Personal Injury Law

Major Public Health Group Calls for Ban on Dairy, Beef Hormones

Posted on December 22, 2009
Calling for Dairy and Beef Hormone Ban LEARN MORE American Public Health Association Resolution Food and Water Watch Physicians for Social Responsibility   IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ Dutch dairy cow/ Ellywa It is a major announcement for consumers who prefer foods unadulterated with hormones...

FDA - Vytorin Unlikely To Cause Cancer

Posted on December 22, 2009
Vytorin and Zetia Studies Ongoing LEARN MORE FDA Ongoing Safety Review Vytorin - December 22, 2009 New England Journal of Medicine study InjuryBoard on Vytorin Help Center InjuryBoard on Vytorin News   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ cholesterol lowering drugs/ author: dlerick It is unlikely that cholesterol drug, Vytorin, and related drug, Zetia, raise the risk of cancer...

FDA Warns Nestle For Making Juicy Juice Health Claims

Posted on December 22, 2009
FDA Warns Misbranded LEARN MORE FDA Warning letter – December 3, 2009 FDA Warning letter – December 4, 2009 Nestle Web site Nestle News Release on Brain Development in Juicy Juice – April 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Juicy Juice introducing DHA and Immunity from Nestle Web site Nestle, the Swiss food giant, made misleading claims about the health benefits of Juicy Juice products, the FDA says in a December 4 letter to the company...

Former CDC Head Hired To Boost Merck $5B Vaccine Division

Posted on December 21, 2009
Dr. Julie Gerberding LEARN MORE Merck & Co. Web site Merck News Room announcing appointment Merck responds to Archives of Internal Medicine article on Vioxx – November 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Dr...

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447,000 Dorel Infant Seat Carriers Recalled

Posted on December 21, 2009
Consumers Should Stop Using LEARN MORE CPSC – Product Alert Dorel Juvenile Group (866) 762-3316 Dorel Web site NHTSA- 2009 Ease of Use Rating for Child Safety Seats IMAGE SOURCE: CPSC Web site/ image of Dorel recalled infant carrier At least three infants have been injured by the Dorel baby carrier, now in the midst of a government recall of 447,000 of the infant car seat/carriers...

50 Million Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds Recalled

Posted on December 18, 2009
Roman shade Strangulation Hazard LEARN MORE Roll-Up Blind CPSC- Announcement on Recall, December 15, 2009 Parents for Window Blind Safety advocacy group List of voluntary recall manufacturers and products See video interview with Linda Kaiser, Chicago Tribune Window Covering Safety Council Web site and toll-free phone number for repair kits (800) 506-4636 IMAGE SOURCE: CPSC Web site on Roman shade, roll-up blind "I'm very happy that Roman shades are finally being pulled off the market, what it means to me is that they are no longer going to be manufactured with cords in them...

Lawsuit Charges Garlique Supplement Maker With Consumer Fraud

Posted on December 18, 2009
Hope For Class Action LEARN MORE GARLIQUE ® dietary supplement Web site Complaint against Chattem    IMAGE SOURCE: Chattem SunSource Web site   The manufacturer GARLIQUE ® dietary supplement has lost its motion to have a consumer fraud case filed against it in a Florida court thrown out...

Miami Hotel Cleared in Death of Guest from Legionnaires' Disease

Posted on December 17, 2009
LEARN MORE IB News - Miami Hotel Evacuated After Tourist Killed By Legionnaires' Disease - December 2009 Mayo Clinic - Legionnaires' disease CDC- on Legionnaires' disease   IMAGE SOURCE: Epic Hotel Web site Hotel Still Closed Earlier this week, national news reported that bacterial contamination at Miami's Epic Hotel associated with Legionnaires' disease killed one tourist and sickened two others...

FDA Panel Recommends Crestor For Healthy People

Posted on December 17, 2009
Giving Drugs To The Healthy? LEARN MORE AstraZeneca – Press Release on favorable FDA panel ruling InjuryBoard Help Page – Crestor IB News – Reduce Inflammation Naturally, Crestor Alternatives – November 2008 The Jupiter Trial InjuryBoard on Statins MayoClinic on Mediterranean Diet IB News - Crestor Maker Sees Sales Surge After Inflammation Study – November 2008 IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockphoto/ streaming blood/ author: Eraxion In seems incongruous - giving a medication to people who are healthy and not considered 'at risk' for any disease...

G.E. Healthcare Named In Class Action Over Scanners

Posted on December 16, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine -Radiation Dose Associated with Common Computed Tomography - December 2009, Abstract Archives of Internal Medicine - Projected Cancer Risks from Computed Tomographic Scans Performed in the US in 2007 - December 2009, Abstract InjuryBoard Help Page - CT Scan IB News - Third Los Angeles Hospital Added To Radiation Exposure List - December 2009 FDA: CT Scan Safety Investigation, October 2009 FDA: CT Scan Safety Investigation, October 2009 IB News - Radiation Overdose At One Hospital - October 2009 GE Healthcare - CT Perfusion to diagnose a stroke Cedars-Sinai Hospital   IMAGE SOURCE: Huntsville Times Web site/ image of Becky Coudert hair loss Brain Scans G...

