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	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What the CDC and FDA Don’t Want You to Know About Thimerosal and Autism/Part VII</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published a lengthy examination of the history of Eli Lilly´s deadly mercury compound, thimerosal, in vaccines and its decades-long history of suppressed data about dangers to those receiving it.  Following is the seventh in a series from that piece, describing the outcome the 2000 Simpsonwood Conference, in which a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticides Remain In Ground Water Long After Initial Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)—in a study funded by the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)—investigated the presence of select pesticides and their degradation products in ground water.  Degradation products are the chemicals that remain after a pesticide breaks down chemically.  Groundwater—quite, simply water that comes from the ground—is used as drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Eliminating Some&#8211;Not All&#8211;Financial Support for Physician Courses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid ongoing criticism and hoping to quell accusations that it is improperly influencing doctors, New York drug maker Pfizer, is eliminating direct financial support for medical education courses offered by for-profit third-party companies such as medical education and communication companies.
Pfizer said it is ending such payments to avoid the appearance of any conflicts of interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia E Coli Source Eludes Authorities, Bacteria Strain Being Compared to Ohio-Michigan Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3393</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health workers looking into the E. coli outbreak in Georgia’s Colquitt County are asking for assistance in locating its source.  People continue to fall ill, with four confirmed cases and over a dozen other cases treated for E. coli symptoms.  The source of this outbreak has still not been found and health officials say they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Particleboard Main Source of Formaldehyde Fumes in Toxic FEMA Trailers</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3392</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Immediately following the Hurricane Katrina devastation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ordered about $2.7 billion worth of trailers and mobile homes to house Katrina victims.  FEMA&#8217;s requirements were detailed in a mere 25 lines, with minimal details regarding occupant safety.  Today, industry and government experts say the Toxic FEMA Trailers are linked to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rize 2 The Occasion, Rose 4 Her Capsules Recalled for Potentially Harmful, Undeclared Ingredients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In what seems to be a rash of such recalls, Jack Distribution, LLC of Pompano Beach, Florida—and its wholesale distributors G &#038; N Works, Inc, and Devine Distribution Inc.—issued a voluntary nationwide recall of selected lots of Rize 2 The Occasion and Rose 4 Her capsules.  The products were marketed as dietary supplements but some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Emergency Response Network Activated to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Food Emergency Response Network—FERN—was activated by federal health officials to investigate the possible contamination of multiple “salad bowl” ingredients.  FERN is comprised of a nationwide group of about 100 state and federal laboratories that was convened following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to respond to threats to the nation&#8217;s food supply.  FERN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Dies at Kings County Hospital While Staffers Do Nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3388</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night’s news led with graphic video evidence of medical malpractice taken two weeks ago by a Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) surveillance camera of a patient writhing on the floor while other patients and staffers seemed to be ignoring her.
Esman Green, a 49-year-old Jamaican woman and patient at the Kings County Hospital Center in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medication Errors Linked to Hospital Technology Flaws</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3387</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ross Koppel, Ph.D., led research at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) School of Medicine on how hospital nurses use bar-coded technology that matches patients with their medication.  This was the first such study of its kind and revealed that both the technology design and its implementation—often relied upon as a &#8220;cure-all&#8221; for medication administration errors—is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska Beef Recalls Tons of Meat Tied to Kroger E. Coli Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3386</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid mounting lawsuits over a multi-state E. coli contamination, Nebraska Beef Ltd. is recalling over 265 tons of meat used in the ground beef suspected of the E. coli contaminated that caused at least 40 illnesses in Michigan and Ohio.  Nebraska Beef and Kroger have received the strongest recall rating—Class I—by the U.S. Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Researchers Calls for More Studies of Diabetes Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent cardiologist told federal regulators yesterday that new diabetes drugs should be tested to insure that they don&#8217;t cause heart problems. Dr. Stephen Nissan, the lead researcher on a study that found Avandia increased heart attack risks,  told a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) panel considering new rules for the drugs that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic, Stryker Bone Graft Products Linked to Serious Complications</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3384</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Off-label use of Medtronic Inc.&#8217;s InFuse Bone Graft and Stryker Corp.&#8217;s OP-1 Implant and OP-1 Putty have been linked to potentially fatal complications, according to the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA). The agency says it has received 38 reports over the past four years of complications when these recombinant human Bone Morphogenetic Protein (rhBMP) products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botox Complications Require Caution</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3383</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, Botox was linked to a number of hospitalizations and 16 deaths.  Of the deaths, four victims of the poisonous Botox injections were children.  