All posts by Elizabeth Bradley

Lifelong consumer advocate. Pop culture nerd. Grammar evangelist. Wannabe organizer. Travel addict. Zombie fan.

Canned Dog Food Recall

Blue Buffalo Dog Food Recalled for Health Risk

Blue Buffalo has recalled certain types of Blue Wilderness canned dog food after elevated levels of a naturally-occurring beef thyroid hormone sickened at least one dog.

/ March 22, 2017
Lawsuit for Hoverboard Fire in Pennsylvania

Hoverboard Fire Claims Life of 2nd Child in Pennsylvania

Hoverboards with lithium-ion batteries can overheat, catch on fire, or explode while they are being charged. Over 500,000 were recalled last year and consumers should check if their hoverboard is on the list.

/ March 22, 2017
FDA Breast Implant Safety Warning

FDA Warning Links Textured Breast Implants and Cancer

The FDA has confirmed that breast implants can cause a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Textured breast implants are also more likely to cause cancer than smooth-surface breast implants.

/ March 21, 2017

Lawyers Say Monsanto Secretly Wrote Roundup Cancer Studies

Lawyers say EPA officials worked with Monsanto to downplay the risk of cancer from glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weed-killer. Monsanto is also accused of ghost-writing studies the EPA used to decide Roundup does not cause cancer in humans.

/ March 20, 2017
Exploding Battery Injury Lawsuit

We Can Add Headphone Explosions to In-Flight Safety Hazards

An airline passenger suffered horrific injuries to her face when her battery-powered headphones exploded during a flight to Australia. Now that we know these batteries are dangerous, why does the U.S. still allow bulk shipments of these ticking time bombs...

/ March 15, 2017

Dangerous Heart Surgery Infection May Not Appear for 7 Years

Lawyers are helping people who had open-heart surgery find out how to get tested for M. chimaera, a "blood-eating" bacteria that can take up to 7 years to cause symptoms of infection.

/ March 15, 2017
Swagway Hoverboard Explosion Deaths

Hoverboard Fire Kills 3 Year-Old Girl in Pennsylvania

A charging hoverboard sparked a fire that killed a toddler and critically injured two other children in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Fire officials are telling parents to get rid of the dangerous toys.

/ March 14, 2017

Pregnant? Skip the Fancy Cheese Plate

Cheese is more dangerous in pregnancy than experts once thought. Hundreds of cheese products were recalled due to Listeria, a food poisoning bacteria that can cause miscarriages in pregnant women.

/ March 14, 2017
Vulto Creamery Raw Milk Cheese Recall

Lawsuit Filed Over Death Linked to Raw Milk Cheese

Whole Foods expanded a recall for raw milk cheese made by celebrity cheesemaker Jos Vulto after an outbreak of Listeria killed 2 people and infected 4 other victims. One victim is a newborn baby. The family of a 73 year-old...

/ March 13, 2017
Propecia Lawsuits

Hair Loss Drug Linked to Sexual Dysfunction for Years

Young men who use hormonal medications like Propecia to treat hair loss or an enlarged prostate may experience erectile dysfunction for years after they stop taking the medication, a new study has found.

/ March 10, 2017