Posts tagged toxic

• Do You Have a DePuy ASR Recalled Hip Implant? Ways To Find Out If You Do

  Richard Schlueter | December 16, 2010 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  If you are someone who had hip replacement surgery in 2003 or after, you need to determine whether you have a recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant. This is very important because DePuy Orthopaedics...

• Why Did DePuy & Doctors Downplay Cobalt & Chromium Poisoning in Hip Replacement Patients?

  M. Brandon Smith | December 03, 2010 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Thousands of patients receiving faulty DePuy ASR hip implants have had to undergo revision surgery. But the solution to these patients' health problems isn’t simply a corrective surgery. A...

• Darvon, Darvocet (Propoxyphene) Withdrawn Due To Risk of Cardiac Toxicity

  M. Brandon Smith | November 30, 2010 2:48 AM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Risks Associated With Darvon and Darvocet Outweigh Benefits Patients suffering from pain often turn to medication for relief. But those patients shouldn’t have to sacrifice their health for...

• Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Jury Trial Awards $3.5 Million

  M. Brandon Smith | September 28, 2009 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A woman from Illinois was recently awarded a $3.5 million award by a jury in her case against the manufacturer of Children’s Motrin. She alleged that her severe skin injuries were caused by...

• Georgia Food Inspectors Under Scrutiny from Themselves

  Jessica Smagacz | April 19, 2009 11:24 AM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the FDA now wants states to evaluate and assess their own inspection plans. FDA wants to implement this new plan even after Georgia failed to prevent the...

• Georgia is Still Behind in Food Safety

  Jessica Smagacz | April 13, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that Georgia “has largely failed to reduce the number of illnesses caused by food-borne contamination over the past four years.”...

• One Million Pounds of Pistachios Recalled because Salmonella

  Jessica Smagacz | March 31, 2009 9:33 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  USA Today reported that a California company is recalling one million pounds of pistachios after test results found them contaminated with salmonella. These pistachios were distributed nationwide....

• Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert Expanded by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 21, 2009 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  U.S. News reported this past Friday that FDA announced an expanded nationwide alert about tainted weight-loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients. Herbal Xenicol,...

• New Peanut Safety Guidelines set by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 12, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This past Tuesday, FDA issued new safety guidelines for companies that use peanut products, reported Red Orbit. FDA said “it may seize products that test positive for salmonella bacteria,...

• “Ingredients for a Safe Food Supply”

  Jessica Smagacz | February 28, 2009 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This weekend, Atlanta Journal Constitution published an opinion from Pam Bailey, the president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, on how to create a safer food supply. Pam Bailey...