An additional 87 people were hospitalized.  Botox and Myobloc have been linked to the injuries and fatalities because the botulinum toxin spread inside the bodies of the patients, killing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New E. coli Outbreak Emerging in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3382</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With two confirmed cases and approximately one dozen tests pending, public health disease investigators in Georgia are looking into an outbreak of Escherichia coli (E. coli).  &#8220;This appears to be a cluster of E. coli 0157, which is one of the most commonly identified disease-causing groups of this bacteria in the United States.  Public Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Kroger E. Coli Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3381</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another lawsuit has been filed against the Kroger Company grocery store in response to the multi-state E. coli poisoning that sickened dozens and has been linked to ground beef purchased at Cincinnati-based Krogers.  The woman, Amanda Adam of suburban New Albany, was sickened with E. coli, according to the lawsuit filed Monday against the nation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmonella Probe Expands Beyond Tomatoes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3380</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Weeks after warning consumers that certain varieties of tomatoes were responsible for one of the largest Salmonella outbreaks in history, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) has begun testing other produce in an attempt to finally identify the source of the illnesses.   Unfortunately, the FDA is not saying what other foods it is testing, possibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golf Cart’s Not the Safest Mode of Transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3379</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
	<category>Recalled Vehicles</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Americans—especially teens and adolescents who are not able to drive—are finding that the use of golf carts as an alternative means of transportation is convenient and cost effective.  But, the increase in use is also pointing to an increase in the number of golf cart related injuries, say researchers at the University of Alabama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Makers Decry FDA Safety Push</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3378</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug makers are complaining that the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) is too focused on, of all things, safety.  The pharmaceutical industry says the FDA&#8217; s tougher stance is slowing the arrival of new drugs to the market, but consumer advocates - citing recent scandals involving defective drugs - say a stronger focus on safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Era Canning Receives Approval to Reopen and Restart Production Following Three Recalls</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3377</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Botulism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Era Canning Company, which was shut down by the federal government since December for repeated recalls of canned produce over possible botulism contamination, just received approval to reopen and restart production by securing a temporary emergency permit.  The permit allows the company to begin shipping some of its current stock of canned produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA-MRSA Striking Children with Bone Infections</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3376</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It began with the staph bacteria—Staphylococcus aureus—and moved to the drug resistant MRSA—Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  Recently, there has been a rapid emergence of CA-MRSA—Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus—with the germ moving out of its traditional environment of hospitals and healthcare facilities and into the general population.  Now, CA-MRSA is attacking children and is leading to increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly Medical Helicopter Crashes on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3375</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday saw this year’s ninth medical helicopter collision.  With 2008’s death toll now at 16, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is concerned there is a trend.  This Sunday’s midair collision of two medical helicopters in Arizona killed six people, injured three, and, according to an NTSB official, is part of a &#8220;disturbing&#8221; national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push on for Hip, Knee Implant Makers to Disclose Doctor Payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Defective Medical Devices</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies that make joint implants, including Stryker Corp., have made it a practice to pay physicians that use their products five-, six- and even seven-figure royalty payments,  consulting fees and speaking fees. Critics of such fees say they represent a conflict of interest, and sway doctors&#8217; judgments on how best to treat their patients.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Salmonella Probe Testing Patience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anger is being directed at federal regulators who have yet to determine the source of a massive Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 800 people across the country. It has been 11 weeks since the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers Disease Control (CDC) began tracking an outbreak of a rare strain of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sage Products  Recalls Medical Device for Bacterial Contamination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sage Products Inc. has issued a recall of  some lots of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation because it could be contaminated with the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia). Customers who have these products should stop usage, sale and distribution, and should contact Sage Products to coordinate product return and replacement.
According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fires Prompt HP FAX Recall</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3371</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Recalled Drugs</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its most recent recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Hewlett Packard, today announced a voluntary recall of its HP Fax 1010 and 1010xi machines because an internal electrical component failure can cause overheating of the product, which poses a risk of burn or fire.
