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Nov-30-07 St. Louis, MO General Mills produced and distributed 120 million pizzas throughout the US during an E. coli outbreak that was linked to the company's Totino's and Jeno's pizzas. However, although the company did announce a recall, it only involved 5 million of those 120 pizzas produced. Considering that General Mills, the sixth largest food company in t... - Open Burn Pits: US Veteran Suffering Respiratory Problems and More…
Sep-7-11 Canton, OH It's a sad state of affairs when a US veteran comes home from Afghanistan only to find himself unemployable due to respiratory problems as a result of breathing toxic fumes day after day at military open pit burn sites. David choked back his tears as he told this reporter how he has lost just about everything, including his will to live. ... - Topps Beef Recall: "Ohmigod, I ate E coli burgers"
Nov-11-07 Queens, NY Vincent Torres bought a package of quarter-pounder Topps beef burgers and broiled three of them that night—he had a healthy appetite. But it's going to be a long time before he'll eat another burger after becoming violently ill from E coli, just one week before reading about the Topps beef recall . "Anyone who knows me says I cook bu... - Deadly Frozen Pizza in Your Freezer?
Nov-7-07 Wellston, OH The box may say it's crisp 'n tasty, but the potential for an unseen ingredient in your Jeno's or Totino's frozen pizza could put you in the hospital with E. coli, and has resulted in a massive frozen pizza recall . It is, in fact one of the largest recalls that General Mills has seen in years. On November 1st, the huge manufacturer vol... - Avandia Facing More Limitations
Oct-22-07 Boston, MA As Avandia's sales drop, more news is coming in that uses of the drug both in the US and internationally are being limited. GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, already faces numerous [ lawsuits ] regarding the drug; sales have fallen drastically and now it appears that even fewer people will have access to Avandia because of safety concerns. ... - Car Crashworthiness: When (If Ever) Do Airbags Deploy in Rear-End Collisions?
Oct-12-07 Phoenix, AZ Miraculously, Lynn H. walked away from a multiple car crash; her car was so badly mangled even the police couldn't fathom why she wasn't seriously injured after the airbags in her 2004 Toyota Corolla didn't deploy—another car that miserably failed car crashworthiness . Before buying her car, Lynn H. did a lot of research to find a ca... - "I Pray That I'll Never Need an Antibiotic," Says Ibuprofen SJS Victim
Aug-11-11 Bridgeport, CT Since being diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome two years ago, Sandra, a mother of two, is terrified that one of these days she might need to take an antibiotic. She will definitely never take Ibuprofen again—the medication that could have killed her. "In May of 2009, I took Ibuprofen for a headache and that evening I fe... - Evacuation from Montana Oil Spill
Jul-2-11 Billings, MT Residents near Laurel, Montana were temporarily evacuated Saturday morning after an ExxonMobile crude oil pipeline ruptured and caused an unknown amount of oil to spill into the waterway. The pipeline, which runs under the Yellowstone River near Billings in south-central Montana, apparently leaked for about 30 minutes. According to Brent Pe... - Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Not Thoroughly Tested
Jun-28-11 Chicago, IL While not the market leader in the hip replacement industry, Zimmer hip is nonetheless poised to share in the projected $8.6 billion implant market by the year 2017. That's just six years away. However, it does speak to the growing need for the largest segment of the baby boom population moving through middle age into the retirement demogra... - Avandia Remains on Market Despite Health Risks
Aug-7-07 Los Angeles, CA: Despite expert testimony about its side effects risk, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market. But while the committee did not call for an Avandia recall, it says that the drug's label should carry a stronger warning about its risk of causing... - Beef E.coli: From Farm to Table?
Aug-1-07 Washington, DC What do we know about E coli and its relationship to beef? By all accounts, not enough to stop beef ecoli recalls. Yet another outbreak of the E coli O157:H7 strain has shown up, this time in Canada. On July 7, 2007 the CBC news reported that officials warned people not to eat certain fresh and frozen ground beef products sold at Canad... - Fosamax: Risk of Dead Jaw Syndrome Buried in Product Literature
Jul-29-07 Whitehouse Station, NJ: While no one expects the litigation fallout over Fosamax to be anything like Vioxx, drug manufacturer Merck & Co. Inc. has nonetheless set aside a $48 million dollar reserve to fund any settlements arising from lawsuits. Given the suspected link of Fosamax to the onset of the rare, but painful 'dead jaw syndrome', and usage levels... - One Man's DePuy Hip Replacement Nightmare
Jun-13-11 Tasmania When Robin Kemp sought an opinion on a potential hip replacement, the DePuy Hip Replacement system was recommended to the teacher as one that was often used for patients younger than Kemp, according to the June 9 issue of Lead Counsel Corner . Assuming that the artificial hip would last him for years, the Australian went ahead and underwent s... - What's With the Beef?
Jul-25-07 Suffolk, VA In the first six months of 2007, the US Food Safety and Inspection Service recalled over seven million pounds of red meat. And the number of cases of people getting sick from contaminated beef is growing as fast as E. coli in an overcrowded cattle pen. What's up with our beef? Are we going to have a repeat of the ConAgra case? (In July 2... - Panacryl Sutures like a Horror Movie, for Some
Jul-9-07 Somerville, NJ: If you've ever seen the movie 'Alien', you know the horror of witnessing something lurking within, coming up through the skin and emerging like the horrible monster it is. Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction, in that while the monster depicted above is a figment of someone's imagination, another monster known as Panacryl has proven... - Toy Recall: Surface Paint Contains Lead
Jun-15-07 Washington, DC Thanks to yet another, incomprehensible faux pas by the Peoples Republic of China, a defective products recall report issued June 13th by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) spells out 1.5 million reasons why your kids might be at risk - and a corresponding number of reasons to contact a lawyer. After tainted toothpaste... - Victims Targeted in Identity Theft
Apr-27-11 Atlanta, GA If you thought identity theft was just for small-time criminals looking to make a little money, you might want to think again. Identity theft fraud can make thieves millions of dollars, making identity theft scams worth their while. Some people involved in ID theft can rack up millions of dollars in fraudulent transactions, not only benefit... - Pushing Panacryl and Vicryl Sutures: Is Fluffy next?
May-21-07 Mokena, IL: Are you looking for cheap surgical supplies, such as Ethicon's Panacryl or Vicryl sutures? Don't care if they're a bit "doggy"? Well, discounted and aging supplies are remarkably easy to find. Just google eSutures.com. It describes itself as a discount distributor of sutures from various drug companies, including Ethicon, a division of John... - VA Medical Malpractice: Veteran Cries Discrimination
Apr-5-11 Portland, OR Not only does Arthur believe that his VA doctor is guilty of VA medical malpractice after a botched surgery, he also accuses the VA hospital (and the federal government) of discriminating against Korean and Vietnam veterans. "It all started several years ago when I had micro-surgery to treat a Hiatal hernia," says Arthur. (This type of... - Best Buy: One Item, Two Prices
Apr-29-07 Minneapolis, MN: Best Buy may not be the best buy after all. Attorney General for the State of Connecticut Richard Blumenthal has ordered an investigation into the current practise by Best Buy of maintaining two web sites - an Internet site, and a look-a-like Intranet in-store site. What's the difference? Price. Consumers using bestbuy.com for...