnings and packaging changes, Consumer Reports says in a report out Thursday. As a result, the non-profit organization is dropping the…