Recall of 34000 smoke alarms from Universal Security
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says Universal Security Instruments recalls about 34 000 smoke alarms sold by the Maryland company due to risk of false or absent activation during smoke or fire and possible electrical sparks. Three reports of alarms failing and one of minor fire damage are noted for models SA 785 S5 785 S 795 and USI 1203.
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Maryland
Universal Security Instruments
Owings Mills
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Water heater maker fined for unsubstantiated energy claims
Intermatic Inc of Spring Grove Illinois agreed to pay a 250000 civil penalty for violating a 1979 FTC order that barred claims its electric water heater timer The Little Gray Box saves water or money. The FTC said the firm marketed savings despite the prohibition. This follows a From Wire Reports filing from Washington DC.
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Innorsmant
Federal Trade Commission
Intermatic Inc
Spring Grove
Ill
FTC
Nuclear lab head warned against Bandelier burn before huge Las Alamos fire
Gene Darling of Los Alamos National Laboratory warned Bandelier National Monument officials not to proceed with a prescribed burn on May 4 as winds rose and fire danger hit extreme levels. The burn ignited 1,000 acres, soon raged out of control, prompting evacuations of about 25,000 people and burning over 220 homes in the state’s largest wildfire. Bandelier Superintendent Roy Weaver faced administrative leave amid a Park Service investigation. containment followed days later with expected control by Sunday night.
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Los Alamos
N.M
Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory
National Park Service
Santa Fe New Mexican
Gene Darling
Bandelier National Monument
Darling
Bandelier
Roy Weaver
Park Service
Toxic exposure at Portsmouth plant sparks compensation push
government- report shows workers at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon Ohio inhaled uranium dust arsenic and other poisons for decades due to lax safety practices The findings cited plutonium-laced uranium and asbestos while lawmakers demand broad compensation and lifetime health coverage for harmed workers.
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Washington
Ohio
Energy Department
Department
Portsmouth
Piketon
Ted Strickland
Congress
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