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Avoidable Birth Defects Discussed One of the most important days in any persons life is the day their child is born.  With equal parts fear, love, nervousness, and excitement, parents anxiously await the delivery to be over and the doctor to say that mother and child are healthy and happy.  Until those words are…

With fully 10 percent of all automobile accidents these days caused by drivers who are distracted, increasingly by electronic gadgets, distracted driving is always a huge problem. But summertime is worse than usual.  Drivers who simply reach for something are more than three times as likely to end up causing an accident, but those…

Fireworks Accident Injures 39: Fourth of July Fireworks Gone Wrong The Fourth of July is supposed to be a day of celebration with family and friends, often featuring a cookout, a picnic or a day at the beach, or maybe a local parade. Usually, the day ends with a fireworks display, safely conducted by…

Tractor-trailers constitute a traffic hazard to everyone, including young drivers, even in the best of circumstances. They much larger than ordinary passenger vehicles, they sit very high, and they need more time to stop than other vehicles. But there is another danger when driving around large trucks, one that often has to do with…

Answer: Gasoline, sitting undisturbed, closed and in a plastic gasoline container, should not explode, combust, or catch fire unless the vapors are introduced to a heat source such as an open fire. But, if the vapors in a gasoline container are introduced to a heat source such as an open flame or fire, and…

Chemical Plant Explosion in Louisiana Thursday and Friday were deadly in southern Louisiana, as two fatal chemical plant explosions occurred at two plants within a few miles of each other on those days. The first one took place Thursday morning, when an explosion and fire broke out at the Williams Olefins chemical plant, which…

Vehicle manufacturers have been enticing us with new cars that will make us safer because we’ll be able to keep both hands on the wheel. To date, more than 9 million vehicles on the road are equipped with what are commonly called “infotainment systems.” These allow drivers to make or receive phone calls, listen…

Heavy Equipment Operator Faces Charges On June 5, a four-story building being demolished near downtown Philadelphia collapsed onto an adjacent Salvation Army thrift shop in one of the busiest areas of the city, killing six and injuring 13. While police and city officials aren’t releasing specific details as to the cause of the accident,…

States Search for Solutions Drivers who end up going the wrong way on a restricted roadway, such as a freeway or a turnpike, can become a major risk to the others on the road and cause very serious head-on collisions. It’s been known for decades that most such drivers get in that position by…

NHTSA’s Requests Recall, Chrysler Says No. After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a thorough investigation into a series of rear-end collisions leading to the deaths of at least 44 people, it developed the belief that some Jeep vehicles are at serious risk for a  fuel tank fire, and asked that Chrysler…