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Former NATO chief George Robertson and movie actress Michelle Yeoh urged world leaders Wednesday to treat traffic accidents as though they were a killer disease.
Some employers are pressuring workers not to report illnesses and injuries, just one problem that has led to widespread underreporting of workplace safety issues, according to congressional investigators.
“Safety doesn’t sell,” or so went the conventional wisdom of the auto industry. But don’t try telling that to Ford Motor Co.’s Sue Cischke, who thinks it may be a more important marketing tool than just about anything — including fuel economy.
Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday.
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.
Car dealers must inspect used vehicles for safety defects and either make repairs or warn potential buyers before they are resold, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The problem is enormous. It’s estimated that as many as 100,000 homes across the country, built between 2004 and 2008, could have defective and potentially dangerous Chinese drywall.
A sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it cannot fund critical maintenance and equipment replacements.
The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems.
Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects.
Federal officials will investigate workplace safety programs across the country after the deaths of 25 workers in construction accidents in Las Vegas over an 18-month period.
A House committee in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hold a hearing on Nevada's workplace safety program.
An $11 million air safety study sponsored by NASA that asked pilots to reveal mishaps and problems they encountered was so riddled with flaws that it could not provide useful insights about U.S. flight safety, according to a new review by a national scientific panel.
Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million.
Top U.S. safety officials were meeting with their Chinese counterparts to discuss complaints from American homeowners of illness and other damage from suspect drywall imported from China.
The Senate has confirmed former United Mine Workers union official Joseph Main to head the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
The Associated Press-Petside.com Poll of pet owners on pet safety was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 1-5, 2009. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,166 pet owners. Interviews were conducted with respondents on both landline and cellular telephones.
Most pet owners would leap into action for an injured pet, even if it meant risking dog breath by going mouth-to-snout.
New York state wants to crack down on truckers who rely on satellite devices to direct them onto faster but prohibited routes and end up crashing into overpasses that are too low for their rigs.
The House voted Wednesday to toughen regulations on pilot training, qualifications and work schedules, a response to a fatal crash in upstate New York in February and other accidents involving regional airlines.
An audacious weekend assault by Islamic militants on Pakistan's army headquarters is again raising fears of an insurgent attack on the country's nuclear weapons installation. Pakistan has sought to protect its nuclear weapons from attack by the Taliban or other militants by storing the warheads, detonators and missiles separately in facilities patrolled by elite troops.
The operators of 10 U.S. mines, including the largest private-sector coal company in the world, have been warned they must improve health and safety conditions or face stricter enforcement and penalties, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday.
A panel of university and private-sector scientists urged Congress on Wednesday not to overregulate laboratories that handle the world's deadliest pathogens, saying it could have a chilling effect on research of biological threats.
The Food and Drug Administration is laying out plans to improve its public announcements on food and drug safety, more than three years after federal advisers recommended major changes.
Violence against census employees is rare, the Census Bureau said Thursday, but it nevertheless trains its canvassers in how to deal with angry or hostile citizens.
Robert McCartney: Prince George's, Md., sheriff takes scary position on misguided raid - washingtonpost.comSince the day his officers gunned down two pet Labrador dogs and handcuffed two innocent people for hours in a drug raid in 2008 at the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County Sheriff Michael Jackson has clung to what seems like a preposterous notion that his …
Tampa family refused help by OnStar | abcactionnews.comGeneral Motors advertises heavily that their OnStar can save lives. I suppose it can--as long as you pay the subscription on time. If you miss a payment you can end up like this family. Their baby was locked in the car.
Nanny State Alert: Health and Safety Inspectors to Enter British Family HomesHealth and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure that parents are protecting their children from household accidents.
Children and Computers: The Hidden DangersThe fine folks from the Thurston County, WA, Sheriff's Office bring us tips for your child's online safety...
Hunt on for two million unsafe condomsPolice in central China have closed a factory producing fake and unsterile condoms and are tracking down over two million of the unsafe contraceptives already on the market, state press say.
