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Water Intoxication Lawsuit - $16.5 Million Awarded

Warning to all “contest” designers and the contest applicants:(Universities, colleges, radio and television shows, and party goers:

October 30, 2009 – Entercom’s radio station, KDND-FM, in Sacramento, California, Defendant, lost in a water intoxication lawsuit when a contestant, Jennifer Strange, who came in second, died hours later after the contest ended, throwing up after drinking too much water. Strange died January 12, [...]

Dawn Dish Soap - $1 per Bottle to Wildlife Fund

Per bottle purchased, Dawn Dish Soap for donated $1/ bottle to Wildlife Fund. Details on bottle. Posted [...]

Parents, Kids, Pets - Hand Sanitizer Warning

WARNING: Hand sanitizers are high in ethanol content. If hands are licked, or the product is eaten, kids and pets and get very sick. Product is also highly flammable. Dispense with adult [...]

Pet Importing: See Canada Food Inspection Agency

Strange: Apparently Canada thinks “pets are food”. The Canada Food Inspection Agency oversees which pets are allowed to enter the country. See the website: [...]

Teen Parties: Rainbow Club, Poppy Seed Tea, Sexting - Crisis Waiting to Happen

Channel flipping through the news and talk shows this week has turned up some interesting warnings for parents, and smart teens to start doing more talking and asking questions. Parents: do you know about “poppy seed tea”, “rainbow club”, “sexting” and “dry-humping [...]

HAPPY Act - Relief for U.S. Pet Owners - Tax Credit

A proposed resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., will grant every household in the land a $3,500 tax deduction for “qualified pet care expenses.” This legislation, titled the Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years Act (aka HAPPY Act), is aimed at acknowledging the crucial importance of pets in American family life in a palpable way — via your year-end bottom [...]

Crisis Management Steps

How can you plan for a crisis in advance? What steps should you take at a time of crisis? These steps will help you harness your fears and go forward with options and [...]