- Jessica Smagacz | January 28, 2009 8:42 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesToday the Peanut Corporation of America is voluntarily recalling all peanuts and peanut products processed at the Blakely, Georgia facility since January 1, 2007, FDA reports.
This comes after...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 28, 2009 8:30 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesFederal Health officials said yesterday that the Peanut Corporation of America failed to follow safe food practices when it found evidence of salmonella bacteria in its products and STILL SOLD THEM,...
- M. Brandon Smith | January 26, 2009 3:51 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe attorneys at Childers and Schlueter, LLP continue to review and investigate Dilantin and phenytoin related cases of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TENS). The...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 26, 2009 8:43 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesAn interesting report by the Chicago Tribune indicated that bisphenol A can harm adult reproductive systems and infant development.
Bisphenol A is a plastic additive that is found in many products...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 24, 2009 5:33 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThis past Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed against the Peanut Corporation of America in the U.S. District Court in Georgia.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a family from Vermont. This Vermont family...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 23, 2009 1:27 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesBecause the recent salmonella outbreak has been identified as coming from the Peanut Corporation of America, many companies are recalling their products that have peanut paste or peanut butter in...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 21, 2009 5:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis past Saturday, Joe Harry Ball, 34 year old was tragically killed at the scene of an accident on highway 319 North near the Sumner Road intersection in Georgia.
The Moultrie Observer reported...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 19, 2009 10:45 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe peanut butter recall madness is growing larger and larger as the investigation into the nationwide salmonella outbreak continues.
As many fellow InjuryBoard members have been blogging on the...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 18, 2009 10:01 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe recent salmonella outbreak has sickened hundreds of people nationwide and killed about six people. Now, the most recent news is that Peanut Corporation of America’s facility in Georgia has...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 16, 2009 11:43 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsFDA has approved 228 medical devices without full scale reviews from the years 2003-2007 according to a report by the Government Accountability Office reports Fox News. This happened even though...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 15, 2009 9:54 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today that a Georgia peanut butter plant, known as the Peanut Corporation of America, is the focus of investigation by federal and state officials as the...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 14, 2009 1:12 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesToday, after several days since Minnesota health officials found salmonella bacteria in a five pound tub of peanut butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America, Peanut Corporation of America...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 12, 2009 9:04 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe Minnesota Health Department of Agriculture & Health released another news report concerning the salmonella recovered from King Nut, InjuryBoard member Jane Akre wrote on today: Health...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 12, 2009 1:01 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesHave you recently eaten peanut butter? Was this peanut butter King Nut or Parnell's Pride? If yes, this post if for you.
This past weekend, Minnesota health officials discovered salmonella...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 11, 2009 12:34 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesSoon after the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued a product advisory after finding the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a five pound container of King...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 10, 2009 9:35 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesToday the Washington Post released an article reporting that an Ohio peanut butter distributor issued a voluntary recall for two brands of peanut butter. This recall was announced after Minnesota...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 10, 2009 7:07 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsGeorgia State Patrol in Toccoa, Georgia reported four people injured in a car accident between two cars this past Thursday afternoon, according to Independentmail.
On Thursday afternoon, a 2000...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 08, 2009 9:16 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRobert Stanley McElhannon of Monroe, Georgia died after a traffic accident this past Monday. It was in the afternoon when his car collided with another car at the intersection of Highway 78 and...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 08, 2009 4:08 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesGeorgia is among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak. This outbreak has sent a dozen people to the hospital and nearly 400 people have been sick from the outbreak, Atlanta...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 07, 2009 7:10 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesLast month while construction workers were working on building a “Canopy Walk” attraction at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, part of the structure gave way and collapsed.
This accident...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 07, 2009 11:52 AM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a plan to establish a set of five year prevention targets to reduce health care-associated infections (HAIs). HHS is also...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 06, 2009 10:23 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesU.S. regulators said this past Monday that color additives made from insects must be disclosed on food and cosmetics labels by 2011. This is a result of the possibility of allergic reactions from...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 05, 2009 12:07 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsFDA announced a recall on January 2 of UD 30654 of Healon D, an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD). This device is manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics Inc. of Santa Ana, California.
On...
- Jessica Smagacz | January 02, 2009 10:45 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesRosetta Genomics announced earlier this week the availability of its third MicroRNA-based diagnostic test called miRview(TM) meso.
The test is the first that can diagnose mesothelioma from other...