Defective & Dangerous Products

• Two-Thirds Of Eye Fungus Sufferers Connected To Bausch & Lomb

  M. Brandon Smith | June 07, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that nearly two-thirds of contact lens wearers who contracted eye infections reported using Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with Mositureloc. The number of confirmed cases of fungal infection or Fusarium keratitis, has increased to dramatically in recent days to a number well over 100 according to the CDC. According to ABCNEWS.ComWithout eye-drop...

• ReNu Linked To Contact Lens Fungus

  M. Brandon Smith | April 17, 2006 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Bausch and Lomb has stopped shipments of its ReNu contact lens solution after the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) linked it to a fungal eye infection that can cause temporary blindness. The CDC is currently investigating 109 reports of fusarium keratitis which can scar the cornea and blind it victims if not treated in time. There have already been 8 cases where U.S. patients have...

• $50 Million Tobacco Verdict Stands

  M. Brandon Smith | March 20, 2006 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The United States Supreme Court refused to review a $50 million damage award against Phillip Morris where a former 2-pack a day smoker died of cancer. The tobacco manufacture, which controls nearly half of the United States tobacco market, asked that the award be declared unconstitutionally excessive. The U.S. Supreme Court declined the request without further comment.According to the...