About 367,000 units—and an additional 84,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CellCept Label Changed to Reflect Risk of PML</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3370</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maker of CellCept, Swiss Drug Maker Roche, has informed healthcare providers that it has modified the &#8220;Warnings&#8221; and &#8220;Adverse Reactions&#8221; sections of the CellCept prescribing information to include information on its association with several cases of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML).
CellCept—generically known as mycophenolate mofetil—is part of a class of drugs called immunosuppressants and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Deadlines Loom</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3369</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over 59,000 people have registered for the Vioxx settlement, and plaintiffs who submitted paperwork early could start seeing initial payments soon.  Meanwhile, two big Vioxx settlement deadlines are on the calendar for next week.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster for Merck, with annual sales of $2.5 billion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Set to Discuss Autism, Vaccines</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3368</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the parents of nine-year-old Hannah Poling won a government settlement out of a federal fund that compensates those injured by vaccines.  In this case, US officials acknowledged that the immunizations worsened an underlying disorder that led to Hannah’s autism-like symptoms.  The Polings said five simultaneous vaccinations administered in July 2000 led to Hannah&#8217;s autistic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Debacle Prompts FDA to Consider New Rules for Approving Diabetes Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3367</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are mulling over new rules for approving diabetes drugs.  The new regulations the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) is considering include requiring that new diabetes drugs have a positive impact on cardiovascular disease and life span.   The push for new rules comes a little over a year after a study found that Avandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nail Gun Risks Suppressed</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3366</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2002, engineers from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) privately warned nail gun makers that the nail gun industry&#8217;s efforts to reduce the rising number of injuries with its tools wouldn&#8217;t really work; this, according to recently disclosed federal documents.
For some reason, the CPSC engineers&#8217; views, warnings, and requests for additional study of nail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuits Coming in Kroger E. Coli Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3365</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least one person plans on filing a lawsuit after falling ill from eating tainted meat.  Zachery Everhart become sick with E. coli in the recent and ongoing multi-state outbreak of E. coli poisoning after consuming tainted meat that generated from Kroger’s Grocery.  A raw beef sample sold at Gahanna&#8217;s Kroger Marketplace tested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmonella Outbreak Has Investigators Stumped,  Might Not be Linked Tomatoes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3364</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomatoes might not actually be the culprit in a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened more than 800 people.  What&#8217;s worse, whatever is making people sick could still be sitting on grocery store shelves - putting even more consumers at risk.
For the past several weeks, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Phone Cancer Risks Need Further Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3363</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have still not been able to say whether or not cell phone use increases the chances of developing cancer or health problems.  The uncertainty over the health effects of cell phone use has created a great deal of controversy, and has left both consumers and medical professionals confused over the possible hazards of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Cribs, Toy Helicopters Recalled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3362</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in collaboration with the two companies cited below, has issued recalls on yet another crib and another toy helicopter.
In the first recall, approximately 1,200 full size 2nd Nature Built to Grow cribs, made in Slovenia by Stanley Furniture Company Inc. of Stanleytown, Virginia, are being recalled because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Lackluster Performance, FDA Hands Out Big Bonuses</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3361</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced that it has increased employee bonuses by a whopping 29 percent in the past year, despite earlier objections from lawmakers, its ongoing complaints over inadequate funding, and a number of embarrassing and widely publicized blunders, including one that allowed tainted heparin into the country.
