Posts tagged epa

• How Deadly is Your Dry Cleaning Part 2 – A Blogger Strikes Back

  Camryn Hansen | January 12, 2009 1:12 PM | 20 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  After being ignored for several days, a blog I wrote last week on the dangers of the dry cleaning chemical perc caught fire this weekend, inciting comments that were not simply indignant, but...

• How Deadly is Your Dry Cleaning?

  Camryn Hansen | January 03, 2009 11:39 PM | 13 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Don’t let the “clean” in dry cleaning mislead you. Eighty five percent of dry cleaners across the country use a dangerous solvent called perchloroethylene, or “perc”...

• Fatal Hospital Errors - New Jersey Reports 71 Percent Increase

  Mike Ferrara | December 20, 2008 10:29 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has announced the results of its third annual Patient Safety Act report, which show that in 2007, a full 72 New Jersey hospital patients...

• Representatives Ask Dept of Justice to Investigate Clarence Thomas

  Mike Ferrara | October 10, 2011 7:50 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Twenty House Democrats have requested that a federal investigation be opened into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to comply with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Last week the Democrats...

• US Chamber of Commerce Voted Most Damaging to Endangered Species

  Camryn Hansen | October 17, 2011 11:54 AM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Center for Biological Diversity recently gave its 2011 Rubber Dodo award to the US Chamber of Commerce. Each year, the Rubber Dodo is bestowed upon the individual, corporation or other entity...

• After Giving Patients HIV, VA Hospitals Still Have Inadequate Safety Procedures in Place

  Mike Ferrara | June 15, 2009 10:55 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Since April, we’ve been letting people know about the medical errors at VA hospitals that have caused at least five patients to contract HIV from contaminated endoscopic...

• 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...

• Virulent, Highly Contagious Stomach Flu Sends 400 New Yorkers to the ER Every Day This Week

  Camryn Hansen | November 08, 2008 9:33 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The bad news is that this year’s flu vaccine does not protect against the norovirus, or highly contagious stomach flu, that’s sweeping New York City this week—sending more than...

• Congressional Panel Will Investigate How VA Hospitals Gave Patients HIV

  Mike Ferrara | May 31, 2009 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A congressional panel is set to question officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs about medical mistakes at VA hospitals that caused at least five patients to become infected with HIV,...

• 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...