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• Contaminated Canned Food Still on Shelves

  Greg Owen | July 30, 2007 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Food and Drugs Administration are doing spot checks due to the recent canned meat recall, and they are not happy with what they are finding. In spite of the recall, nationwide spot checks show that there are stores selling canned food that may contain botulism. You may recall that Augusta, Georgia-based Castleberry's Food Company started recalling more than 90 potentially contaminated...

• Avandia and Actos Linked to Heart Attacks in U.K.

  Greg Owen | July 30, 2007 11:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  As in the United States, the obesity epidemic is growing in the United Kingdom. It is a known fact that obesity greatly increases a person's risk of becoming diabetic. In fact, the use of diabetes drugs, which are given to hundreds of thousands of mostly overweight people in the United Kingdom, are said to be causing another serious problem - heart failure.The drugs in question are Avandia...

• FDA Issues Chili Sauce Botulism Warning

  Greg Owen | July 22, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A new warning from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This time the warning involves canned chile sauce that may contain botulism. Several people, including 2 children, are seriously ill after eating the contaminated food. Those people fell ill between June 29 and July 9. The affected products are made by the Castleberry Food Company in Augusta, Georgia. Go on the link for a list of the 10...

• Automobile and Train Collide

  Greg Owen | July 21, 2007 11:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A truck driver was killed and an Amtrack train was derailed when they collided in Plant City, Florida on Tuesday. The train rolled past the truck as it tried to stop, and the truck burst into flames on impact. Nine of the 133 train passengers were treated at the local hospital."The Amtrak train No. 92, on the Silver Star line en route from Miami to New York City, was headed westbound to Tampa...

• Four Die in Crash Involving Amtrack

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  On Monday, an Amtrack train carrying 161 passengers collided with a vehicle. The collision was a result of the driver of the vehicle making a decision to drive around the crossing gate, witnesses reported. When you hear stories like this, it seems, truth can be stranger than fiction!Most unfortunately, the driver caused the deaths of three other people besides himself. Thankfully there were no...

• Food Warning Labels Confusing - FDA May Step In

  Greg Owen | July 19, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Food labels can be confusing at best. This can clearly pose a problem for consumers who may have food allergies. That is why The Food and Drug Administration will seek advice from both consumers and food makers, at which time they will consider whether they should intervene so as to prevent the consumer from using what could amount to a defective product."Consumers see the label "on so many...

• Sexual Harassment Involving College Professors

  Greg Owen | July 15, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The University of Missouri-Kansas City's pockets are a little lighter after they settled a one million dollar lawsuit that was filed due to sexual harassment of two of their professors. In the complaint that was filed two women, Linda Garavalia and Megan Pinkston-Camp, claim that the university did absolutely nothing after getting complaints about the sexual misconduct. The accused professors...

• Widow of Slain Officer Ordered to Pay

  Greg Owen | July 14, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Elizabeth Bernoskie's husband, a police officer, was gunned down in a robbery gone wrong in 1958. No charges were filed until 41 years later after the suspect's sister reveled that her brother and her cousin had talked about committing the murder. However, after the prime suspect, Zarinsky, was acquitted in the criminal trial. The decedent's wife filed a wrongful-death civil suit wherein the...

• Defective Drugs - FDA's Credibility Questioned

  Greg Owen | July 13, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  It is no secret that an endless parade of defective drugs such as Vioxx, Avandia, Accutane, Ketek and Zyprexa have been approved by the FDA. In fact, the FDA has been accused of being a little too close to the pharmaceutical industry. In an effort to remedy the situation, the House of Representatives recently passed a bill aimed at improving the FDA's current system. The bill, once signed by...

• Motorcycle Industry Pledges $2.8 Million

  Greg Owen | July 07, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  In response to the motorcycles pladge to fund $2.8 million in crash research, Ed Moreland of the American Medical Association's VP of Government Relations stated on their websire " This commitment by the motorcycle industry is a vital ingredient in getting the first comprehensive study of the causes of motorcycle crashes in more than 25 years."Motorcycle riding has long been a favorite pastime...

• More Recalled Products from China

  Greg Owen | July 06, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Of late, the phrase "made in China" makes many consumers downright uneasy. There have been so many recalled products that came from China people are proceeding with extreme caution, and who can blame them. Product recalls from China continued this week when a New York company recalled two snack food products. The recalled products were feared to be contaminated with salmonella, which was traced...

• Avandia Sales Drop

  Greg Owen | July 01, 2007 3:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Sales of Avandia, the drug developed to aid diabetes patients, have dropped by approximately 10% since The New England Journal of Medicine posted an Avandia study on May 21, 2007 that was less than favorable. The study showed a huge increase in heart attacks and cardiovascular disease in people taking the drug, which is a product of GlaxoSmithKline.By the drug manufacturer's estimates, the...