- Greg Webb | June 30, 2009 10:07 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsOn Tuesday, June 30, 2009, thirty-nine government safety experts, who were assembled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recommended ways to reduce deadly overdoses of acetaminophen, which is...
- Greg Webb | June 29, 2009 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAlthough it was sold for many years as a drug for colds, Zicam Cold Remedy was never tested by federal regulators for safety like many other drugs. Because the drug is considered a...
- Greg Webb | June 27, 2009 10:23 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared its first-ever “public emergency,” stating the federal government will give $6 million to the health authority in Lincoln County,...
- Greg Webb | June 25, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Attorneys representing injured consumers are filing product liability suits alleging that denture cream use causes zinc buildup and neurological problems. A dozen cases in federal courts in...
- Greg Webb | June 22, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Miscellaneous
While baseball may seem to be a fairly safe sport, researchers have found that over a thirteen year period, more than one and a half million players under eighteen years of age were injured enough...
- Greg Webb | June 19, 2009 1:46 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of health, environmental and consumer groups, is demanding that Johnson & Johnson remove tiny amounts of two chemicals, which are believed to...
- Greg Webb | June 19, 2009 1:37 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Asbestos-injury claimants have asked for an official committee in the General Motors bankruptcy case, saying that the plan to sell the corporation might be unconstitutional since they’ve...
- Greg Webb | June 16, 2009 3:14 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated via a press release today that consumers should stop using three over-the-counter Zicam Cold Remedy products, including: nasal gel, nasal swabs...
- Greg Webb | June 15, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, entered the debate over how to fix the nation’s food safety system in her first appearance before Congress as...
- Greg Webb | June 14, 2009 10:27 PM |
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MiscellaneousA study recently published online in The American Journal of Medicine reports that nearly two out of three bankruptcies are caused by medical bills. This report likely understates the problem,...
- Greg Webb | June 14, 2009 10:14 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhen bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez approved the sale of most of Chrysler’s assets to a new company run by Fiat, he also granted the request that the new company not face liability for...
- Greg Webb | June 09, 2009 5:09 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMattel Inc. and its subsidiary, Fisher-Price, have agreed to pay $2.3 million in civil penalties to the United States for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead, and for violations...
- Greg Webb | June 08, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA March publication from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported finding formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, a trace contaminant of chemicals used in cosmetic products, in 55 children’s...
- Greg Webb | June 07, 2009 10:02 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe recent death of Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter, found with a treadmill cord around her neck while her mother cleaned in another room, has called attention to the hazard that home...
- Greg Webb | June 01, 2009 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe United States, as well as sixteen states, joined whistleblower lawsuits that claim Wyeth, a drug manufacturer that is being acquired by Pfizer Inc., avoided paying hundreds of millions of...