Posts tagged toxic

• UK Tells Surgeons: Stop Using Stryker/ J&J Metal Hips

  Cal Warriner | April 06, 2012 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Hip replacement patients and their surgeons in the U.S. need to be made aware of a government warning out of the U.K. about a metal-on-metal hip (MoM) replacement combination with a high failure...

• Are Personal Portable Breath Testers a Threat to Personal Safety?

  Mark Willingham | March 01, 2012 1:18 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  What drinker would not want a device to help them decide whether it was safe to order another drink or whether it was safe to drive home after a night of partying? Such a magic device would...

• Steven Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Necrolysis Injuries on the Rise

  Brenda Fulmer | October 06, 2011 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The incidence of drug-related injuries and deaths is rising. A report by the Institute of Health of the National Academy of Sciences several years ago found that more than 1.5 million patients are...

• In the Tobacco Wars -- One More for the Good Guys

  Cal Warriner | August 18, 2011 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  It appears Betty Bullock may finally receive the justice she so richly deserves. Unfortunately, she’s dead and won’t be able to enjoy it. Betty started smoking cigarettes during...

• Sudden Deaths From Darvocet Without Overdose

  Joe Saunders | November 24, 2010 5:01 PM | 17 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recall of Darvocet and Darvon which are the trade names for propoxyphene was long overdue. These drugs have been on the market for over 50 years. The FDA memorandum dated November 19, 2010...

• First Chinese Drywall Lawsuit Ends in $2.4 Million Verdict

  Joe Saunders | June 21, 2010 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Armin and Lisa Seifert, a Florida couple whose house was contaminated with Chinese drywall, has been awarded a $2.4 million verdict by a jury. The first ever Chinese Drywall lawsuit ended in a...

• Sarasota Bracing for Economic Fallout from BP Oil Spill

  Joe Saunders | May 29, 2010 10:42 AM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  While the remnants of the BP oil spill have not hit Sarasota beaches, the potential economic fallout has local businesses worried that the devastating effects of the Gulf oil spill may have a...

• BP Oil Spill-Worst Disaster in US History

  Joe Saunders | May 29, 2010 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  What began with an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 has turned into the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history. The oil rig explosion, the sinking of the rig,...

• BP Oil Spill

  Joe Saunders | May 05, 2010 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  As the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to seep toward the US coastline, Sarasota County officials have declared a state of emergency. As of Tuesday, the oil spill was 325 miles west of the...

• Acreage Lawsuit Blames Cancer Cluster on Defense Contractor

  Joe Saunders | February 11, 2010 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five families whose children have contracted cancer in the small Palm Beach County community called the Acreage. The unusually high rate of cancer...