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• Disney to Test Toys for Safety

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Due to the large number of recalls involving children's toys and lead paint, the Walt Disney Company has announced that it will begin independently testing its toys. Disney allows other companies to manufacturer toys with their characters. They have hired companies to purchase Disney toys from stores and test them for safety. Mattel was the latest to recall toys due to lead paint and magnets...

• San Jose Jamba Juice Alerts Customers About hepatitis A

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A female worker at a San Jose, California, Willow Glen Jamba Juice store has developed hepatitis A, announced the chief medical officer for Santa Clara County. She put approximately 4,000 customers who frequented the store during the shifts she worked at risk for the virus.Hepatitis A is a serious, infectious disease of the liver that is transmitted by oral-fecal passage. The disease can be...

• Avalanche buries cars on major roadway

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  On January 6 a major avalanche buried cars and motorists on US-40, about 60 miles west of Denver in close proximity to Winter Park ski resort area. On a major traffic day for skiiers going to and from Winter Park, many cars were buried in what one Denver official said was the largest avalanche in Colorado history.Fortunately, the Colorado Department of Transportation and rescue workers did an...

• First-hand accounts of seatbelts saving lives

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  An article from Schreiver Air Force Base's Web site gives two accounts of airmen surviving terrible motor vehicle accidents recently because they were wearing seatbelts. An Army NCO assigned to North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., was involved in a multiple-vehicle pile-up Nov. 12 on Interstate 70 in Denver, according to an article that ran on...

• ICE numbers could save lives in accidents

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  ICE, or "In Case of Emergency" numbers programmed into cell phones can help save lives when someone is injured in a motor vehicle accident or other circumstance. An article in Colorado Springs' FOX 21 News Online highlights a recent push for more people to program their ICE numbers into their phones.From fires to car accidents, every second counts and emergency responders must quickly find the...

• Ketek May Increase Possbility of Liver Injury Four Times Over Other Antibiotics

  Staff Writer | June 30, 2006 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that use of the antibiotic Ketek could cause dangerous and even fatal liver injury. While all antibiotics carry some risk of liver injury, Ketek appears to be 4 times as likely to cause liver damage as other antibiotics. At least 14 people experiencing liver failure following their use of Ketek, four of which died because of their injuries. 23...

• $2.6 Million "Fixer-Upper"

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2006 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  An industrial facility at 9965 Federal Drive was recently purchased by Corporate Office Properties Trust. The site, previously owned by Intel Corporation sits on an 11-acre parcel and during the early 1990s, housed Ford Microelectronics research and development center. COPT will spend nearly $3 million to renovate the 60,000 square-foot office and lab building.