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Kellogg Peanut Butter Crackers Recalled After Salmonella Found

Posted on February 03, 2009
Kellogg is recalling the product Austin Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter after a package tested positive for salmonella. The crackers are the first product sold to consumers found with salmonella; initially salmonella was linked only to products sold to institutions, such as nursing homes...

Lawsuit Against Honda Over Civic Hybrid Mileage Claims Goes Forward

Posted on January 28, 2009
The owner of a Honda Civic Hybrid may proceed in a lawsuit against Honda for false advertising. A California appeals court held that, though Federal law prevents some lawsuits over disclosure of fuel economy standards, it does not preempt car manufacturers from being sued over everything they say about fuel efficiency...

NFL Players' Brains Show Long-Term Damage from Concussions in Study

Posted on January 28, 2009
Concussions damage the brain more than previously thought, and can lead to a lifetime of headaches and depression. The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) has used tissue from retired NFL athletes’ brains, culled posthumously, to research the effects of concussions...

Report Suggests FDA Should Improve Oversight of Doctor Conflicts

Posted on January 27, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration needs to improve its oversight of the financial conflicts of doctors who participate in clinical testing before a drug is approved for sale, according to a government watchdog report. The FDA lacks a complete list of doctors conducting research on new medicines, and it cannot determine which companies have submitted financial information for doctors working on studies, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general...

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FDA Allowing Melamine to Remain in Infant Formula

Posted on January 26, 2009
Scientists at Consumer’s Union, a nonprofit group, believe that a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to allow infant formula contaminated with melamine or its byproducts to remain on store shelves is “seriously flawed.” The FDA tested 89 containers of U...

End of 2008 Brings A Burst of Settlements With Justice Department

Posted on January 25, 2009
Since the presidential election, the Justice Department reached more than a dozen business-related settlements. There are also more in the pipeline for this month (January 2009), which prompted interest groups and lawyers to claim that companies were rushing to seek more favorable outcomes before the new administration took over...

Two Consumer Groups Fight Life Insurers' New Policy to Lower Reserves

Posted on January 25, 2009
Two prominent consumer groups, the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Economic Justice, are extremely concerned about the proposal that will reduce the amount of money life insurers have to put aside to pay future claims. According to the American Council of Life Insurance, the proposal would reduce the total number of money insurers need to keep in their reserves by about $25 billion, or about 7% of the industry’s net worth...

Billion-Dollar Verdicts Vanishing

Posted on January 16, 2009
Billion-dollar jury verdicts may be a thing of the past. For the second time in the past three years, juries in 2008 issued no awards above that amount, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. In 2007, there was a verdict for $1.5 billion, which was reversed and settled before being retried; in the 14 years prior there was at least one billion-dollar verdict a year, with 26 total...

Hundreds Sick After Salmonella Outbreak, Could be Linked to Peanut Butter

Posted on January 15, 2009
King Nut Companies, an Ohio distributor, has recalled two brands of its peanut butter after an open container tested positive for salmonella bacteria. A salmonella outbreak has made 399 people sick in 42 states. About 70 people have been sent to the hospital...

New Congress and Obama to Overturn Supreme Courts Ruling On Discrimination Case?

Posted on January 14, 2009
Democrats in Congress, along with President-elect Obama, are planning a swift action to overturn a Supreme Court decision, which makes it more difficult for people to challenge discrimination in many different fields including housing, education and employment...

Recall of Jardine Cribs Expanded after Reports of Crib Slats Breaking

Posted on January 12, 2009
A crib recall issued last June has been expanded to include another 56,450 cribs manufactured by Jardine Enterprises. The original recall affected 320,000 wooden Jardine cribs after 42 reports of slats and spindles breaking, including four children who had become entrapped in the space created by those breaks...

Safety Legislation May Prevent Drowning and Injuries in Swimming Pools

Posted on January 11, 2009
A sweeping new law, which went into full effect December 19, 2008 after an entire year of transition time, is designed to prevent children from drowning due to drain suction trapping them underwater. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an average of 283 children under the age of five drown and an additional 2,700 have to go to the emergency room annually for submersion related injuries...

FDA To Reconsider Its Position On A Potentially Dangerous Chemical In Baby Bottles

Posted on January 06, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration’s own advisory board accused the agency of failing to consider research on the dangers of bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical found in many plastic baby bottles, plastic food containers and metal can linings, causing the agency to finally agree to reconsider the issue...

