Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (1/14/09)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Oakland lumped in with region as an air pollution area (1/8/09)
Spinal Column Online - Waterford,MI,USA
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pegged Oakland County as one of several counties in southeast Michigan that has failed to meet daily national air quality standards for fine particulate pollution. The so-called non-attainment designation is now forcing state and regional officials to devise a way to bring the region into compliance. more

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (12/23/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Government Warns Of Potential Fire Hazard In Recalled Ford Vehicles (9/30/08)
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The government is asking owners of five million recalled Ford vehicles to bring their automobile to a local dealership to have a cruise control switch system repaired since the problem is tied to engine fires. more

NHTSA says certain Ford, Lincoln and Mercury SUV owners need mandatory repairs (9/29/08)
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
...as well as pickups, passenger cars and vans that may have a defective cruise control switch. In a consumer advisory, the NHTSA says about 5 million vehicles still need the mandatory repairs. The advisory relates to a cruise control switch that the NHTSA considers a hazard... more

Some Tire Valve Stems Could be Deadly (9/29/08)
ABC2 News - Baltimore,MD,USA
NHTSA is now looking at more seriously. The agency has opened a preliminary evaluation into more than one-million Ford vehicles because they could crack, leading to flat tires, blow-outs and accidents. The models involved in the investigation include Ford F-150, Mustang, Edge Fusion, Expedition, Explorer, Focus and Escape as well as Mercury Grand Marquis, MKX, MKZ and Milan. more

Pickup truck's shaking a legal matter (9/28/08)

Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Greg Cramer says he first decided to videotape the violent shaking that occurred in his Ford F-250 pickup when it hit bumps at interstate speeds, just in case it ended up killing him. more

Feds warns Ford owners about recalled vehicles (9/10/08)
The Associated Press
The government is urging owners of 5 million recalled Ford vehicles to bring them to dealerships to repair a cruise control switch system that has been tied to engine fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday issued a second consumer advisory to owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, vans and passenger cars... more

Safety Agency Renews Investigation of Taurus and Sable Suspension (9/9/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation of spring failures in the 2002 and 2003 Ford Taurus and Sable sedans that could puncture a tire and cause a vehicle crash. more

Ford vehicles recalled for fire risk (9/9/08)
CNNMoney.com - USA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warns that a defective cruise control switch can cause fire in some Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars and trucks. more

Chinese Valve Stem Warning Could Affect Everyone Who's Had Tires Replaced Since 2006 (9/5/08)
Jalopnik - Detroit,MI,USA
While a federal recall hasn't yet been issued, NHTSA has opened an investigation after a Florida man died following a blowout and flip allegedly caused by one of the defective valve stems... Ford Explorer. more

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (7/30/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Ford Trucks Burn in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina (6/10/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
The firestorm of Ford trucks burning across America has erupted again, destroying a Virginia home and spreading destruction in 3 other states. more

Maine Energy pays fine for violation (6/7/08)
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA
The city of Biddeford plans to ask the Board of Environmental Protection to put a fine paid to the state by the Maine Energy Recovery Company for failing its annual emissions test into an escrow account the city can use to further monitor the downtown trash incineration plant, more

Tempe electronics company pays $46,300 for toxic chemical reporting violations (6/6/08)
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a $46,300 settlement with the Rockford Corporation of Tempe, Ariz. for failing to submit toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. more

Feds Launch Investigation Into Ford Windstar Fires (5/21/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has launched a preliminary investigation into complaints of engine compartment fires in 1995-2003 Ford Windstar minivans. If the investigation leads to a recall, it could involve as many as 1.7 million vehicles, according to the federal government. more

More Fords subject to fire investigation (5/20/08)
AutoWeek - USA
Federal safety officials have opened a preliminary investigation of 1995-2003 Ford Windstars after collecting 130 consumer complaints about vehicle fires. more

NHTSA launches investigation of Ford Windstar switch issue (5/20/08)
MotorTrend Magazine - USA
Ford may need to prepare itself for another massive recall, this time with 1995-2003 Ford Windstar minivans. more

Windstar may face switch recall (5/20/08)
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
Officials probe vans that use device that has forced recalls of nearly 10 million Ford vehicles. more

