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Pharmaceutical

REUTERS | October 22, 2009

Drug labels in the United States often omit information showing the severity of side effects or that a medicine is not very effective, two doctors said on Wednesday.




Recalls

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION | October 22, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.




Recalls

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION | October 22, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Classic Buggies




Recalls

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION | October 22, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Haunted House Screen Tea Light Holders




Pharmaceutical

OPEDNEWS.COM | October 22, 2009

The Alabama Supreme Court apparently was not content to cheat the public with the outrageous ExxonMobil ruling. It pulled pretty much the same fraudulent stunt again the other day, with a few slight variations. In late 2007, the Alabama Supremes stunned many observers by overturning most of a $3.6 billion jury verdict in a fraud case against oil giant ExxonMobil. That decision robbed state coffers of badly needed funds at the outset of the Bush recession.




Community

NY TIMES | October 16, 2009

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday threw out jury decisions awarding the state more than $274 million from three pharmaceutical companies, ruling they did not defraud the state in pricing Medicaid prescription drugs.




Environmental

WOLFENOTES.COM | October 13, 2009

In a significant legal setback for Dupont, yesterday a US District Court judge ruled in favor of a class action lawsuit filed by neighbors of Dupont’s Chambers Works facility in Deepwater NJ. Dupont has poisoned nearby drinking water wells and local public water supply systems with the toxic chemical commonly called PFOA (or C8), ammonium perfluorooctanoate.




Environmental

NEW JERSEY LAW JOURNAL | October 13, 2009

U.S. District Judge Renee Bumb in Camden granted class certification to home owners and renters who want to prove that their property values were harmed by the leaking of perfluorooctanoic acid, a byproduct of the production of Teflon, from DuPont's Chambers Works in Salem County.




Community

October 6, 2009

The US Dept of Labor has recently released the preliminary 2008 census of fatal occupational injuries.
A total of 5,071 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2008, but this is the smallest number of annual fatalities reported since this census began in 1992.




Recalls

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION | September 29, 2009

Nutricia and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the voluntary recall of one lot [# P91877] of the specialized infant formula product, Neocate, a hypoallergenic dry powder formula distributed to pharmacies, health care professionals and consumers nationwide.