Heat therapy items may burn
Chattem Inc. is recalling all sizes and lots of the following Icy Hot Heat Therapy products: Icy Hot Heat Therapy Air Activated Heat -- Back; Icy Hot Heat Therapy Air Activated Heat -- Arm, Neck & Leg; and samples of Icy Hot Heat Therapy Air Activated Heat -- Arm, Neck & Leg, which were included as promotions in 3-ounce cartons of Aspercreme Pain Relieving Creme.
They were recalled because the company has received reports of first-degree, second-degree and third-degree burns as well as skin irritation associated with using these products. They were sold at food, drug and mass merchandise stores around the country.
For more information, call (877) 742-6275 or visit the website www.chattem.com.
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Ford Motor Co. is recalling 123,632 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicles to fix door handles that may allow latches to open in a side-impact crash.
The housing for springs in the interior handles of 2006 and 2007 models can break during normal use and not return the handles to their locked position, Ford told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a letter posted on the agency’s website. No accidents or injuries from the condition have been reported, Ford said.
Separately, Ford told the NHTSA that it was recalling 57,199 SUVs and vans for possible fuel line leaks in the engine compartment.
The problem is in a fuel rail crossover hose in 2006- and 2007-model Econoline E-150, E-250 and E-350 vans and 2007 Expedition and Navigator SUVs equipped with a 5.4-liter engine. Carbon clumps in the hose wall may weaken the line, allowing a leak to develop over time, the automaker said.
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General Electric Co. is voluntarily recalling about 2,100 gas clothes dryers because of a potential shock hazard. A short circuit in the machine’s wiring poses a shock hazard in ungrounded dryers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The dryers were sold from September 2006 through October 2007, the commission said Wednesday in a statement. Consumers should stop using the dryers, which sell for about $440, and unplug them.
