Commercial and recreational fishing is shut down on the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle and President Obama has promised that the government will do "everything humanly possible" to stem a massive spill of crude oil from an offshore rig. Clean-up crews are dispersing chemicals underwater to try to keep the oil from reaching the surface. Another plan calls for placing a dome above the deepwater well to collect the oil. Source Link
Some two million people in the Boston area continue to boil their drinking water after an unexpected break in a 10-foot pipe that pumps a quarter-billion gallons of water to homes and businesses each day. Repairs were going faster than expected, but authorities don't know why the relatively new pipe ruptured. The leaking water was diverted to an open-air reservoir for use in the system but is not safe for drinking or cooking. Source Link
Parents are being warned not to give their youngsters any doses of infant or children's Liquid Tylenol, Benadryl, Motrin or Zyrtec. The FDA ordered a recall of the brand name products after maker Johnson and Johnson discovered manufacturing deficiencies that could affect the quality, purity or potency of the medicines. Generic versions of the over-the-counter remedies are not part of the recall and are safe to use. Source Link
