No doubt I have been critical of the inability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adequately monitor and regulate what drugs get to market, allowing dangerous and defective medication to…
Six men involved in the production of melamine-tainted infant milk formula are set to face trial in China for their wrongdoing. According to prosecutors, the men are responsible for contaminating…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today wrote a letter to the Coca-Cola Corporation warning them the Diet Coke Plus product is in violation of Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall for over 3,000 cribs and 6,000 matching furniture pieces after discovering that red paint underneath a black finish contained lead…
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a bit of a beating this year. A number of drugs approved by that agency have turned out to be dangerous, and tainted food products kept…
children’s toys should remain alert for safety concerns. Although toy recalls in 2008 have dropped to 74 recalls from 138 recalls in 2007 due primarily to increased testing and stricter…
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has begun an inquiry into the use of ghostwriters by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, to produce medical journals favorable to its hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro….
Many of us in the frozen latitudes are probably longing for warm weather by now. I, for one, would like to put down my snow shovel and lounge around by a swimming pool. Starting tomorrow, that might…
Wednesday afternoon a Pennsylvania man was crushed to death in Bath Township after a 600-pound pipe fell off a semitrailer. The injury occurred when forklift operator knocked the pipe off the semi trailer
On December 4th, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in an attempt to keep toxic toys containing…
It has been called a ticking time bomb; the nation’s emergency care system is on the brink of failure. 90% of states get poor to near-failing grades in a recent nationwide report. The American…
Cell phones have become our right hand man over the past several decades. 82% of Americans own one. We bring them with us everywhere and have hundreds of contacts, pictures, emails and other…