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American Family Physician
June 1, 2001
Herbert B. Newton |
Neurologic Complications of Scuba Diving Recreational scuba diving has become a popular sport in the United States, with almost 9 million certified divers. When severe diving injury occurs, the nervous system is frequently involved...   |
AskMen.com
Anton Henderson |
How To: Get Your Scuba Diving Certification According to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, more than 500,000 men and women get certified to dive in the open ocean every year. Here's how you can join them. |
U.S. CPSC
May 31, 2007 |
Innovative Scuba Concepts Recalls Diving Regulator Components Due to Drowning Hazard The swivel, which is attached to a diving regulator, could separate while diving. This poses a risk of decompression sickness due to rapid ascent, and air embolism or drowning if the diver panics or the emergency ascent procedure fails. |
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2008
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Spare Air Is Reverse Parachute of Scuba: Test Dive (With Video) Spare Air is a back up mini-tank with its own built-in regulator that holds just enough air to let you make a safe ascent when scuba diving. |
Wired
August 24, 2009
Sascha Zuger |
3 Smart Things About Hyperbaric Chambers They might provide benefits for several health conditions. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Seeking New Depths High-tech test dive: Will the spread of bubble-free rebreather systems change diving forever? |
Salon.com
September 10, 2001
Humberto Fontova |
"The Helldivers' Rodeo" Low on air, hooked to a writhing 300-pound fish and bouncing around 200 feet underwater, even the best spear fishers don't always make it... |
Fast Company
September 2000
Bill Breen |
(Really) Risky Business Wes Skiles is one of the leading practitioners of what may be the world's most hazardous sport: underwater cave diving. There is no injury rate for mistakes made in an underwater cave -- only a mortality rate. So why does Skiles keep diving? |
U.S. CPSC
February 22, 2005 |
Head USA Inc. Recall of SCUBA Diving Computers The dive computers were improperly calibrated, resulting in incorrect calculations. Diving with an improperly calibrated dive computer can provide inaccurate "No Decompression (no stop) Time," "Decompression Time," "Desaturation Time" and "No Fly Time." This could result in divers suffering serious injuries, including decompression sickness. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Giselle Weiss |
Dream Jobs 2010: Ernst Vollm, Rapture of the Deep Ernst Vollm makes the dive computer that every aquanaut wants |
U.S. CPSC
August 29, 2007 |
M&J Engineering Recalls Swivels for Scuba Diving Masks Due to Drowning Hazard The swivel, which is attached to a diving mask, could separate while diving. This will result in a sudden loss of the diver's air supply, potentially causing a risk of decompression sickness or drowning. |
Outside
August 2005
Tim Zimmermann |
Raising the Dead At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. |
Popular Mechanics
November 15, 2007
Logan Ward |
Laser-Based Gadget Finds the Bends for Astronauts, Navy Seals A researcher hopes to build a laptop-size device to detect the onset of decompression sickness, or the bends, on submarines, the International Space Station and dive boats. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009 |
Breathe Deeply A look at innovative rebreathers that let divers stay underwater for hours longer than before. |
U.S. CPSC
February 5, 2003 |
UWATEC AG Recall of 1995 Dive Computers Software in the dive computers may inaccurately calculate desaturation times, resulting in possible decompression sickness under aggressive dive conditions. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2006
Antonio Graceffo |
Sihanoukville: SCUBA Diving is Saving Cambodia's Reefs Cambodia is still wild and untapped. An increase in eco-friendly diving and a reclaiming of the reefs will increase tourism, bringing a much-needed economic boost to the depressed local economy. |
AskMen.com
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Scuba Diving Destinations The ability to explore the mysterious sea entices many travelers to visit some of the world's most accessible and picturesque coasts. That's why, with summer nearly here, it's worth checking out the 10 best scuba diving sites. |
Inc.
August 2008
Leigh Buchanan |
Legacy: Andre Galerne, 1926-2008 An adventurer's approach to life and work. |
AskMen.com
Jason Heaton |
The Dive Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection Unlike that other masculine watch type, the chronograph, a dive watch is almost crude in its simplicity. Built for a singular purpose -- to track elapsed time in adverse conditions -- a dive watch is, by necessity, a big watch and needs no excuse for its boldness. |
AskMen.com
December 13, 2012
Jason Heaton |
Water Resistance: Watch Fundamentals From those early days of diving to today, we have seen an increasing race to the depths between watch companies, for whom an abyssal depth rating is a sign of prowess and ruggedness. |
| CEO Traveler |
Divers' Paradise Diving in Harbour Village, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, The Caribbean |
U.S. CPSC
April 14, 2010 |
Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers. |
Adventure
March 2004
Carl Hoffman |
Wreck Diving's Deep Frontier Recreational divers can now pay to scavenge artifacts from the S.S. Aleutian- and archaeologists are worried. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006 |
Health Tips for Air Travel How can I be more comfortable during plane travel?... What can I do to stop my ears from hurting?... What about taking my medicines?... etc. |
U.S. CPSC
June 22, 2006 |
Oceanic Recalls Digital Dive Computer Due to Decompression Hazard When using the dive computer set for "User Selected Digital Gauge Mode," the "Elapsed Dive Time" displayed can exceed the actual elapsed time under water. This can cause divers to ascend before fulfilling a decompression obligation, resulting in decompression sickness. |
High on Adventure
October 2001 |