For year ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Drug Company Payments to Doctor Play a Role in Child&#8217;s Suicide?</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3360</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mathy and Andy Downing’s daughter, Candace, hanged herself five years ago when she was just 12 years old.  Candace seemed to be a happy girl and left leaving no note or indication as to what had caused the drastic change.  According to her father, “We had no warning.  Absolutely no warning.&#8221;
The Downings blame Candace&#8217;s suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks Injuries a July 4th Worry</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3359</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Fourth of July holds the promise of family, friends, food, and fireworks, the holiday is not without its tragedies.  Last year alone, nearly 10,000 Americans were treated in emergency rooms for firework-related injuries and today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that 64 percent of these injuries occurred in the one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warnings Sought for Procrit, Aranesp in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3358</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[European regulators want tougher warnings for Procrit and Aranesp, similar to those recently added to the drugs in the United States.  On Thursday, a European Medicines Agency (EMEA) panel recommended blood transfusions to treat anemia rather than the drugs, saying the risk of tumor progression and death outweighs their benefits in patients with &#8220;reasonably long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Device Safety Act Would Restore Consumer Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3357</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Medical Devices</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that protects the makers of defective medical devices from product liability lawsuits was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday.  One of the bills sponsors, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J, said in a statement that the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 would reverse &#8220;an unfortunate Supreme Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead in Artificial Turf Concerns Senator</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3356</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 how parents can protect children who play on artificial grass fields, lawns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E. Coli Tainted Kroger Ground Beef Blamed for 35 Illnesses</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3355</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the  Kroger Company issued a ground beef recall, but only after several Michigan and Ohio health department announcements that E. coli outbreaks in those states were linked to its tainted beef.  By that time, the E. Coli-tainted Kroger ground beef had sickened dozens.  Now, it has been reported that since the recall was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kawasaki, KYMKO Recall ATVs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3354</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
	<category>Recalled Vehicles</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kawasaki Motor Corp. and KYMKO USA have each recalled defective ATVs (all terrain vehicles) because of throttle issues.  Consumers who have one of the defective ATVs should stop using them until appropriate repairs can be made.
Kawasaki is recalling about 6,000 2008 Model Year KFX 50 and KFX 90 Youth ATVs.  The affected models are green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmonella Tomato Outbreak Largest Ever</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3353</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salmonella tainted tomatoes have now sickened 757 people, up more than 200 cases in the past week.  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says most of the increase does not represent new infections, but rather results from a backlog of lab tests that were recently finished.  However, the number of known infections makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Says Bear Stearns Fraud Probe Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3352</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Stock Fraud</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bear Stearns fraud probe that has so far yielded indictments against two of the doomed investment bank&#8217;s hedge fund managers might soon engulf other banks.  Federal prosecutors reportedly want to know if Ralph Cioffi and Mathew Tannin, the indicted managers, misled banks that lent money to their failed hedge funds.
Cioffi and Tannin ran the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRSA Increasing Among Athletes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3351</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve long reported on the escalating issues with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly referred to as MRSA and now, CA-MRSA, or community-associated MRSA.  MRSA is a type of staph that causes infections resistant to most antibiotics and last year, seriously sickened 94,000 Americans.  Recent deaths include five school children with school infections in the dozens.  MRSA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 Injury Claims Denied by New York City</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3350</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of New York is trying avoid paying 9/11 injury claims by questioning the validity of many of them.  Lawyers for the city recently filed court papers alleging that about 30 percent of claimants aren&#8217;t seriously ill, and another 3 percent are not injured at all.  Lawyers representing the more than 10,000 plaintiff suing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPA in Medical Devices Concerns Lawmaker</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3349</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
	<category>Defective Medical Devices</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Rosa DeLauro (Democrat-Conneticut) is urging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Science Board follow Health Canada’s lead and expand its inquiry of bisphenol A (BPA) by identifying all medical devices containing BPA.  “Scientific studies have linked BPA to neurological and behavioral problems in youngsters, as well as certain cancers, diabetes, and obesity,” DeLauro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardasil Not Approved for Older Women</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3348</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; Co. has failed in its quest to convince federal regulators to expand approval of Gardasil for older women.  Yesterday, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) said it was delaying its  approval of  Merck&#8217;s application at this time because it had questions regarding Gardasil&#8217;s effectiveness in women ages 27 - 45.  Gardasil is already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Substandard Organs Routine in Transplant Pool</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3347</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Pennsylvania scientists and ethicists are looking to revamp the organ transplant system over concerns it’s too fragmented, allowing some patients to receive substandard organs while others can pick and choose organs based on “certain risk factors at the time of transplant.”  The group feels patients awaiting transplants should decide in advance if they’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kroger Finally Recalls Meat Linked to E. Coli Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3346</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we reported that U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the current Ohio and Michigan E. coli outbreaks were linked and health officials believed ground beef might be the culprit.  Now, the Kroger supermarket chain, which was connected to some of the illnesses, says it is voluntarily recalling ground beef linked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomato Salmonella Victims Exceed 700</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3345</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salmonella tainted tomatoes have now sickened more than 700 people across the country.   According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Salmonella tomato outbreak now spans 34 states and the District of Columbia.  Because the CDC is continuing to receive reports of illnesses, the Salmonella outbreak is considered to be ongoing.  Consumers are still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glue Guns, Water Pumps Recalled for Fire Hazard</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3344</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with two different firms, has recalled defective products due to fire hazards.
