Archive for July, 2008
Serrano salmonella lawyer can help, now that we know
You like tomato and I like serrano. Tomato. Serrano. Tomato. Serrano. Let’s call the whole thing off!
Those lyrics might not have passed muster with George and Ira Gershwin, but they certainly apply today, now that the Food and Drug Administration has pinpointed its search for the salmonella Saintpaul outbreak to two farms in Mexico — [...]
Texters threaten by foot, not just by car
Already, using cell phones or sending text messages has proven to be a cause in many traffic accidents, prompting legislation such as the new California law aimed at dangerous cell-talking drivers. But just getting yackers and texters off roads and out from behind wheels won’t solve everything — not when they’re also yakking and texting [...]
LaBeouf may not laugh after this drunk driving
Again, a Hollywood star with the world at his feet has gotten drunk, driven his car in the middle of the night and been involved in a traffic accident.
This time it was Shia LaBeouf, star of this summer’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and last year’s Transformers. Now Transformers’ sequel will [...]
Boy loses his arm after pit bull attack
It’s often said that “it doesn’t take a rocket scientist” to understand certain things. In Houston, we fully embrace that concept, given the fact that our city does, in fact, have rocket scientists. But people in Houston or anywhere can appreciate a no-brainer, and one is that pit bull dogs — while not always dangerous [...]
Cell phone radiation: Wait and see, or play it safe?
For those who have stopped talking on their cell phones long enough to read this blog, there’s good news: You’re probably safer now that you’ve stopped talking. The bad news is that there’s a chance you could be irreparably harming your health via sustained exposure to cell phones’ electromagnetic radiation.
So far, [...]
Another construction crane kills, with no end in sight
Less than a week after a construction crane accident claimed the lives of four oil refinery contract workers in Houston, a crane accident in Oklahoma City took the life of an 80-year-old man who was simply an onlooker while a church steeple was being placed.
The man was sitting in the front [...]
Motorcycles roar as deaths soar
As gas prices have gone up, traffic fatalities have gone down — at least when it comes to cars. But while fewer folks are pounding pavements in four-wheelers, more are riding on motorcycles, scooters and bicycles to save gas money. And the added traffic on vulnerable vehicles means more people are dying.
The Texas [...]
Roadside worker dies because truck spilled
Again, a person has died in a traffic accident which should not have happened. In this traffic fatality, no one fell asleep at the wheel or failed to yield, nor did a fast-moving car have a blowout. Rather, this accident can be traced to a common problem on America’s roads and highways: cars, trucks or [...]
SOS: Yamaha Rhino ATVs invite DOAs
Any traffic fatality is a tragedy, but we can take cold comfort in the fact that many such tragedies at least involve people with a purpose. We need our cars and trucks for useful functions, and that’s what many people are pursuing when they’re killed or injured while driving or riding in them. They are [...]
Jalapeno peppers may pack salmonella punch
When it comes to the disastrous digestive disorders caused by salmonella Saintpaul – and their mysterious origin — perhaps we should have known from the start that tomatoes might not be the bad apples.
Tomatoes, after all, are soft and juicy and seem relatively harmless, even if they have been used historically – especially as rotten [...]
