Talk about liability. A 22-year old woman was lucky to walk away with only a broken collarbone after her bungee cord snapped over a crocodile-infested river on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45925027/
The devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011 will undoubtedly have a long legacy, and now Tokyo Electric Power claims that it no longer owns the radioactive isotopes that spewed out of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March as a result of the earthquake. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/tepco-says-it-no-longer-owns-fukushima-fallout/story-e6frg6so-1226230764047
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has an “Extreme Cold” guide to promote personal health and safety. The guide covers things such as a home winter survival kit, what to put in a winter survival kit for your car and indoor and outdoor safety in extreme cold conditions. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/pdf/cold_guide.pdf
Novartis has issues a voluntary recall of some popular over-the-counter drugs, including Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X, due to concerns about broken or incorrect tablets winding up in pill bottles, leading to possible allergic reactions and inadvertent mixing of drugs that might become dangerous when combined. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57354988-10391704/novartis-recalls-excedrin-nodoz-gas-x-and-bufferin/?tag=re1.channel
Despite a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol consumption for drivers under age 21 in Maine, and despite a law that made texting while driving illegal in Maine, two young adults are now dead as a result of a teen who was texting while driving under the influence. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084760/Teen-driver-fatal-crash-killed-texting-drinking.html
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