'Stripper-mobile' with live dancers raises safety, decency concernsEven the men who hand out "nude girls direct to your room" cards stopped their hawking long enough to do some gawking at the "stripper-mobile" as it rolled down the Strip on Monday night.
Woman Who Fell On Tracks 'Grateful, Humiliated'BOSTON -- The woman who narrowly escaped being run over by a subway train after she fell on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tracks last Friday said she is grateful that people were looking out for her safety and she's also humiliated.
Strollers recalled in USA Only - Americans Cutting Off Fingers, Europeans Have no ProblemIn a separate statement, Maclaren's European arm said that no recall was being issued in the European Union, where there had been fewer reported injuries, despite higher sales.
Air Force finishes safest flying year 11/6/2009 - KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Fiscal 2009 was the safest flying year in the 62-year history of the Air Force. There were only 17 Class A mishaps.
More Passengers, Less Transit Security Spending Team 5 Investigates Tests 'See Something, Say Something'BOSTON ---The deadly terrorist attacks on trains in Madrid in 2004 and on London's Underground in 2005 highlight the vulnerability of the rails as a target.
Alan Johnson accused of misleading MPs over sacking of Professor David NuttEvan Harris, the party's science spokesman, has demanded an apology for Prof Nutt, who was fired after ministers complained that he had "crossed the line" by briefing against ministers.
Being a vegan or a vegetarian for that matter doesn't come with its own set of continuous obstacles. The first being, you need to tell the carnivorous majority that you've decided eating meat is a no-no and that from now on you'd appreciate if they'd respect that.
Cars are approaching 'auto' pilot modeA new breed of prototype automobile can drive without the help of unreliable humans, and major car companies are paying attention.
Mass. court hears challenge to gun storage lawGun control proponents argued before the state's highest court Thursday that a Massachusetts law requiring gun owners to lock weapons in their homes saves lives while gun advocates pointed to a U.S.
Sheriff: No Promises On Safety In SacramentoSACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. -- Safety and quality of life may be suffering in the Sacramento County because of a dwindling law enforcement staff, according to the county sheriff.
FDA Announces Preventable-Harm InitiativeThe new "Safe Use Initiative" is aimed at reducing the 1.5 million preventable adverse events that occur each year for a variety of reasons: prescriber error, misuse of a prescription drug to get high, overdosing accidentally or on purpose, or combining drugs that shouldn't be ta …
Topic : Auditor General's report - thestar.comAuditor General Sheila Fraser, an Officer of Parliament, audits federal government departments, agencies and most Crown corporations and makes regular reports to the House of Commons.
Ottawa ill-prepared for emergencies: Auditor General - thestar.comOTTAWA—Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser says the Conservative government has dropped the ball in preparing Canada for pandemics and other national emergencies.
Pave Bass Liquors, and put up a parking lotPlans to open a commuter parking lot in Mount Rainier within the next six months are rekindling concerns that the vacant parcel, now fenced-off, could attract crime.
Pregnant Md. woman rescued from car submerged in creek - washingtonpost.comMd. driver, found without pulse, is back home, and fetus is fine By the time paramedics found Sadé Davis's body in a car submerged in a creek Saturday, she was clinically dead.
Justice group to study Prince George's, Md., jail - washingtonpost.comThe Prince George's County jail, plagued in recent years by allegations of corruption, incompetence and brutality, has entered into a partnership with a nonprofit group to improve management practices and develop a model for independent oversight of the Upper Marlboro facility, o …
Sex Offenders Being Closely Watched This HalloweenProbation and Parole officers with the Idaho Department of Correction and local law enforcement will be monitoring local registered sex offenders on Oct. 31 as part of Operation Lights Out.
Taser International issues taser advisoryPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona-based Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest, saying it could post an extremely low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."
Hockey Masks: Saving goalies for 50 yearsThis Sunday is a very important anniversary in professional hockey. On November 1, 1959, a goalie wore a face mask in a National Hockey League game for the first time.
NFL VP on officials' safety: 'We're getting too many people hurt'NFL officiating czar Mike Pereira confirmed on Wednesday that the league intends to improve the protection of officials in the offseason after a wave of incidents in which officials have been hurt from collisions with players.
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