Ford Parts Backlog: Owners Get Short End of the Stick (5/16/08)
Lawyers and Settlements - USA
Ford Motor Co. has admitted that it failed to stock sufficient parts, and that it underestimated the scope and response to the safety recall. more

Ford to Recall F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT Pickups (5/16/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
The Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 650,000 F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks because of a faulty power brake assist hose. The Ford recall covers 2005 and 2006 F-150 and Mark LT trucks equipped with the 5.4-liter three-valve engine, more

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (5/15/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Medford, Mass. General Contractor Faces Fine for Failing to Disclose Lead Paint Hazards Prior to Renovation Work (5/9/08)
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
A general contracting company based in Medford, Mass. which specializes in residential construction and renovation faces an EPA fine for allegedly violating the “Pre-Renovation” requirements for disclosure of lead paint hazards. In an administrative complaint, EPA alleges that M.F. Reynolds, Inc. failed to provide EPA’s lead hazard information pamphlets... more

Over 10 million Pennsylvanians live in metropolitan areas that received failing grades in the American Lung Association's State of the Air: 2008 report. (5/4/08)
Tri State Observer - Milford,PA,USA
For the first time ever, a city outside of California, Pittsburgh PA, tops the short-term particle pollution list. more

Ford Cruise Control Fire Strikes Florida Car Dealership (5/3/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
Repeated delays by Ford in obtaining sufficient parts to repair the recalled cars and trucks continues to frustrate and anger Ford owners. more

Ford Issues Super Duty Truck Recall for Faulty Gas Tank, Prepares to End Cruise Control Switch Recall (5/3/08)
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
Ford Motor Company has announced a recall of some of its Super Duty pickup trucks because of a faulty gas tank. Ford says that defective mounting on the tanks need to be strengthened to prevent a gasoline leak in a head-on crash. more

Ford Recalls F-250, F-350 Trucks for Fire Hazard (5/1/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
The Ford Motor Company is recalling 64,754 of its heavy duty 2008 F-250 and F-350 trucks because of a potential fire hazard. more

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (5/1/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Ford Hopes to Wind Down Recall of Fire-Prone Vehicles (4/26/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
The Ford Motor Company is attempting to declare an end to the almost decade-long effort involving six recalls of cars and trucks flawed with a fire-prone cruise control system, even though only about 34 percent of the flawed vehicles have been repaired. more

Crawford County Landfill fined $18,900 for air pollution violation (4/22/08)
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - OH, United States
In a settlement with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Crawford County Landfill will pay an $18,900 civil penalty for an air pollution control permit violation at its 5128 Lincoln Highway East facility, near Bucyrus. more

Ford Recalls 2008 E-350s (4/16/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 3,331 2008 E-350 trucks with a 138-inch wheelbase because of a faulty drive shaft assembly. The National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) reported that “the drive shaft may have been manufactured with a slip yoke that has cracks.” more

Ford Class Action Settlement Leaves Consumers in the Dust (4/16/08)
Explorer rollover case among the 'very worst' settlements
Consumer Affairs - USA
Ford has settled a class action lawsuit affecting about 1 million past Ford Explorer owners in four states. Consumer advocates say the settlement helps Ford and the plaintiffs' lawyers more than it helps consumers. more

Ford Expedition Suspected in Fatal Ohio Home Fire (4/8/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
A 2002 Ford Expedition parked in a homeowner’s carport is suspected as the cause of a fire in Madison County, Ohio that killed a woman and her two children. more

Fire that killed three started in area where sport-utility vehicle was parked (4/7/08)
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
A fire that killed a Madison County woman and her two children started in the home’s carport, where the family’s sport-utility vehicle was parked. Motor vehicle registration records show that the family owned a 2001 Ford Expedition. more

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (4/6/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)  More...

Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates (4/5/08)
Compiled by Bee Becker
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Some Ford owners to get free safety device (4/4/08)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
As many as 40,000 Wisconsin and Connecticut owners of 1992-2001 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car models will be offered free safety devices for their cars as part of a settlement of class-action lawsuits that alleged the cars are at risk for explosions and fires in high-speed rear-end collisions. more

Toxic Toys: Game Over (3/31/08)
State Must Act Where Feds Won't
Hartford Courant - United States
With toxic toys flooding American markets and with corporate and federal leaders doing little to address the crisis, it's time for Connecticut to stand up with other states and say enough is enough. more

NHTSA Acknowledges Latest Glass Recall (3/28/08)
glassBYTEs - Stafford,VA,USA
(NHTSA) has acknowledged the recall filed by Process Polymers Development (PPD) for a piece of glass from DOT 430 and DOT 628. The Clinton Township, Mich.-based company filed the recall in early March, after discovering that the tempering levels on the glass did not meeting Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 205. more

U.S. EPA fines Anaheim deli meat manufacturer $36,400 over ammonia release violation (3/25/08)
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined the Bridgford Foods Corporation $36,400 for a 2006 ammonia air release violation at its food packaging plant located at 1308 North Patt Street, in Anaheim, Calif. Bridgford Foods did not properly notify the National Response Center and the California Office of Emergency Services, and the company failed to immediately contact the Anaheim Fire Department, more

Glass Recalled by PPG Supplier Also Came from WGA, PPG Reports (3/19/08)
glassBYTEs - Stafford,VA,USA
PPG had recently reported that the part, FB20415 ZPY from DOT 630 and DOT 628, did not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards with regard to its tempering level. more

PPG Supplier Recalls DOT 430 and DOT 628 Part (3/13/08)
glassBYTEs - Stafford,VA,USA
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries has announced that one of its glass suppliers, Polymer Process Development LLC (PPD) of Clinton Township, Mich., has filed a formal recall notice with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding temper level on the NAGS Part Number FB20415 ZPY. The temper level resulted in a noncompliance with certain Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, more

Cause and defect (3/8/08)
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake,IL,USA
An automotive recall notice for Cecilia Fabos’ 2000 Ford Explorer came four months too late. By the time she received the mailed notice last August, Fabos’ family was living in a town house after the SUV caught fire in her previous home’s garage. more

Ford Fires Continue Despite Much-Delayed Federal Warning (3/6/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
The inept Ford Motor Co. attempt to recall fire-prone cars, trucks and vans has stumbled and sputtered as federal safety regulators in Washington fretted over the automotive inferno spreading throughout the country. The rash of Ford Motor Co. vehicle fires has destroyed homes, trucks and cars, sometimes killing people... more

Feds Warn Some Ford Trucks and Cars Can Erupt in Flames (3/3/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
After years of disastrous fires involving Ford vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is strongly warning Ford, Lincoln and Mercury owners of fire hazards involving the faulty cruise control switches in recalled Ford Motor Company vehicles that have not been repaired. more

NHTSA Re-Issues Ford Recall (3/3/08)
Cars.com - Chicago,IL,USA
NHTSA is urging those who didn’t heed the first recall notice to head to a dealer for a drive-through repair as soon as possible. more

Ford recalling 470000 Mustangs to tweak airbag software (3/2/08)
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
If you own an '05 - '08 Ford Mustang, watch your mailbox for a recall notice from the Oval in the coming days. It turns out that the NHTSA learned that the passenger-side frontal airbag could potentially deploy with greater-than-allowable force for a petite, unrestrained passenger. Over 470,000 of the ponycars qualify for the recall... more

Ford recall update: Government tells car owners to bring cars in now (3/2/08)
WSLS.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
The government is warning the owners of about 4.6 million recalled Ford vehicles to immediately bring their cars and trucks into dealerships to disconnect faulty cruise control switch systems that have been linked to engine fires. more

Ford Recalling 400000-Plus Mustangs for Airbag Fix (2/29/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
Ford is recalling the Mustang from the 2005-'08 model years to make the front passenger-side airbag compliant with neck-injury standards for all passengers. The problem is that small women or large children — those in the fifth percentile for size, or about 5 feet tall and about 108 pounds — could sustain neck injuries if the airbag deploys while they are not wearing the safety belt. more

Ford recall: What you need to know (2/29/08)
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
About half of the Ford vehicles involved in recalls since 1999 still have not been repaired. What you need to know: The problem involves a faulty cruise control switch that can cause engine fires. Fire can occur even if the key is not in the ignition and the vehicle is parked. more