Planes Collide Over Alaska leaving Four Dead
Trapper Creek, AK: Two single-engine float airplanes collided in mid-air Saturday afternoon near Trapper Creek, Alaska, killing four people. The pilot of the second plane (the only person aboard) made an emergency landing in Anchorage. This is the second
airplane crash in Alaska this month
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Del Monte Recalls Cantaloupes Because Of Possible Salmonella Panama Contamination
Washington, DC: Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (“Del Monte Fresh”) of Coral Gables, Florida is
recalling 4,992 cartons of cantaloupes, each containing 4 plastic mesh sleeves with 3 cantaloupes per sleeve, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Panama, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella Panama often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella Panama can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis
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Oil Field Accident in Alaska Spills 1,890 Gallons
North Slope, AK: An
oil field accident in Alaska recently spilled an estimated 1,890 gallons of drilling fluid, according to state regulators
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