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  • ETHEX Faces Another Recall Over Manufacturing Practices
    Feb-8-09 Washington, DC A manufacturer with a prior incident for distributing products outside the bounds of good manufacturing practices is having to face the music again: More prescription prenatal and iron supplements made by ETHEX Corporation have been recalled over fear of ETHEX side effects and other concerns. In the past, ETHEX drug overdose has been an is...
  • One Tragic Car Accident, One Remarkable Oversight
    Jan-30-09 Fontana, CA There is probably little that could save you from a car accident that sees a vehicle plunge into a brick wall at 90 miles an hour. Car crashes happen every minute of every day, and the crash that happened January 28 in California was horrific in of itself. But advocates of car crash safety are always mortified when safety mechanisms designed...
  • Spa Factor Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits Recalled
    Eye and Face Injuries Prompt Recalls About 516,000 Spa Factor Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits are being recalled because the pressure from the buildup of carbon dioxide in the jars of Bath Bombs/Balls or Bath Fizzies can cause the caps on the jars to blow off, posing explosion and projectile hazards. The mixtures also can contain citric acid...
  • Defective Products Rattle Safety Advocates
    Jan-19-09 Washington DC Defective products provide continuing frustration for consumers, in tandem with manufacturers of goods that continue to look towards the lower labor costs associated with manufacturing overseas. Poor quality often results, and consumer safety is often put at risk. Defective product personal injury cannot only be frustrating, it can also be...
  • Eli Lilly Set to Accept $1.4 Billion Whistleblower Settlement
    Jan-18-09 Washington, DC To say that a whistleblower cost a major pharmaceutical company $1.4 billion detracts from the value of whistle blowing as a major support protecting the safety and interests of consumers. How else might we have known about the alleged wrongdoings of Big Pharma giant Eli Lilly with regard to the marketing of Zyprexa? Whistleblowers perform...
  • Heparin in the Top Ten
    Jan-14-09 Los Angeles, CA Of all the medical mishaps and mistakes, recalls and reports of 2008, heparin contamination has to be in the top ten. The blood-thinning drug that was found to be tainted by it Chinese manufacturer allegedly caused hundreds of injuries and at least 20 deaths in the US and more than 80 serious adverse events in Germany. Add to that the Foo...
  • SSRI Pushers under Fire: Part 2: America's Most Wanted
    Jan-12-09 Washington, DC Most doctors who attended conferences, medical seminars and other events throughout the 1990s were not aware that the so-called "key opinion leaders" encouraging them to prescribe the new generation of antidepressants for everything under the sun, including to children as young as infants, were nothing more than highly paid drug pushers fo...
  • Semi Truck Accidents are Nightmares on Wheels
    Dec-15-08 Kansas City, MI Semi truck accidents add new meaning to the phrase, "go big or go home." Not only is a trucking accident that involves a big rig massive in sheer size, but also massive in scope with regard to the carnage that can ensue. And to be fair to the trucking industry, it's not always the fault of the truck driver. The problem is that with so man...
  • Five ETHEX Drug Recalls "Excessive"
    Dec-14-08 Bullhead City, AZ When Fletcher W. received a notification that his medication, made by ETHEX Corporation, was recalled, he realized that his chest pain had been caused by the isosorbide mononitrate he was taking. Like many people who were put at risk of an ETHEX Corporation drug overdose, Fletcher suffered some side effects from his medication. Luckily...
  • Mother's Act Promotes Pregnancy as New Cottage Industry
    Dec-5-08 Women of childbearing years represent the most lucrative market for the makers of psychiatric drugs. The knowledge that infants were being born with birth defects and suffering a withdrawal syndrome when these drugs were used during pregnancy was hidden for decades. Knowledge of these terrible risks would have caused a major drop in sales to this customer b...
  • Tainted Heparin Verified as Cause for Adverse Reactions by CDC
    Dec-5-08 Atlanta, GA Even though contaminated heparin has been in the headlines for a year now, a case-control study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the respected health organization based in Atlanta, finally confirms via a published report something we know all too well: tainted heparin, and syringes used to deliver the drug, have played...
  • Wrongful Death in Iowa Could Multiply
    Nov-27-08 Glenwood, IA In a copyrighted story appearing yesterday in the Des Moines Register, an Iowa mother is accusing a State-run home for the disabled of wrongful death , and indicated that she will be seeking a wrongful death attorney to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit. For now, Georgette Alexander is grieving over the loss of her son. What complicates the...
  • Choking Hazard from Arizona Pants for Newborns and Infants Prompts Recall
    JCPenny Recalls 24,000 Pairs of Denim Pants JCPenny is recalling about 24,000 pairs of denim trousers under the Arizona label, for newborns and infants, because the metal snap at the waist can detach posing a choking hazard. The trousers were sold in sizes 0-3 months, 3-6 months and 6-9 months. Only those pants made in Bangladesh are affected; pant...
  • Taking Stock of Morgan Keegan Stock Crisis
    Nov-24-08 Memphis, TN Just imagine that investing in Morgan Keegan investment funds was like buying a car or a toaster. If your wheels break down under warranty, you take the clunker back to the dealer. If the toaster fails to work, you take it back to the store. Those hit with a Morgan Keegan stock crisis are dealing with more than something akin to a lemon on wh...
  • Defective Cars Still on the Road, Recall Notices in the Glove Box
    Nov-10-08 Detroit, MI Driving a defective automobile is generally a recipe for disaster—a defective car is more likely to be in an accident, or cause an injury that can be linked to an auto defect. The latter can be due to poor design, or workmanship. However, the bottom line is startling: there are millions of defective vehicles on the road, and nobody is doing...
  • Kugel Mesh Manufacturer Receives FDA Warning Letter
    Nov-7-08 Rockville, MD Based on all the problems patients have experienced with the Kugel Mesh hernia patch it should come as no surprise that the maker of the patch, C.R. Bard, recently received a warning letter concerning its plant in Puerto Rico. Of course, that is the plant at which the Kugel Mesh patches are manufactured. The letter, dated July 22, 2008,...
  • The Whistleblower and the Voting Machine
    Oct-27-08 Washington, DC With one of the most important Presidential elections in US history mere days away, concern is resurfacing over the integrity of voting machines and the potential for tampering, according to two whistleblowers . Indeed, there has been a lot of whistleblowing going on with regard to one of the most closely guarded freedoms inherent with demo...
  • The SPSC Gets Tough With Defective Cribs
    Oct-22-08 Washington, DC Perhaps the latest crib recall is a sign that the US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) is prepared to bare a little more teeth in its mandate to protect consumers from shoddy products. Nonetheless, parents concerned with the baby crib recall issue and the ultimate health and safety of their children will applaud the CPSC's stance,...
  • Heparin Injection From Recalled Product Still on the Shelf
    Oct-20-08 Los Angeles, CA It's bad enough that a contaminated product like Heparin can find its way across our borders and into our medical supply. Heparin contamination has proven both a health liability and a source of fear for anyone requiring heparin injection by way of heparin syringes. However, when a recalled product is still found on hospital shelves almos...
  • Law and the Environment: It's All Around You
    Oct-19-08 Washington, DC In his book, 'The Making of Environmental Law,' author Richard J. Lazarus recalls fondly his evenings working as a bartender while pursuing his degree and putting the wheels in motion to become, what was a bit of a novelty in 1975, an environmental lawyer. He recalls a conversation with a customer in the bar one autumn evening that year...
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