Sixty-six vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2011, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs, and a minivan. TOP SAFETY PICK recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests. Winners also must have available electronic stability control, a crash avoidance feature that significantly reduces crash risk. The ratings help consumers pick vehicles that offer a higher level of protection than federal safety standards require.
Dorel Juvenile Group USA, a division of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) and the nation’s largest juvenile products manufacturer, today introduces Safety 1st® TV (www.Safety1stTV.com), an interactive online video resource for parents. A trusted brand in child safety for over 25 years, Safety 1st® makes child safety advice and insights from its in-house experts available to all parents with the click of a mouse at Safety1stTV.com.
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Choosing the right tires and properly maintaining them are effective ways to enhance your vehicle’s performance and improve road safety. This week is National Tire Safety Week and leading tire manufacturer Michelin is reminding consumers of the benefits of choosing the right tires and of simple, cost-effective ways to contribute to tire safety. After all – your tires are the only part of your car in contact with the road.
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Millions of Americans will enjoy their Fourth of July celebrations this year while watching fireworks. Many will be at public displays in their community, while others will be using consumer fireworks in the backyard. Zambelli Fireworks is reminding Americans to focus on safety — especially at home.
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In recognition of Pain Awareness Month (PAM), the Let’s Talk Pain Coalition today launched the Pain Medication Safety Series, an online video series featuring candid dialogues between health care professionals, people with pain and their caaregivers about the safe and appropriate use of pain therapies. A complete listing of episodes with descriptions is available at www.letstalkpain.com/painmedsafety.
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For new parents and caregivers, nothing is more important than child safety. And for SuperBaby, an animated online video character, nothing is more important than keeping young children safe. This is the third year of the SuperBaby web series that targets 18-29 year-old new parents. This month, a new SuperBaby episode is being distributed on the internet to kick off National Window Covering Safety Month.
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Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG), Inc., a division of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), and the nation’s largest juvenile products manufacturer, announces the launch of a new, premium collection - the S1 Series by Safety 1st - offering premium design with safety in mind. S1 Series is the first collection of its kind designed to meet exceptional standards of both safety and style, providing parents with high quality products for travel, meal time, and play. The line, which includes a travel system, play yard and high chair, is now available exclusively at Babies“R”Us stores nationwide and online at Babiesrus.com.
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Whether gearing up for spring cleaning, new landscaping projects or home improvement tasks, industry leader Pella Corporation encourages families to add “window safety review” to their springtime to-do lists. Simple actions now can help protect the safety of loved ones all year.
April 3 - 9 is National Window Safety Week — an annual reminder to parents and caregivers about how to help prevent accidental window falls or injuries and how to use windows for potential emergency escapes. Pella Corporation teams up with the National Safety Council (NSC) to promote year-round window safety tips.
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The American Pain Foundation (APF) announced today the launch of new information and resources on pain medication safety for acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as a part of its PainSAFE™ educational initiative. The new information will be launched with a national public service announcement (PSA) emphasizing the safe use of pain treatment options, particularly medications containing NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen) and acetaminophen (Tylenol, APAP). APF is the nation’s largest consumer advocacy organization dedicated to people with pain.
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A garage door is the largest moving appliance in a home; and yet, most folks don’t realize that there are some simple steps they can take to maintain their garage door.
International Door Association (IDA), the world’s largest trade association of professional garage door and access system dealers and installers, is launching its Garage Door Care YouTube channel, to show consumers how to properly maintain and assess their garage door system. This channel is an extension of IDA’s consumer website, GarageDoorCare.com, which helps consumers understand garage door operation and safety.
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Siemens announces that the company has received the 2011 Global Machine Safety Customer Value Enhancement Award from Frost & Sullivan.
The Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated excellence in implementing strategies that proactively create value for its customers with a focus on improving the return on investment for customers in its services or products.
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The Ad Council is joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to debut their first joint national multimedia public service campaign to help families prevent food poisoning in the home.
The Food Safe Families campaign was announced this morning by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in time for the July 4th holiday and the start of summer when foodborne illnesses tend to increase—a time when many families celebrate with food. It’s also a time when foodborne illnesses tend to increase with more outdoor meals, and other factors that increase the risk for disease-causing bacteria in food.
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