In the first, Dollar Tree Inc., of Chesapeake, Virginia recalled approximately 470,000 Crafters Square Hot Melt Mini Glue Guns which were manufactured in China and imported by Greenbrier International Inc., also of Chesapeake.  The gun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Settles Air Pollution Charges for $975,000</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3343</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug maker Pfizer has reached a settlement with the US Justice Department over Clean Air Act Violations that occurred at its pharmaceutical plant in Groton, Conn.  The settlement, which includes a $975,000 civil penalty, is the first of its kind involving industry-specific standards for airborne emissions during pharmaceutical manufacturing.
In the original complaint, the government charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Pharma&#8217;s Increased Lobbying Reaps Benefits in Dem- Controlled Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3342</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[he Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, DC-based watchdog group, said that big pharmaceutical’s spending on lobbying increased exponentially and in a coincidence with the Democratic control of Congress in 2007.
The group reported that drug companies spent a massive $168 million on drug lobbying last year, which is up a whopping 32% from 2006.  Those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Owners Plead Guilty in Raw Milk E. Coli Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3341</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3341#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three adults and 15 children were sickened by raw milk traced back to Dee Creek&#8217;s dairy and three of the children were hospitalized with renal failure, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Now, Michael and Anita Puckett, owners of Dee Creek’s, have pled guilty to distribution of adulterated food involved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Crane Collapse Sparks Calls for Tougher Federal Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3340</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Construction Accidents</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials from New York City testifying before a Congressional committee yesterday urged the federal government to enact tougher safety standards for tower construction cranes.  The testimony came in the wake of two separate crane collapses in Manhattan that killed a total of 9 people.  While the New York officials said the city was enacting its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC Confirms Michigan, Ohio E.  Coli Outbreaks Linked, Kroger Ground Beef Likely Suspect</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3339</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the current Ohio and Michigan E. coli outbreaks are linked; health officials believe ground beef may be the culprit.  The CDC became involved when illness commonalities were suspected between states.  The timing couldn’t be worse for this recent E. coli scare which began in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defective Arctic Cat ATVs Recalled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3338</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3338#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
	<category>Recalled Vehicles</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arctic Cat has recalled Youth Model ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles) because of a defective speed controller.  The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) says consumers should stop using the defective ATVs immediately until they have been repaired.
ATVs can be very dangerous vehicles, even in the best of circumstances. According to data collected by the CPSC, ATVs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cribs Recalled After Four Babies Become Trapped</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3337</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the entrapment of four children and injury to two others, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Jardine Enterprises of Taipei, Taiwan, has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 320,000 defective Jardine Cribs.  The wooden slats and spindles on the crib can break, which creates a gap, which can then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manganese - Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Litigation Shines a Light on the Way Industry Can &#8220;Buy Science&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3336</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3336#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manganese, a chemical used in welding, has long been suspected as a culprit in the development of Parkinson&#8217;s Disease.  In fact, the manufacturers of manganese-containing welding wire and electrodes—also called rods or sticks - have been named in numerous lawsuits filed by welders stricken with the devastating disease. But for decades, the industry has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Devices  Malfunction Due to Wireless Tracking Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3335</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3335#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Medical Devices</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wireless systems which are used by many hospitals to track equipment may be creating potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving medical devices such as respirators, dialysis machines, and external pacemakers.  Apparently, some microchip-based &#8220;smart&#8221; systems, hyped for their improvements to patient safety, are doing just the opposite.  A Dutch study—123 tests at an Amsterdam hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Imaging Agents Like Definity and Optison Need More Safety Studies, FDA Panel Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3334</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart imaging contrast agents need to be subjected to more studies in order to insure their safety, a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel said yesterday.  The contrast agents, sold under the brand names Definity and Optison, have been linked to more than 200 serious cardiac reactions and 11 deaths.
