11 May, 2009 – 20:04 | 7 Comments

In an about-face to their stance during the Clinton Administration, leaders of the nation’s healthcare industry have promised to cut prices in response to the Obama Administration’s vow to resolve the healthcare crisis and make health care available to every…

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E.Coli Strikes Again! Toll House Cookie Dough Recalled
19 June, 2009 – 20:19 | No Comment

Some cookie monsters want their cookies crispy but others prefer chewy.  For a lot of people who like Toll House cookies, the raw dough is better than the cooked stuff.  That raw dough can make you very sick these days,…

US Launches International Manhunt over Tainted Syringes
17 March, 2009 – 4:49 | No Comment

The chief executive officer of AM2PAT, Inc., has fled the United States after two managers from his company’s North Carolina plant were sentenced to several years in prison for shipping medical syringes that were not sterilized, as required by law. …

$1 Billion Price Tag for On-going Peanut Recall
16 March, 2009 – 14:29 | 2 Comments

The now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) inadvertently set off the largest food recall in United States history when it shipped peanut base products to food manufacturers in spite of repeated tests indicating evidence of salmonella colonization.  The resulting outbreak…

Casserole Makes 200 Wisconsin Inmates Sick
2 March, 2009 – 13:04 | One Comment

Anyone who enjoys potluck dinners, church suppers, and other gatherings where people bring food to be shared with a crowd is familiar with the ubiquitous casserole.  This dish, in any of its many versions, has become so common that it’s…

Two Tampa Women Hospitalized After Homemade Silicone Injections
12 February, 2009 – 22:26 | 2 Comments

Two women from Tampa, Florida, are suffering serious health consequences after they allowed a woman to inject their buttocks with a homemade silicon solution to enhance their appearances.  Both women, in their 30s, were hospitalized after the injections made them…

Tainted Peanut Butter Maker Gets Called Before Congress
29 January, 2009 – 21:51 | No Comment

Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company making recent headlines for knowingly selling salmonella-tainted peanut butter to some of the nation’s leading makers of packaged food products, has been called in for a congressional hearing.  Congressman…

Persistent Problems Exist at Georgia Peanut Plant
28 January, 2009 – 22:21 | One Comment

Repeated inspections didn’t get the job done.  Nor did regulations governing how to operate a safe food-handling facility.  Building codes didn’t do the job, either.  Instead, it took a widespread salmonella outbreak that made more than 500 people sick to…

Peanut Butter Products Recall List Grows; Jars Still Thought Safe
19 January, 2009 – 21:04 | 2 Comments

The list grows as more and more peanut-based products are being voluntarily recalled after a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning was issued on Saturday, January 17.  At this time, the source of Salmonella contamination is thought to be…

Rural America Painkiller Deaths Spike 550% in 5 Years
11 December, 2008 – 8:25 | 2 Comments

Recent issue of ‘JAMA,’ the ‘Journal of the American Medical Association,’ says abuse and deadly overdoses attributed to prescription painkillers is on the rise, with rural America leading the way.  The study behind this alarming finding focused on West Virginia,…

Katrina/FEMA Trailer Kids Face Serious Health Issues
27 November, 2008 – 16:25 | 2 Comments

The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) released its first report on the health of the children displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and it seems that, even years after storm winds and rains have subsided, the ravage of these…

Will Melamine Import Alert Shanghai New FDA Offices In China?
17 November, 2008 – 6:32 | 2 Comments

Pet food, baby formula, milk and milk products, candy, breaded shrimp, vitamins, protein supplement powders, yogurt, chocolates, biscuits, snacks, cookies. Many of these products are made in China and imported to the United States in massive number. And many of…

FDA Wrong About BPA Safety, Says Advisory Panel
30 October, 2008 – 5:31 | 2 Comments

The committee of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) commissioner released a report that says the FDA is wrong about the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used throughout the bottle-manufacturing industry.  Plastic baby bottles…

FDA Issues Warning for China-Made Baby Formula
15 September, 2008 – 20:33 | 2 Comments

Hundreds of infants in China have developed painful kidney stones after ingesting infant formulas, manufactured in China, that may contain melamine.  Melamine is the substance behind last year’s widespread pet-food recall that left untold numbers of cats and dogs in…

NTP Report on Bisphenol A
5 September, 2008 – 7:32 | One Comment

The federal government’s top toxicologists report “concerns” over bisphenol A (BPA), the controversial chemical in many of the nation’s favorite plastic beverage containers, after a full investigation of the chemical suspected of causing problems with behavior and development of the…