International Business News - Dangers http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A generation ago, when today's new Chinese parents were infants, milk powder was so scarce that it was one of the top items requested from travelers visiting from overseas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/134024-china-dairy-dangers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/chinas-tainted-formula-shows-risks-of-dairy-boom.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/chinas-tainted-formula-shows-risks-of-dairy-boom.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:26:12 EDT Crocs Inc. says it will start including tags on escalator safety with its shoes even though the company stands by the safety of its products. There have been complaints about the colorful plastic clogs getting stuck in escalators. In April, Japan asked the Niwot, Colo.-based company to consider changing the footwear's design after complaints that children wearing the shoes have injured their feet while riding escalators. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/crocs-inc-to-alert-customers-to-escalator-safety.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:46:24 EDT A broken compact fluorescent light bulb releases a mercury-containing powder, some of which can evaporate into the air, and is difficult to contain or clean up. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/dangers-of-mercury-in-cfls-how-to-clean-up.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 14:07:29 EDT It's a message being drummed into the heads of homeowners everywhere: Swap out those incandescent lights with longer-lasting compact fluorescent bulbs and cut your electric use. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/49014-compact-fluorescent-dangers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/recycling-lags-behind-compact-fluorescent-push.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/recycling-lags-behind-compact-fluorescent-push.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 14:05:34 EDT Japan has instructed the maker of Crocs to alter the design of the footwear after complaints that children wearing the colorful plastic clogs have had their feet injured on escalators. The Trade Min... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/japan-seeks-design-change-for-crocs-because-of-injuries.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:55:55 EDT Following reports of depression and suicide in patients taking the anti-smoking drug Champix, the European Union's medicine authority has begun investigating its safety. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071214/safety-of-pfizer-drug-questioned.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:28:55 EST