Definity, marketed by Lantheus Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRSA Thrives in Overcrowded Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3333</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3333#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austrian researchers reported Monday what many have long suspected:  Overcrowded hospitals that quickly push patients home may be helping in the spread of deadly, drug-resistant germs.  According to the researchers, who reviewed several studies on the issue, hospitals filled to capacity are likelier to have outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other infections.
Dr. Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antipsychotics Do More Harm than Good In Dementia Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3332</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3332#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antipsychotic drugs use to reduce symptoms of agitation, aggression, and violence in dementia patients is on the rise, as can be seen in soaring sales of antipsychotics like Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa.  These drugs experienced a $4 billion dollar increase in sales since 2000 for a total of $13.1 billion in 2007, due, in part, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Doctors to be Named Under New York Patient Safety Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3331</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3331#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[oon, most doctors who have been charged with misconduct by the New York State Department of  Health  will not only have their names made public, but they will only have one day to produce those records demanded of them by investigators.  This is part of a wide-ranging patient safety bill agreement announced Monday by Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Turf Makers Could Face Lawsuits over Lead Contamination</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3330</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3330#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just days after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended testing some types of artificial turf for lead, an environmental advocacy group is issuing its own warning.  The non-profit Center for Environmental Health has also threatened to take legal action against some of the biggest manufacturers and sellers of artificial turf unless they remove lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tyson Faces Second False Advertising Suit Over &#8220;Antibiotic Free&#8221; Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3329</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3329#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Tyson Foods Inc. announced it would &#8220;voluntarily withdraw&#8221; advertising and labels that claim its poultry products do not contain antibiotics; this, following a federal court injunction stopping the practice and to settle a false advertising lawsuit brought by Perdue and Sanderson farms.  It seems there is some controversy over antibiotics in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burrata Cheese Recall Expanded</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3328</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3328#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Listeria</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month we reported that yet another food product was recalled due to a potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.  At that time, Fresca Italia of Brisbane, California recalled Burrata—a type of cheese—as a result of a survey sampling conducted by the California Department of Food &#038; Agriculture.  The agency’s survey revealed that Fresca Italia’s Burrata [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATV Study at University of Kentucky Seeks to Reduce Accidents</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3327</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3327#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
	<category>Motor Vehicles</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATV (all terrain vehicles) accidents killed at least 500 people in 2006, and sent another 146,600 to hospital emergency room.  As the vehicles grow  in popularity, the number of ATV deaths and injuries is expected  to rise as well.
That prospect has officials in Kentucky concerned, as the state already led the nation in ATV deaths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Chantix Warning in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3326</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3326#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Chantix</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time since April, health officials in Canada have issued a warning about Chantix, Pfizer&#8217;s anti-smoking medication.  This time, Health Canada is warning that Chantix - sold in Canada as Champix - has caused unusual feelings of agitation, depressed mood, hostility, changes in behavior or impulsive or disturbing thoughts, such as ideas of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomato Salmonella Outbreak Has US Considering Food Safety Office in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3325</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of Health &#038; Human Services (HHS), prompted by a massive Salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes, says he wants to open a new food safety office in Latin America.  HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt made those comments after health inspectors headed to several areas in Mexico, which they believe might harbor the source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ketek, Avandia Among Drugs Doctors Won&#8217;t Take</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3324</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
	<category>Avandia</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When doctors were recently asked which commonly prescribed medications they would avoid, they came up with the following eight.  Perhaps you might want to reconsider these medications as well.  At a minimum, speak to your doctor, as there are safer options for all of these medications.

Advair:  This asthma medication contains the long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E. Coli Testing Protocols Lacking</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3323</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3323#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whole cuts of beef that may be contaminated by Escherichia coli—E. coli—are not only legal to market, but the government does not test them for the bacteria.