Class Action Names Schwab Complicit in Parish Ponzi Scheme

Posted on December 16, 2009
53 Individuals, 13 States Name Schwab  LEARN MORE  Hays Consulting - Documents in Parish case Parish Economics Web site Motley Rice Web site and Media Center Post and Courier - Interview with Al Parish - June 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: "Economan" Logo/ Parish Economics Web site A federal court has certified a class action lawsuit brought by the Ponzi scheme victims of flamboyant South Carolina investor, Al Parish, naming Charles Schwab & Co...

CT Scans - Single Dose Radiation Can Trigger Cancer

Posted on December 15, 2009
CT Scans and the Cancer Link LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine -Radiation Dose Associated with Common Computed Tomography - December 2009, Abstract Archives of Internal Medicine - Projected Cancer Risks from Computed Tomographic Scans Performed in the US in 2007 - December 2009, Abstract InjuryBoard Help Page - CT Scan IB News - Third Los Angeles Hospital Added To Radiation Exposure List - December 2009 FDA: CT Scan Safety Investigation, October 2009 FDA: CT Scan Safety Investigation, October 2009 IB News - Radiation Overdose At One Hospital - October 2009 GE Healthcare - CT Perfusion to diagnose a stroke Cedars-Sinai Hospital   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ CT scan/ author: NithinRao Two newly published studies find that commonly used CT scans appear to pose a risk of cancer greater than previously thought...

Swine Flu Infant Vaccine Recalled Over Potency Problem

Posted on December 15, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC- Announcement on Pediatric Lot recall - December 15, 2009 CDC - Swine Flu Updates CBS News - States Stop Counting Pandemic Flu Cases - October 2009 IB News - Swine Flu Now Officially a Pandemic - June 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ childhood vaccine/ author: RBFried   Problem With Potency The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Tuesday that a swine flu prefilled syringe intended for infants is being voluntarily recalled...

Miami Hotel Evacuated After Tourist Killed By Legionnaires' Disease

Posted on December 14, 2009
400 Guests Notified LEARN MORE Mayo Clinic - Legionnaires' disease CDC- on Legionnaires' disease InjuryBoard Help Page - Legionnaires' disease  InjuryBoard - Hot Tubs & Spa Overview    IMAGE SOURCE: Epic Hotel Web site   About 300 hotel guests have been relocated from a downtown Miami luxury hotel after a foreign visitor died and two others were sickened from bacteria in the water...

FDA Hands-Off On St. John's wort Cataract Connections (Part 3)

Posted on December 14, 2009
What's a Consumer To Do? LEARN MORE IB News - St. Johns wort, The Cataract Connection – December 2009 IB News – Emerging Doubts About the Safety of St...

Lawsuit Blames Johnson & Johnson's Talcum Powder For Ovarian Cancer

Posted on December 11, 2009
Talcum Powder and Ovarian Cancer LEARN MORE Cancer Prevention Coalition Web site CPC - 1994 Letter to FDA over dangers of Talc Products Harvard University - Study on talcum powder, 2008 American Cancer society National Cancer Institute on Ovarian Cancer   IMAGE SOURCE: Female reproductive system graphic/ National Cancer Institute Web site Talc is the world's softest rock used to make a variety of products including soap, fertilizers, antacids, makeup, and baby powder...

Emerging Doubts About The Safety of St. John's wort (Part 2)

Posted on December 11, 2009
St. John's wort Revisited LEARN MORE Dr. Joan Roberts IB News - St. John's wort - The Cataract Connection (Part One) - December 2009 NewScientist – 1999, Abstract Dr...

St. John's wort - The Cataract Connection

Posted on December 10, 2009
St. John's wort flower St. John's wort Revisited LEARN MORE Current Eye Research – Abstract – October 2009 The Cochrane Library – on St. John's wort research Fordam University – on St...

General Mills Cutting Sugar On Some Cereals

Posted on December 10, 2009
Get The Sugar Out LEARN MORE General Mills – Statement on New Policy FDA Warning Letter, May 5, 2009 Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University – study on aggressive marketing IMAGE SOURCE: General Mills Web site Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs – all cereals marketed and made by General Mills...

Zhu Zhu Pets - The Other Side of the Story

Posted on December 09, 2009
LEARN MORE Good Guide rating of Zhu Zhu GoodGuide Clarifies its Toy Testing Methodology Good Guide on its new standards Agency for Toxic Substances on Antimony Cepia LLC Web site CPSC- Measuring Methods to find metals in paint – August 2009 CPSC – Toy Hazard Recalls Consumer Product Safety Commission Act of 2008 IB News – One in Three Children's Toys Still have Heavy Metals – December 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Zhu Zhu pet hamster/ Myzhuzhupetshamsters...

