Medical Devices Safety Concerns
Medical Devices and its Safety Concerns Not Accurately Documented. Medical Device Safety Concerns.Every year, about 3,000 deaths in the United States are attributed to problems with medical devices, as reported by the Brookings Institute. Generally, medical devices and their safety issues are not as accurately documented as drugs, … [Read more...]
Lumber Liquidators CEO Unexpectedly Resigns Amid Product Safety Concerns
Lumber Liquidators CEO Robert Lynch unexpectedly resigned Thursday following weeks of struggles over safety concerns related to its flooring products. The Toano, Va.-based company will search nationally for a replacement, the company said. Thomas Sullivan, Lumber Liquidators founder, will serve as acting CEO, USA Today reports. … [Read more...]
Long-term Data Raises Concerns about Essure Contraceptive Device
Essure Contraceptive Device Cause Serious Injuries. The Essure contraceptive device was considered a breakthrough for women when it came on the market more than ten years ago: it provided a non-surgical sterilization procedure that could be performed in a doctor's office in about ten minutes and promised a quick recovery. But … [Read more...]
Montana Oil Spill Raises Concerns about Aging Pipeline Network
Montana Oil Spill Concerns Aging Pipeline Network. A January 17 oil spill into the Yellowstone River, the second large oil spill in less than four years, has revived questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline network. Federal investigators and company officials were trying to determine the cause of the 40,000-gallon … [Read more...]
Montana Oil Spill Revives Pipeline Concerns
Montana Oil Spill Hazards. Concerns over the country's aging pipeline system are renewed in light of a large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River; a similar spill occurred in the region less than four years ago. Associated Press reports that 40,000 gallons of oil contaminated downstream water supplies in the city of … [Read more...]
Earthquakes Raise Fracking Concerns
Fracking Concerns Increase Seismic Activity. An earthquake in Colorado last week has helped reignite fears that activities associated with hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could increase seismic activity. The 5.3 magnitude tremblor occurred last Monday southwest of Trinidad in southern Colorado, an area where fracking is being used … [Read more...]
New Medtronic Spine Device Cancer Risks
New Medtronic Spine Device. Federal health regulators are concerned that a new Medtronic spine device may increase cancer risks for some patients. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the device, called Amplify, is made with recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2). RhBMP-2 is used in another Medtronic spine device … [Read more...]
CPSC Head Voices Concerns Over Toxic Jewelry From China
CPSC Warned Parents About Toxic Jewelry. The head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning to parents and caregivers yesterday: Throw away any cheap, Chinese-made jewelry your children have. “I have a message for parents, grandparents and caregivers: Do not allow young children to be given or to play … [Read more...]
Crocs Lawsuit Raises Concerns About Popular Shoes, Escalators
Crocs Lawsuit Scrutinized For Its Safety. Crocs shoes are raising safety worries, following an accident involving an escalator and a 4-year-old boy. According to a report on News-Press.com, the child was severely injured last month at Miami International Airport after one of his Crocs became trapped in an escalator. The boy's … [Read more...]
Explosion of Off-Label Botox Procedures
Off-Label Botox Procedures. The widespread, off-label use of Botox to treat everything from headaches to oily skin has many patient advocates worried. According to The New York Times, they are concerned that many off-label Botox procedures could hold hidden risks, as such therapies have not undergone extensive study. Botox and … [Read more...]
Toxins In Domestic Caviar Raise Concerns
Officials Are Worried For Toxins In Caviar. Paddlefish, or spoonbill, caviar is emerging as a popular new delicacy; however, health officials are worried that a variety of toxins in the caviar—mercury, chlordane, and cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls, also known as PCBs—could be poisoning consumers. Due to harsh fishing … [Read more...]
Lead in Artificial Turf Concerns Senator
Artificial Turf Caught The Attention Of U.S. Senator. Lead tainted artificial turf athletic fields have caught the attention of one US Senator, who has asked the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to expand its investigation into the problem. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has also asked the agency to provide recommendations on … [Read more...]
Dr. Jarvik Lipitor Commercials Raise Concerns
Lipitor Commercials Featuring Dr. Jarvik. Lipitor, the cholesterol medication touted by pioneering cardiac scientist Dr. Robert Jarvik, is the subject of a congressional investigation looking into the way in which ‘Lipitor’ is being marketed. The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to know if Lipitor TV spots featuring Jarvik … [Read more...]
Bisphenol A Concerns Spark More Retailer Action
Retailers Remove Polycarbonate Plastic Containers With Bisphenol A From Store Shelves. Worries about hormone-mimicking BPA used in sports bottles led a major Canadian retailer to remove Nalgene and other polycarbonate plastic containers from store shelves in early December. BPA—or bisphenol A—mimics the effects of estrogen in cells … [Read more...]
Diacetyl Gets the Boot over Popcorn Workers Lung Concerns
Popcorn Workers Lung Concerns Have Remove Diacetyl from Their Products. Popcorn Workers Lung concerns have led several large microwave popcorn makers to remove diacetyl from their products, and safer microwave popcorns could be on store shelves soon. Popcorn Workers Lung—or Bronchiolitis obliterans—is a rare and life-threatening … [Read more...]
Baby Formula Cans Lined with Bisphenol-A Raises Concerns
Baby Formula Cans Lined With The BPA. Baby formula is often sold in cans lined with the bisphenol-A, a chemical that has been linked to a host of health problems, says the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy and research organization, Formula makers and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aknowledge this fact, but say the … [Read more...]
Malaria Drug Concerns
Suicides Among Soldiers Who Took Malaria Drug. ZAHN: A grim marker today for U.S. troops in Iraq. The number of military personnel who have died in Iraq has surpassed 1,000. It now stands at 1,002. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that today noting that war quote "has its cost." Another cost for U.S. troops is the … [Read more...]
Treated Wood Concerns Raised
Children's Play Sets Made With Pressure-Treated Wood. Some lawmakers want Vermont lumber dealers to stop promoting children's play sets made with a kind of pressure-treated wood, saying the risk of exposure to arsenic is too great to wait until their sale is phased out next year. Representatives of the wood products industry which … [Read more...]
Concerns About Asbestos Lead to Closing of School
Concerns About Asbestos Released Into Air At Schools. Afraid that potentially harmful asbestos could have been released into the air at Johnnycake Elementary School this week, Baltimore County school system officials closed the west-side school yesterday in what they called "a precaution." The closing occurs two days after … [Read more...]
