Posts tagged contamination

• VA Finally Gives Benefits to Marine Sickened by Toxic Contamination at Marine Base

  Mike Ferrara | March 31, 2010 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Former Marine Paul Buckley is suffering from multiple myeloma, an incurable bone cancer. For several years, his doctors have been telling him that it was almost certainly caused by toxin...

• DuPont Chemicals Raising Cancer Rates in NJ Neighborhood

  Mike Ferrara | December 12, 2009 9:19 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A former munitions factory owned by chemical giant DuPont has contaminated the groundwater under a neighborhood in Pompton Lakes, NJ, and a disproportionately high number of people in the...

• Weed Killer in the Drinking Water Causes Birth Defects & Cancer; Use a Filter at Home

  Mike Ferrara | August 24, 2009 9:30 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The weed killer atrazine, sold under numerous brand names including AAtrex, is most often used on corn in farming states, but it is also commonly applied to lawns, gardens, parks and golf courses....

• Where’s the Contaminated Beef? 96,000 Pounds Recalled for E. Coli Contamination

  Camryn Hansen | May 22, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Yesterday, Illinois meat producer Valley Meats recalled 96,000 pounds of beef for suspected E. coli contamination. The USDA has classified the recall as Class One—meaning that the meat...

• Blood Thinner Heparin Suspected in Deaths of Two Delaware Patients

  Camryn Hansen | May 11, 2009 10:01 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In a Delaware hospital, two patients have died and one is severely ill after taking heparin, the popular blood thinner manufactured by Baxter International. There is worry that the drug may be...

• Drugs in Our Drinking Water but Big Pharma Won't Test

  Mike Ferrara | April 23, 2009 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A recent Associated Press investigation showed that over 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals are legally (yes, legally) released by US manufacturers, including drugmakers, into water that is...

• Chinese Dairy Producers Agree to Compensate Victims for Melamine Poisoning

  Mike Ferrara | December 27, 2008 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The industrial chemical melamine, discovered in toxic amounts a few months ago in Chinese infant formula and other milk-based products, and later in trace amounts in US infant formula, has thus...

• Is that a Brazilian Banana in Your Pocket? USDA Now Mandates Food Labels Listing Country of Origin

  Mike Ferrara | September 30, 2008 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Beginning Tuesday, September 30, a new USDA law over four years in the making will require retailers to list the country of origin on a lot more of the foods they sell. Though the law is...

• Do allergy warning labels signal liability protection or true risk? FDA to hold hearings 9/16/08.

  Mike Ferrara | August 28, 2008 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Food allergies pose a health threat to over 12 million Americans. Severe reactions to allergenic foods result in 30,000 emergency room visits, and 150 to 200 deaths, per year. Since 2006, the...