This week in safety: Time to spring forward

It's that time again. Daylight-saving time starts Sunday at 2 a.m. in most parts of the country. While you're going from room to room setting your clocks ahead, take time to replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. You should have at least one ionizing and one photoelectric (or one dual-sensor model) smoke alarm and one carbon-monoxide alarm on each level of your home. Ideal locations include the basement, central living areas, and inside bedrooms, according to our most recent report. The lack of a working smoke alarm can have tragic consequences: An estimated 65 percent of residential fire deaths—about 3,000 a year in the U.S.—occur in homes where there's either no alarm or none that work. Here's what else happened this week:

BPA baby bottles get the boot in one New York State county
Scientific America
Officials in Suffolk County in Long Island, N.Y., this week voted to ban the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups that contain bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical linked to heart disease and diabetes as well as reproductive, immune system and other health problems. If the ban is enacted, it will be the first such limit in the U.S. Read more ...

Getting to know nano
Houston Chronicle
Your mascara, your baby wipes, your sunscreen and your stain-resistant trousers may already contain nanoparticles. Wouldn't it be nice to know how these teeny particles affect your health, worker safety and the environment? Read more ...

Accidents, not just diseases, a major threat to children, UN warns
CanWest News Service
Part of a massive global investment aimed at saving children under five from infectious diseases risks being wasted because too little is being done to prevent the accidents that kill more than 2,000 children daily, leading United Nations agencies are warning in a first-of-its-kind assessment. Read more ...

Snowblower hand injuries often extensive, study finds
MedLine Plus
Snowblowers might make clearing the sidewalk quicker and easier, but those who use them continue to show up in emergency rooms with hand injuries and accidental amputations, say medical experts. Read more ...

Ohio State doctors look for signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
The Columbus Dispatch
Many people sickened by carbon monoxide erroneously blame the headaches, fatigue and nausea on the flu. Even if they go to a doctor's office or emergency department, the physician they see might not consider the possibility of poisoning. Read more ...

Pet turtles: Cute but contaminated with Salmonella
Food and Drug Administration
Salmonella can cause a serious or even life-threatening infection in people, even though the bacteria do not make turtles sick. An example is the 2007 death of a four-week-old baby in Florida linked to Salmonella from a small turtle. Read more ...

Don't miss these recalls

• 30,000 All-Clad 4-Square Belgian waffle makers (shock hazard)
• 210,000 Alpargatas children's flip flops (lead paint)
• 52,000 Holiday Ultra-Brite Lights (shock and fire hazard)
• 41,000 NIMH AA rechargeable batteries (burn hazard)
• 430 Seventh Avenue tealight candleholders (fire hazard)
• 13,000 Ritchie immersion heaters (shock hazard)
• 36 (113,000 worldwide) Radson wall-mounted radiators (crush hazard)