A microbial contamination has forced the recall of a wide variety of store-brand laxatives sold across the country. Retailers from grocery stores to pharmacies were forced to pull variations of magnesium-citrate-based saline laxatives after testing found them to be contaminated with Gluconacetobacter liqufaciens. The manufacturer of the medication warns that “immunocompromised patients who consume this product may be at increased risk for invasive infections ...
Recall Pulls Over 20 Brands of Laxatives from Store Shelves
Posted August 31, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Bill Aimed at Helping Veterans Dies in Senate as 25 Republicans Change Vote
Posted August 7, 2022 in Camp Lejeune Water Contamination | Product News and Recalls
The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, also known as the PACT Act, seemed like a slam dunk. Amid some of the most polarized and obstructionist politics in our nation’s history, legislators on both sides were poised to pass a comprehensive bill that would funnel hundreds of millions of dollars toward caring for veterans that were exposed to toxic burn pits and other ...
Citing PR “Nightmare,” Government Hides Report on Military Water Contamination
Posted July 2, 2018 in Camp Lejeune Water Contamination | Product News and Recalls
It has been one of the oldest, most overly-used tropes in the book. As the intended stewards of our nation’s natural resources, the Environmental Protection Agency has fought for decades against the notion that it puts owls over people; that it somehow values a small, previously unheard-of rodent over the potential impact of hundreds or thousands of jobs.
While the EPA’s regulations have put the brakes on ...
continue reading...CDC: Decontamination Procedures Not Followed After Creutzfeldt-Jakob Patient Treated
Posted September 30, 2013 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
CNN reports that several patients who underwent surgery at a Massachusetts Hospital may have been exposed to rare and dangerous disease due to improper sterilization of medical equipment from another facility in New Hampshire.
The medical equipment, rented by Medtronic Inc., was initially used on a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. After that initial procedure, the equipment was sterilized with heat, which is known to not be effective in eliminating Creutzfeldt-Jakob contamination. ...
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