Supreme Court To Consider Bankruptcy Court's Power Due To Asbestos-Related Lawsuits

Posted on January 05, 2009
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating a $500 million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the Travelers Company Inc.. This settlement would prevent any further lawsuits from being filed against Travelers arising out of the company’s extensive relationship with Johns Manville Corp...

Corporate America Seeking Special Treatment - Immunity and Corporate Welfare

Posted on January 04, 2009
In an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated: ““We understand the critical necessity of revitalizing the economy by restoring American jobs, encouraging the growth of U.S. businesses, and protecting the savings and investments of millions of Americans...

Mattel To Pay $12 Million To States To End Toy Lead Problem

Posted on January 04, 2009
The world’s largest toy manufacturer, Mattel Inc., has agreed to pay $12 million to thirty-nine U.S. states in order to settle claims that it shipped toys tainted with lead paint. It also agreed to immediately implement new federal guidelines, which will reduce the lead content in toys by August 2009...

Study Shows Colonoscopies May Not Be As Accurate As Previously Thought

Posted on December 29, 2008
For years doctors have believed colonoscopies, the screening test for colorectal cancer, prevented 90 percent of cancers, but a new study shows they might actually only prevent 60 percent to 70 percent. Last spring a study found that the test may miss a type of polyp, a flat lesion, or an indented one that nestles against the colon wall...

Veterans Sue Federal Government Over Lack of PTSD Disability Benefits

Posted on December 29, 2008
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the federal government by five veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The soldiers allege that they were illegally denied disability benefits despite being diagnosed with severe cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

FDA May Not Have Adequately Tested Heart Devices for Short-Circuiting, Physician Says

Posted on December 28, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration is about to approve the use of a new electrical component for heart device implants, but it may not have adequately tested the device for potential risks, said Dr. Robert G. Hauser of the Minneapolis Heart Institute in an article he wrote with Dr...

Air Outside of Schools Nationwide May Contain Toxic Chemicals

Posted on December 24, 2008
Toxic chemicals pollute the air outside of hundreds of thousands of schools around the nation, threatening the health of the students at those locations, according to an analysis by USA TODAY. outside air samples showed high levels of chemicals coming from the plastics plant across the street...

Disruptive Doctors Causing Medical Errors and Workplace Problems

Posted on December 24, 2008
Hospital staff members are blaming badly behaving doctors for low morale, stress, and high turnover, which contribute to medical mistakes, preventable complications, and even death, a recent study showed. A survey of health care workers at 102 nonprofit hospitals from 2004 to 2007 found that 67 percent of respondents thought there was a link between disruptive behavior and medical mistakes, and 18 percent said they knew of a mistake that occurred because of a disruptive doctor...

Dangers of Escalators: Watch Your Step

Posted on December 23, 2008
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Studies Show Emergency Rooms Overwhelmed By Uninsured

Posted on December 22, 2008
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FDA Bans Use Two Asthma Drugs

Posted on December 21, 2008
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Medical Residents Urged To Get Sleep After 16 Hours

Posted on December 18, 2008
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MRSA Infections Typically Caught In Hospitals, Killing 18,000 People Each Year

Posted on December 09, 2008
MRSA infections kill more than 18,000 people a year, and six out of seven people infected with the antibiotic-resistant germ contract it at a health care facility. The germ, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, spreads by touch or contact, and can enter breaks in the skin as small as a mosquito bite...

W.A.T.C.H.'s 2008 "10 Worst Toys" List

Posted on December 08, 2008
World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.) held it’s 36th Annual “10 Worst Toys” Conference in Boston this past November after seeing at least 66 toy recalls resulting in more than 7,890,000 units of toys recalled for various dangers in the past year...

Federal Judge OKs Exxon Oil Spill Payment Of $151 Million

Posted on December 08, 2008
A federal judge has stated that the thousands of Alaskan fishermen and other plaintiffs involved in the Exxon Valdez oil spill lawsuit should receive their portion of the punitive damages. The judge, H. Russel Holland, ordered the release of $151 million of the $383 million settlement stemming from the lawsuit that took place over twenty years ago...

Banned Chemical in Toys Still in Marketplace

Posted on December 03, 2008
Children’s products containing the recently banned chemical phthalate already in stores and warehouses will be allowed to remain in the marketplace, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a decision issued November 18. The ban, passed in August, is supposed to remain in effect until a scientific review is complete...

Employees Seeing Fewer Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plan Options

Posted on December 02, 2008
Many employers are doing away with health benefits, and even those that still offer them are cutting back the options. If an employer does offer benefits, the options are likely limited to plans with high annual deductibles of at least $1,100 for individuals and much higher for families...

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