Today Reuters reports that since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. More than ten years later, the company has come under scrutiny from European regulators. The FDA sent an investigator to inspect a [...]
Dec
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Transvaginal Mesh Products Should Be Recalled
Transvaginal mesh products are causing serious injury to thousands of women nationally. Surgical mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) to correct falling pelvic organs in women should be immediately recalled because of painful side effects, a watchdog group said. Transvaginal placement of surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse may [...]
Aug
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2011
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2011
Hip Implants Injuring Thousands, FDA Reports
A sports related injury, age or poor genes are all reasons why hundreds of thousands of Americans are receiving hip replacements. The average metal hip replacement should last 15 years without problem. Yet, since January 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received over 5,000 complaints of defective metal hip replacements. The number of [...]
Jul
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2011
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2011
Cell Phone Radiation Warning Ordinance Reinstated in San Francisco
Great news out of San Francisco – the ordinance requiring retailers to disclose the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of celluar radiation was reinstated today by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by a vote of 10:1. The cell phone radiation bill was originally passed in June 2010. A link to the proposed ordinance can be [...]
Jun
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2011
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2011
Half Million Exploding FireGel Products Recalled
On Wednesday, June 22, 2011, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled FireGel gel fuel products for risk of explosion and severe burns. The CPSC recalled 460,000 pourable NAPAfire and FIREGEL Gel Fuel bottles and jugs. The hazard, as explained on CPSC’s website is: the pourable gel fuel can ignite unexpectedly and splatter onto people and [...]
Jun
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Explosive FireGel Recalled
FireGel sold at Bed Bath & Beyond has reportedly seriously burned several customers, according to the June 10, 2011 New York Times. The product is is a gel used to light ceramic firepots, scented with citronella to ward off insects on hot summer nights. The label has a neon green box prominently centered that states “lab tested [...]
Jun
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2011
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2011
Cell Phone Industry Knew of Cancer Risk
In light of WHO’s announcement on May 31, 2011 that it agrees with the research indicating that cell phone radiation is a probable cause of brain tumors, the decade-long battle to represent brain tumor victims against the cell phone industry who knew the risk is being uncovered. ABC News Reported On Cell Phone Radiation ABC [...]
Jun
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2011
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2011
World Health Organization Warning: Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Tumors
The cell phone industry has concealed its knowledge of the serious risks cell phones pose to its customers, ranging from cell phone radiation causing brain tumors to driver distraction. Tuesday the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) confirmed the fear of many: cell phones may cause brain tumors. World Health Organization Warns The World WHO’s International Agency for Research [...]
Jun
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2011
The Facts of The McDonald’s Case Revealed: Hot Coffee The Movie at SIFF and HBO
Trial lawyer Susan Saladoff directed an outstanding film, Hot Coffee The Movie based upon Liebeck v. McDonald’s . The film educates audiences around the world on the misperception of plaintiffs’ cases and the media and corporation’s propoganda against justice. The infamous McDonald’s case from 1992 that biases juries against the injured and plaintiffs nationwide [...]
