After Johnson & Johnson announced that Topamax, Tylenol, and other over-the-counter drugs may be contaminated with TBA (short for a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole), people are wondering whether should be worried about adverse health effects. TBA is also called a “halogenated anisole compound.”
Unfortunately, not much is known about the effects of TBA. The FDA reports that the risks appear to be minimal, particularly because TBA-contaminated drugs likely contain very low levels of ...
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