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Over 100 Chemicals Released Into the Air From PVC Shower Curtains Sold At Major Retail Outlets
Results from a two-phase study released by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing environmental health harms caused by chemical threats, show that shower curtains made with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic contain many harmful chemicals including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins; these PVC shower curtains are potentially [...]
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Little Known Effect of Alcohol And a Warning to All - Personal Experiences
To explain the years preceding our health deterioration, we both had been married twice previous, to individuals that we were ...
Lone Cancer Survivor to Paddle 1,700 Miles for Two Million Men Battling Prostate Cancer
Nine months a year Skip Ciccarelli, a 60-year-old survivor of prostate cancer, is a high school carpentry instructor at Shawsheen ...
One Plus One Doesn’t Always Equal Two
Like a wristwatch that needs to be wound daily for accurate time-telling, the human circadian system — the biological cycles ...
Expert Offers Tips to Help Make Healthy Choices on the Job This Summer
Swimsuit season is right around the corner and for many people that means one thing: dieting. In an office setting, ...
New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults
More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to ...
USA Recalls
Ohio Firm Expands Recall of Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. Coli O157:H7 ContaminationThe Kroger Co., a Cincinnati, Ohio, retailer is expanding its June 25 recall to include an undetermined amount of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Outdoor Canopies Sold Exclusively At BJ’s Wholesale Club Recalled By Wanda TechnologyName of Product: Outdoor Canopies
Units: About 8,600
Importer: Wanda Technology Inc, of Santa Ana, Calif.
Name of Product: Oh Chute Parachute with Streamer Fireworks
Units: About 84,250
Distributor: Fireworks Over America, of Springfield, Mo.
Safety News
Illegal And Improper Use of Fireworks Continue to Harm ConsumersFor most Americans, the Fourth of July celebration is a time for food, fun and fireworks, but in 2007 nearly 10,000 Americans were treated in emergency rooms for firework-related injuries.
Pfizer To Pay $975,000 For Alleged Clean Air Violations At Connecticut FacilityThe pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Conn., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
FDA Requests Boxed Warnings on Older Class of Antipsychotic DrugsThe FDA today exercised its new authority under the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) to require manufacturers of “conventional” antipsychotic drugs to make safety-related changes to prescribing information, or labeling, to warn about an increased risk of death associated with the off-label use [...]
Health News
FDA Approves First Generic Risperidone to Treat Psychiatric ConditionsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Risperdal (risperidone) tablets. Risperdal is an antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions.
Respiratory Illness, Dog Bites Among Top Concerns For Travelers to ChinaBeijing–bound Olympic travelers should worry less about exotic diseases, and instead focus on preventing more mundane health problems like respiratory illness and dog bites.
Number of People in the U.S. With Diabetes Increases to 24 MillionDiabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes.
