Defective & Dangerous Products

• Regranex: Opening a Tube of It is like Opening Pandora’s Box

  Armand Rossetti | November 12, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  According to Sharon Bourke, et al., authors of a paper entitled, “A Photo-Cross-linked Poly(vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogel Growth Factor Release Vehicle for Wound Healing Applications” that...

• Chantix: Why the Rush?

  Armand Rossetti | November 16, 2008 3:43 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In May 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s Chantix (varenicline tartrate), a smoking cessation drug. Reportedly under priority review, the FDA had cut the usual...

• Unsafe Children's Toys Recalled

  Laurie Briggs | October 06, 2009 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Target Corporation twice found itself in the news last week concerning the sale of children’s toys in its stores. First, Target was fined $600,000.00 last week by the Consumer Product...

• Medtronic...Beleaguered Consumers and Yet Another Recall

  Brenda Fulmer | September 29, 2009 3:31 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  On August 27, 2009, the Food & Drug Administration issued yet another recall for a device manufactured by Minnesota-based Medtronic (who also has experienced recalls of its pain medication...

• Big Tobacco, Scorched Earth Tactics & the Engle Case

  John Hopkins | February 06, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Florida Supreme Court has issued its mandate in the Engle v Liggett case. This case involved a class action by Florida smokers against Big Tobacco. Florida smokers who qualify as "Engle class members" must now take some action against Big Tobacco in less than one year. The Supreme Court made certain findings of fact and law that may place Big Tobacco at a distinct disadvantage and Florida...

• Tobacco Companies to Kids: Be Cool, Try It!

  Brian Denney | October 05, 2009 9:33 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Would you believe that eating lots of apple sauce is no more dangerous than smoking cigarettes? www.youtube.com/watch Would you believe that some pregnant women like to smoke so they can have...

• Two Questions that Concern AMO and Acanthamoeba Infections

  Armand Rossetti | June 12, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The cornea is the only tissue in the body that Acanthamoebae (or Acanthamoeba) can invade in individuals with healthy immune systems. Otherwise, those individuals can usually avoid Acanthamoeba infections that affect the skin, brain and lungs. This blog briefly addresses two questions: 1) Why is the cornea more susceptible to Acanthamoeba than other tissues in the body; and 2) How could a...

• Big Tobacco – the tangled web they weave and the practice to deceive

  John Hopkins | February 27, 2009 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  It was 1980, but this scene has been going on in “smoke filled rooms” since the early 20th century. Big Tobacco’s Kloepfer and Klopnick were hand wringing; possibly burning the...

• Frivolous Lawsuits "Picking On" Big Business

  John Hopkins | November 20, 2006 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A California group, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), thinks that corporate America needs protection from lawsuits. They fear that Big Business can not continue to reap profits producing products they know are dangerous and so, they intend to continue a campaign to "inform" the public. According to Ralph Shaffer, Cal Poly Pomona Emeritus of History, they intend to continue their campaign of...

• Its Not Just China--Castleberry Recalls 75 Brands

  John Hopkins | July 24, 2007 12:58 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  China was criticised for bad pet food, poisoned toothpast and tires that they forgot to glue together. But, not to be outdone, enter Castleberry Food Company. They have issued recall of 75 different products; all apparently suspected of being contaminated with botulism. Botulism contamination of canned, processed foods, in the US is extremely rare. That said, botulism can cause a severe,...