- Shannon Weidemann | February 26, 2007 11:39 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesLos Angeles's subway stations are unattended and monitored only by closed circuit television cameras. In December a man spilled mercury on the platform at one of the stations and contacted the Metro Transit Authority on what he had done. It took 8 hours before anything was done to clean up the spill. In the meantime several passengers of the subway came in contact with the hazardous...
- Paul Kiesel | February 26, 2007 3:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFDA requires new ADHD warning labels. Added warnings advised on ADHD drugs.An FDA advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend the most serious type of warning labels for drugs treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The new warning will include cautionary language of those medications causing psychiatric and heart problems, including death.Approximately 3.3 million children and 1.5...
- Paul Kiesel | February 12, 2007 3:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTrasylol linked to increased risk of death. New study reports heart surgery drug increases risk of death. Aprotinin, a drug commonly used to prevent bleeding during heart surgery increases the risk of dying in the five years after surgery by almost 50 percent. That is the conclusion of a recent study published on Wednesday in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study...
- Paul Kiesel | February 05, 2007 3:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFDA pledges to improve its safety program. New promises from the FDA. Last week the Food and Drug Administration promised to make significant changes to the U.S. drug safety program. Its pledge comes as a result of last falls scathing report issued by a blue ribbon panel that found the FDA's drug safety program is in serious need of change. Specifically, the panel found that FDA officials were...