- Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 3:26 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
President Obama made a strange appointment regarding who would become leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Although Obama has passed an order stating he would...
- Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 2:52 PM |
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Miscellaneous
A House subcommittee held a hearing last Tuesday regarding private insurance bureaucracies’ abuse of the health insurance system. The hearing was part of a continuing Democratic effort to...
- Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 1:48 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
A federal judge in Los Angeles has refused to seal a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Dimitrios Biller, a former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. Biller claims Toyota hid...
- Greg Webb | September 25, 2009 1:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn its September 7th article “What’s Really in Supplements?” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)discusses the harmful side effects of a growing trend in the American dietary and strength...
- Greg Webb | September 24, 2009 10:00 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFood and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators have written a letter warning drugmaker Bayer about quality control issues in the company’s plant in Berghamen, Germany. This plant is responsible...
- Greg Webb | September 17, 2009 9:32 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesResidents in an area near Charleston, West Virginia have started to avoid contact with tap water after scabs began developing on their arms, legs and chests where the bathwater, which is polluted...
- Greg Webb | September 17, 2009 8:43 PM |
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MiscellaneousA September 11 article published in the New York Times entitled, “Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals,” reports on the findings of a recent survey conducted by the editors of...
- Greg Webb | September 14, 2009 2:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMany products consumed these days, from children’s toys to medicines, are made in countries where, often, manufacturing standards are almost nonexistent. Therefore, when products have defects,...
- Greg Webb | September 13, 2009 5:22 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToyota Motor Company is already facing demands that roll-over crash cases it settled or won be reopened, after a former company attorney, Dimitrios Biller, accused the automaker of hiding records...
- Greg Webb | September 13, 2009 2:41 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA record $2.3 billion settlement with Pfizer has reinforced the Obama administration’s stance on health-care fraud. Recently, “Pfizer unit Pharmacia & Upjohn pleaded guilty to a...
- Greg Webb | September 08, 2009 1:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine, at least four million Americans under the age of sixty-five are exposed to high doses of radiation annually from medical imaging...
- Greg Webb | September 07, 2009 7:32 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., is launching a voluntary Safety Recall on nearly 96,000 Toyota and Scion vehicles.
Per the press release from Toyota:
“On certain 2009 and 2010 model year...
- Greg Webb | September 07, 2009 7:14 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBecause three children have been strangled on product cords, millions of window coverings are being recalled by six companies: Lewis Hyman, Pottery Barn Kids, IKEA, Lutron, Vertical Land and...
- Greg Webb | September 07, 2009 6:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousConsumer Reports (CR) recently took a “side-by-side” survey regarding the sanitary conditions of hospitals across the country. In 2009 it interviewed 731 nurses who worked in different...
- Greg Webb | September 02, 2009 9:54 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Recently, a new batch of statistics has emerged from research done by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) regarding motor carrier safety violations. Violations found include such unsafe...
- Greg Webb | September 01, 2009 6:01 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Due to an electrical failure, Maytag has expanded its initial March recall of 1.6 million refrigerators to an additional 42,000, now including refrigerators under the Maytag, Magic Chef and...
- Greg Webb | September 01, 2009 5:40 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn recent years, there has been a decline in the number of medical students who want to pursue family medicine, though many say it is the frontline for wellness and preventive-care programs that can...