Defective & Dangerous Products

• Air Tragedy in Kentucky

  John Hopkins | August 27, 2006 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Forty-nine people were tragically killed in a plane crash on a Comair plane flying out of Lexington, Kentucky. FAA officials are still investigating the cause and have no clear answers at this time:"The cause of the crash wasn't immediately clear, but the location of the wreckage raised questions about the runways at Blue Grass Airport. The burning plane was just off the end of the airport's...

• Bausch Blames Contact Lens Wearers for Their Infections!

  John Hopkins | August 27, 2006 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In an effort to diffuse their responsibility, Bausch & Lomb has mounted a campaign to place the blame on contact lens wearers for developing eye infections; some of which have led to the need for corneal transplants. A new studypublished in JAMA concludes, however, that it was ReNu with MoistureLoc that caused these devastating eye infections: "The study, "Multistate Outbreak of Fusarium...

• Bausch and Lomb ignores continuing Fusarium eye infection risk

  Cal Warriner | August 25, 2006 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Bausch and Lomb still has the spin doctors hard at work. Its recent announcement that it took appropriate measures to protect ReNu with MoistureLoc users is hogwash. To this date, Bausch still has done virtually nothing to get ReNu out of medicine cabinets all over the world. Sure they stopped selling the defective product but what about the millions of bottles that had already been sold?I...

• Big Tobacco has been lying to us?

  John Hopkins | August 24, 2006 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Christian Science Monitor reports that big tobacco has been lying to the American public for over 50 years and District Court Judge Gladys Kessler stated that: "As the evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates, (tobacco's) fraudulent conduct has permeated all aspects of their operations -- from how they design, manufacture, and market their products to how they communicate with the public about...

• Corneal Transplants Linked to Recalled ReNu MoistureLoc

  Cal Warriner | August 23, 2006 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A new study reveals that nearly a third of all fusarium infections caused by Bausch and Lomb's recalled contact lens solution, ReNu with MoistureLoc result in the need for corneal transplants. This study rebuts propaganda widely disseminated by Bausch and Lomb that these infections are not that frequent or damaging. The question is with all the mounting evidence, when will Bausch and Lomb come...