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Posted by Scott Kappes
April 24, 2008 1:39 PM
Category: Toxic Substances

On Tuesday the first consumer class action litigation was filed against Nalge Nunc International Corp, alleging that the company knew about the dangers of Bisphenol A or BPA but continued to...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 23, 2008 1:42 PM

Yesterday a House panel reprimanded the FDA for their poor performance when inspecting foreign-made medications, in the aftermath of the recall of contaminated batches of the blood thinner...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 21, 2008 6:35 PM

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders among children. Physicians often prescribe medications to treat the symptoms of ADHD with very limited proof...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 17, 2008 12:48 PM
Category: Toxic Substances

Both U.S. and Canadian health authorities have shown an increased concern this week over a popular chemical used in many different plastic products. The chemical, Bisphenol A or BPA, has been...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 16, 2008 6:03 PM

Last Friday a 41-year-old woman was killed, and 5-year-old child was injured when a cement truck flipped over into their SUV. Maria Angelica Gamez was killed instantly, while the child in her...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 16, 2008 10:53 AM

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals case of a South Carolina adolescent that was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole, at the age of 12,...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 14, 2008 8:37 PM

At least 23 people in 14 different states have been made ill by the salmonella virus found in two breakfast cereals manufactured by Malt-O-Meal. The cereals were recalled on April 5 after the...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 14, 2008 2:13 PM

The Houston based Funtastic has issued a recall of about 26,000 sets of fake teeth after discovering that surface paint on the teeth violates lead paint standards. The fake teeth,...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 07, 2008 5:08 PM

Last fall an FDA panel unanimously voted in favor of keeping Bayer’s Trasylol on the market. The panel was convened after a New England Journal of Medicine article suggested that the drug put...

Posted by Scott Kappes
April 03, 2008 7:56 PM

Over the past year the reports of adverse reactions to Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug Chantix have been mounting at a furious pace. After an analysis of the adverse events associated with Chantix,...

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