The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released new guidelines meant to help increase the safety of vaping products. A 2017 report released by the U.S. Fire Administration showed that between January 2009 and December 31, 2016, there were 195 separate incidents of explosion and…
Lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in our lives today, powering up our cell phones, tablets, laptops, MP3 players, e-cigarettes, and much more. While there are millions of such batteries out there, not all have problems, but when they do, the results can be disastrous. According…
On June 20, 2019, Apple announced they were recalling a limited number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops because of lithium-ion battery problems. This is the fifth in a series of recalls regarding the company’s laptops, which have had problems with faulty keyboards, expanding…
A New Jersey family has filed a new personal injury lawsuit against Apple after a man died following a fire they say was caused by an iPad. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and was filed…
According to the Vancouver Sun, a Burnaby man recently filed a lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court seeking to hold liable the manufacturer and seller of an e-cigarette he says exploded in his mouth. E-cigarettes contain small lithium-ion batteries that can be dangerous in…
A new George Mason University study reveals that the number of e-cigarette explosion and burn injuries have been underestimated. The report was published in the journal Tobacco Control, and stated that between 2015 and 2017, there were an estimated 2,035 emergency department visits caused by…
E-cigarette company JUUL Labs says it cares about the rising use of e-cigarettes in teens, but a recent CNN investigation casts doubt on their intentions. Last month, JUUL pulled four e-cigarette flavors from retail stores—mango, fruit, crème, and cucumber—to help stop underage users from purchasing…
Cell phone batteries have been improved over the past few years, but explosions are still occurring. Recent incidents include a cell phone exploding on a school bus in Maryland, and cell phones causing explosions in trash cans and recycling bins. According to USA Today, 65…
The FDA recently announced the recall of CoaguChek XS PT test strips, which were used with INR test meters to monitor patient response to the blood thinning drug warfarin. More than 1.1 million packages of the strips have been pulled from the market because they…
It wasn’t that long ago that Samsung received numerous reports of the batteries exploding inside its Samsung Galaxy Note 7. They recalled the phone to fix the problem, and have assured customers that their newer phones are much safer. According to a recent lawsuit, however,…