Cousteaus Inaugurate New World of Watersports Facility at Hilton Tobago Resort Members of the Philippe Cousteau Foundation presided over the grand opening of the new center of World Of Watersports, Tobago's premier watersports facility this June... |
U.S. CPSC
February 28, 2007 |
Pelagic Recalls Digital Dive Computers Due to Decompression Hazard A glitch in the computer display can cause divers to enter decompression unknowingly or the diver could ascend prematurely, resulting in decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
July 19, 2006 |
Suunto Dive Computers Recalled Due to Decompression Hazard These dive computers could incorrectly track dive time, which could cause incorrect calculation of decompression requirements. This could lead to decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
May 19, 2003 |
Swimways Corp. Recall of Pool Dive Sticks Children can fall or land on these dive sticks in shallow water and may suffer impalement injuries. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
Josh Harkinson |
Deadly Coast Guard Dive: What Went Wrong A routine training exercise on a day off from a polar icebreaker ended in tragedy. Coast Guard officials believe the most important lesson to be gleaned from the accident in Alaska is to follow the rules. |
U.S. CPSC
September 2, 2004 |
Halcyon Manufacturing Recall of SCUBA BC Inflators The SCUBA BC bladder can have a slow leak because of imperfections within the machining of the stainless air barrel of their inflators. This can cause unexpected buoyancy problems with divers, possibly resulting in decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
September 17, 2008 |
Aqua Lung America Recalls Apeks Scuba Diving Regulators Due to Drowning Hazard These regulators can be missing the diaphragm cover which can cause the diaphragm to become displaced during a dive, allowing water to enter the scuba regulator. This poses a drowning hazard to divers. |
Salon.com
October 13, 2000
Barbara Raab |
Going all the way Ever wonder why skinny folks die faster in freezing water? Why divers get the bends but sperm whales don't? Oxford professor Frances Ashcroft explains in a new book, Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival... |
U.S. CPSC
December 23, 2009 |
Scuba Regulators Recalled by Cressi Due to Risk of Drowning Partial obstruction of the High Pressure (HP) port can produce an inaccurate reading on the pressure gauge, resulting in a slow descent of the needle in the pressure gauge. The inaccurate reading on the gauge poses a drowning hazard to divers. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Sara Wilson |
More Than a Mirage Where others saw nothing but desert, a couple looking to train divers saw an ocean of possibilities. |
U.S. CPSC
April 30, 2002 |
Maximus Regulators Recalled by Sherwood SCUBA The second stage orifices on these SCUBA regulators can be cracked, bent or broken. This can result in a loss of breathing air underwater. |
Outside
August 2003
Michael Roberts |
Domestic Abyss Why jet to exotic reefs when home waters boast spectacularly diverse diving? |
National Defense
September 2004 |
Deep Diver Suits Unveiled Offshore divers who require additional protection at underwater construction sites will be the target market for the Hardsuit 1200 deep atmospheric diving systems. |
U.S. CPSC
February 24, 2009 |
Silent Diving Systems Recalls Scuba Diving Hoses Due to Drowning Hazard Diving hoses may have been made without crimps, which can allow gas to leak or water to enter into the re-breather unit of the scuba diving equipment, posing a drowning hazard to the user. |
U.S. CPSC
September 10, 2008 |
Aqua Lung Recalls Scuba Regulators and Adapters Due to Drowning Hazard Over-tightening of the DIN retainer by a technician during installation can result in the retainer breaking under pressure, a rapid escape of air from the scuba cylinder, and the regulator detaching from the scuba cylinder. This poses a drowning hazard to divers. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Larry Larsen |
Fish Dive In Florida Finding America's favorite fishing & diving waters |
U.S. CPSC
April 13, 2010 |
Tabata USA Recalls Scuba Regulators Due to Drowning Hazard The first stage balance chamber plug can loosen from the scuba regulator causing a high-pressure leak and creating unstable pressure. This poses a drowning hazard to divers. |
Outside
August 2003
Granville Greene |
Spirited Away Baja's Isla Espiritu Santo conjures up endless scuba sites and miles of sand for camping |
U.S. CPSC
October 6, 2009 |
Guardian Full-Face Diving Masks Recalled by Ocean Technology Due to Visor Separation Hazard If significant pressure is applied vertically to the top and bottom of the visor clamp, the clear plastic visor may dislodge causing the mask to flood. |
AskMen.com
Tyson Lowrie |
How To Become A Cliff Diver Cliff diving isn't a sport where you can one day decide to say I'm going to go up to a 90-foot cliff and start jumping off of it. It definitely takes years of preparation, says David Colturi. |
U.S. CPSC
July 18, 2002 |
SCUBAPRO/UWATEC(TM) Dive Computer Consoles Recalled by Johnson Outdoors Inc. he U-Line(TM) submersible pressure gauge that is part of the dive consoles can malfunction and display inaccurate pressure readings. Divers using the consoles could fail to decompress properly during a dive, causing decompression sickness. |
Salon.com
Bill Belleville |
Into the jaws of destiny Whatever you think a shark is, you're wrong -- until you look it in the eye. |
U.S. CPSC
December 22, 2009 |
Diving Equipment Recalled by Dive Rite Due to Drowning Hazard The over pressure valve springs in the diving equipment could rust and fail allowing the buoyancy compensator devices to leak, posing a drowning hazard to divers. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2002
Matthew Bechard |
Glenn Rufrano - The Man with the Plan Glenn J. Rufrano, who became CEO of New Plan Excel Realty Trust in March, 2000, talks about New Plan's longevity and the company's expanding investor base. |
Outside
March 2002 |
The Wild File I was riding my bike the other morning and accidentally inhaled a bug. Is there a big pile of assorted bug parts in my lungs?... Why is lichen put into natural deodorant?... If lightning strikes the water while I'm scuba diving, how far away do I need to be to avoid getting hit?... |
