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 …

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 …

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 …

On Friday, Whole Foods Market issued a recall of all ground beef sold under the Coleman Natural Foods brand name between June 2 and August 6.  Consumers who have Coleman beef bought at Whole Foods …

In the continuing search for the source of the Salmonella saintpaul outbreak that has made hundreds of consumers in the United States and Canada sick over the last few months, investigators now say they’ve identified …

The dangers of an overdose of prescription medications made headlines around the world when the 28-year-old Australian actor, Heath Ledger, died last January.  A team of sociologists in California have just released the findings of …

The rare strain of Salmonella that has made more than 1,000 people sick in the US and Canada has been identified as coming from a small packing plant in South Texas, according to Dr. David …

After weeks of getting blamed for causing as many as 1,200 people in 42 states and the District of Columbia to become ill with infection from Salmonella, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has …

More than two weeks after public health officials in the United States issued a warning to consumers against eating certain types of tomatoes linked to more than 800 cases of salmonella infection, the source of …

All ground beef sold in Kroger stores throughout Michigan and in Colombus and Toledo, Ohio, between May 21 and June 8 has been recalled by the grocer because of an outbreak of E. coli traced …