Third Los Angeles Hospital Added To Radiation Exposure List

Posted on December 09, 2009
FDA Urges Facility Review CT Scanners LEARN MORE FDA: CT Scan Safety Investigation, October 2009 FDA Med Watch – CT Brain Perfusion Scans Safety Investigation- December 2009 GE Healthcare – CT Perfusion to diagnose a stroke Cedars-Sinai Hospital IMAGE SOURCE: Providence St...

Will U.S. Allow Cheaper Drug Imports Under Reforms?

Posted on December 09, 2009
Imported Drugs Could Keep Costs Down LEARN MORE Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) – Bipartisan Amendment News Release Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act IB News – Dealing With Big Pharma – August 2009 PhRma Web site IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Rx Drugs / author: pixhook Will the U...

Toyota Corolla, Matrix Sudden Stalls Focus Of NHTSA Probe

Posted on December 08, 2009
Toyota's Troubles LEARN MORE NHTSA –Failure Report Summary, Nov. 30, 2009 Consumer Reports Analysis, December 2009 NHTSA Press Release on Recall, September 29, 2009 Toyota Web site IB News – Toyota Recall of 3...

Crash That Led To Toyota Recall 'Inconclusive'

Posted on December 08, 2009
Saylor Report Inconclusive LEARN MORE Toyota Web site NHTSA Press Release on Recall, September 29, 2009 IB News - Toyota Announces Sudden Acceleration Fix, Truck Recall - November 2009 IB News - Toyota Denies Recall May Go Beyond Floor Mats - November 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Prius chat Web site/ Saylor Lexus after crash Last August 28, a fiery crash in the San Diego area killed four people including California Highway Patrol Officer, Mark Saylor and his family on their way to their daughter's soccer practice...

Consumer Reports: Toyota Tops Sudden Acceleration In 2008 Models

Posted on December 08, 2009
Toyota Followed By Ford LEARN MORE Consumer Reports Analysis, December 2009 NHTSA Press Release on Recall, September 29, 2009 Toyota Web site IB News – Toyota Recall of 3...

Genetically Modified Rice Trial Cost Bayer $2 Million

Posted on December 08, 2009
More Cases To Come LEARN MORE USDA – Report on Liberty Link Rice Incidents , 2007 Center for Food Safety – Moratorium on Field Testing – March 2007 Union of Concerned Scientists – on Bayer efforts to deregulate LibertyLink Rice, 2006 Bayer Litigation Timeline IMAGE SOURCE: GM Free Scotland Web site/ video on GM rice by Bayer by Greenpeace It is the first in a series of test cases challenging the promises of agricultural biotechnology...

Second Recall For Tainted Beef In Arizona, New Mexico

Posted on December 07, 2009
Cargill, Fresno LEARN MORE CDC on Salmonella Beef Packers Inc. Web site USDA- Recall on Ground Beef Products Cargill Inc. Web site USA Today investigation into school lunch programs and tainted food InjuryBoard Help Center- Salmonella Poisoning  IMAGE SOURCE IMAGE SOURCE: © WikiMedia Commons / ground beef / author: Rainer Zenz  20,000 pounds of beef have been recalled by a California company over concerns of salmonella...

Zhu Zhu Pet Mr. Squiggles Under The Microscope For Hazards

Posted on December 07, 2009
Top Selling Toy Low Rating LEARN MORE Good Guide rating of Zhu Zhu Agency for Toxic Substances on Antimony Cepia LLC – Press Release on toy safety CNET- on iPhone App from GoodGuide IMAGE SOURCE: Zhu Zhu pet hamster/ Myzhuzhupetshamsters...

EU Panel Warns of Fever in Children After GSK Pandemrix

Posted on December 04, 2009
Children Risk High Fever After GSK Pandemrix LEARN MORE GSK – on Pandemrix 2009 Influenza Update European Medicines Agency- Adverse Events Swine Flu Vaccines EMA- Press Release on young children and Pandemrix EMA- on Pandemrix IMAGE SOURCE: GSK Web site The European Medicines Agency is warning that young children may experience a fever after the second dose of a swine flu vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, Pandemrix...

Brain Tumors Did Not Increase With Cell Phone Use - Danish Study

Posted on December 04, 2009
No Link  LEARN MORE Journal of the National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute - Fact Sheet on Cell Phones and Cancer Risk World Health Organization Web site 10 highest radiation cell phones 10 lowest radiation cell phones CNET on SAR Cell Phone levels IB News - Low Sperm Count Correlated With High Cell Phone Use - February 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cellphone image/ author: Mnoon There has not been a rise in brain tumors that correlates with widespread cell phone use...

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