In the US, E. coli is the leading cause of food-borne illness and about 73,000 people are infected and 61 people die from E. coli annually; last year, over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Health Department Stops Using OraQuick Rapid HIV Test Following Hundreds of False Positives</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3322</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3322#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Medical Devices</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test has been discontinued in New York City as a means of HIV testing there.  The faulty test has been delivering unusually high false positive results and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have now become involved.  In January 2004, New York clinics introduced and began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E. Coli in Michigan and Ohio Might be Linked to Ground Beef Recall</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3321</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio and Michigan continue to investigate if their shared and growing E. coli cases, now numbering in the dozens, are linked to ground beef.  To date, neither the federal government nor local health officials had found a definitive link or announced any recalls.  The cases in Ohio are up to 15, with 11 genetically linked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunt for Salmonella Tomatoes Underway in Florida, Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3320</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3320#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are heading to farms in Florida and Mexico in their latest attempt to find the source of Salmonella-tainted tomatoes which have sickened more than 500 people across the country.  In addition to farms, investigators from the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) will also be visiting warehouses and tomato packing facilities in an effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PetCo Warehouse Raided, Pet Food Seized</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3319</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3319#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) request, U.S. Marshals seized a variety of potentially tainted pet food products stored under filthy conditions at the PetCo Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Illinois.  The warehouse had a widespread rodent and bird infestation near open food containers of dog and cat food.  This move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Definity and Optison Side Effects Still Concern FDA</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3318</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3318#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definity and Optison - micro-bubble contrast agents used in sonograms of the heart - are still endangering patients.   According to documents released Friday by the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA), four more deaths have been linked to Definity since last fall, and the agency says it continues to be concerned over the safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmonella Tomatoes Now Blamed for 552 Illnesses</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3317</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3317#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators said today that the number of Salmonella cases linked to tomatoes has passed the 500 mark.  According to the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA), 552 people were sickened by the tomatoes, up more than 200 since the agency last reported on Wednesday.  The FDA said that most of the reports represent people sickened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint Against Dix Hills Doctor At Center of Hepatitis Scare Poorly Handled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3316</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raymond Bookstaver says he contracted hepatitis C in Dr. Harvey Finkelstein office.  Bookstaver filed a complaint against Finkelstein in 2005, but almost three years later, the state Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) had not told him the results of its probe and investigators have not interviewed him.  Turns out, his complaint was closed last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Gleevec Side Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3315</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[French doctors have are now reporting a possible new side effect linked to Gleevec.  Gleevec, generically known as imatinib, is a cancer drug most commonly used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors.  Earlier this year, a case report by Greek doctors suggested that imatinib may disrupt ovarian function and impair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Test Artificial Turf for Lead, CDC Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3314</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3314#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Health Concerns</category>
	<category>Toxic Substances</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just issued a recommendation that some artificial turf athletic fields be tested for lead.  This follows April’s move by US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) where it was reviewing possible risks linked to lead with artificial turf currently installed in schools, parks, and stadiums nationwide.  At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Wants FDA to Ban Painkiller</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3313</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3313#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Propoxyphene, the addictive prescription painkiller sold under names that include Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, says Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group suing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Pubic Citizen petitioned the FDA two years ago to ban Propoxyphene saying it was not any more effective than other, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans to Get Chantix Suicide Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3312</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3312#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
	<category>Chantix</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 32,000 veterans taking Chantix will soon receive a warning that the stop-smoking drug is linked to suicidal behavior.  The decision by the Veterans Administration (VA) comes after ABC News aired an investigative report which revealed that veterans enrolled in a Chantix trial - all diagnosed with  post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - were not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart Recalls More Lead Tainted Key Chains</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3311</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3311#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
	<category>Product Recalls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a second such move, Wal-Mart—in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)—is recalling nearly 40,000 “Hip Charm” Key Chains due to high lead content.  Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Hip Charm Key Chains, especially keeping the lead-tainted charms away from children and pregnant women.
According to the CPSC, approximately 39,000 Hip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paxil Probe Said to Be Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3310</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3310#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation into the antidepressant Paxil appears to be getting bigger.  According to The Wall Street Journal, GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed that a previously disclosed Colorado-based Justice Department investigation of marketing practices now also includes the Boston U.S. attorney&#8217;s office and is being coordinated by the agency in Washington.
