Posts tagged bacteria

• Not So Fast: Nationwide Recall on Slim Fast Due to Bacteria Contamination

  Rick Shapiro | December 05, 2009 9:03 PM | 5 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Slim Fast, the popular weight loss beverage, has issued a recall due to the discovery of harmful bacteria in their product that could cause food poisoning including nausea, vomiting, and...

• Harmful Bacteria Advisory Posted in Southern Shores Waters off the Outer Banks

  Rick Shapiro | July 15, 2009 11:37 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A section of the Outer Banks had to post an advisory against swimming at a sound-side site in Dare County because of bacteria levels, according to a news release from the state’s Division of...

• Hope Mills Lake Near Fayetteville Hospitalizes Teen with Rare Bacteria Infection

  Rick Shapiro | July 01, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A Fayetteville youth did not anticipate what he was in for when deciding to take an innocent swim in the lake one hot summer afternoon. The 14-year-old North Carolina boy is now...

• Swim Advisory For Parts Of Belhaven Due To High Levels of Bacteria

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 22, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  There has been a recent environmental health warning to the local swimming waters in the Belhaven area. According to health officials there are high levels of bacteria present. This has...

• Judge trims government’s request to cut award for flesh eating bacteria misdiagnosis

  Jim Lewis | March 29, 2009 8:55 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to the USA Today Magistrate Judge Phillip Frazier has found that a doctor at a southern Illinois military base misdiagnosed Jean Phillips, an ex-wife of a Scott Airforce Base Captain....