Paxil - known generically as paroxetine - was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E. Coli Outbreaks Ohio, Michigan May be Linked</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3309</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3309#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ohio Department of Health is investigating whether its growing cases of E. coli—now numbered at 16—are from a common source and are linked to nearly 30 cases that have been reported in Michigan.  As of yesterday, 10 cases were linked by genetic fingerprinting and cases have been reported from Lucas, Seneca, Franklin, Delaware, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heparin-Related  Deaths Surged Since 2006, FDA Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3308</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3308#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deaths following administration of heparin increased significantly this year, according to the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA).  While it is not known if  heparin played a role in all of the deaths, a good number of them occurred after patients experienced  allergy-type reactions associated with contaminated lots of the drug.  Unfortunately, in many of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neurontin Should Have Had Depression Warning, Neurologist Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3307</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3307#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A British neurologist says he advised the maker of Neurontin to include a warning on its label about its potential to cause depression and aggression, but he was ignored.  According to The Wall Street Journal, the neurologist, Michael R. Trimble from the University of London, was testifying at a hearing to decide whether civil cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Would Give CPSC $20 Million Funding Increase</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3306</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3306#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Defective Products</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been harshly criticized for not acting quickly enough to eliminate hazardous products from store shelves and for being influenced by the companies it regulates.  Now, the CPSC would receive a $20 million funding increase next year for oversight of domestic and imported goods under a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement Reached in Castleberry&#8217;s Botulism Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3305</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3305#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Botulism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A settlement was just reached in a federal botulism contamination lawsuit filed by Emanuel Cisneros who sued Bumble Bee foods and its subsidiary, Castleberry&#8217;s, for unspecified damages linked to his children&#8217;s extended illness.  The children, Marissa and Samuel Cisneros, were hospitalized last June and were subsequently included in The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) listing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin of Salmonella Tomatoes Might Never be Known</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3304</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3304#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal officials say they may never know the source of Salmonella tainted tomatoes that have sickened hundreds of people across the country.  Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to search for the genetic fingerprint of the rare Salmonella strain—Salmonella St. Paul—responsible for the illnesses by “tracing the tomatoes back through the supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another E. coli Case Confirmed in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3303</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3303#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>E. Coli</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week we reported that the growing number of E. coli cases clustering in Ohio was officially deemed an outbreak and the three original cases from Franklin County have genetic links, proving they originated from the same source.  Now, another case has been genetically linked to the three, bringing the total linked cases to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Stearns Executives Face Securities Fraud Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3302</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3302#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Stock Fraud</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The managers of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that collapsed last year have been arrested on charges of securities fraud.  Prosecutors allege that Ralph R. Cioffi, 52, and Matthew Tannin, 46, knew that their funds were losing money but  kept that information from large investors.
The hedge funds, the High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Fund, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Ratings System to be Online By Year&#8217;s End</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3301</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3301#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Nursing Home Abuse</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new nursing home rating system should be up and running on the Medicare Website by the end of this year.  The new site will employ a 5-star system to rate nursing homes based on government inspection results, staffing data and quality measures.  It is hoped that the new ratings systems will act as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Enbrel Risks, FDA Panel Recommends it for Psoriasis in Children</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3300</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3300#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended that the agency approve Enbrel to treat moderate-to-severe psoriasis in children, despite concerns that the drug has been linked to cancer and serious infections, including tuberculosis.  Enbrel is already approved to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis in adults and juvenile arthritis in children.
Enbrel is made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomato Salmonella Cases Jump to 383</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3299</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3299#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Food Poisoning</category>
	<category>Salmonella</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of Salmonella cases linked to tainted tomatoes has jumped to 383, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  The CDC said that most of the 106 new illnesses reported this week occurred weeks ago, and were the result of better monitoring efforts.  However, the last reported illness occurred on June 5, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eli Lilly Knew of Thimerosal Dangers for Decades</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3298</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3298#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal News</category>
	<category>Pharmaceuticals</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published a lengthy examination of the history of Eli Lilly´s deadly mercury compound, Thimerosal, in vaccines and its decades-long history of suppressed data about dangers to those receiving it. The piece described the outcome of a secret, highly-secluded 2000 meeting—The Simpsonwood Conference—involving a group of government scientists and health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acid Spill at Long Island Lowe&#8217;s Puts 7 in Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3297</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3297#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Health Concerns</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, seven people were hospitalized after a muriatic acid spill took place at the Lowe&#8217;s home improvement store in Medford, New York, according to officials.  The leak occurred at around 2:38 p.m. when employees were using a forklift to carry a wooden pallet with twelve cases of the muriatic acid, according to Joe Sauerwein.  [...]]]></description>
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