Archive for August, 2009

28 Aug

Yaz Misleading And Dangerous

Birth control medication is supposed to prevent an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy—not cause serious blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, or death.
Yaz, a similar but newer version of the “fourth generation” contraceptive Yasmin promises more than birth control. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006, the pill’s maker, Bayer, declared it’s also [...]

27 Aug

Swine Flu Vaccine Toxic?

The controversial swine flu vaccine contains a lethal brain toxin associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and multiple sclerosis, according to Britain’s Sunday Express publication.
Five years ago, mercury, a vaccine preservative, was eliminated from childhood shots in the U.K. after relating the heavy metal to brain damage. The Express reports that the new pandemic vaccine [...]

25 Aug

Yasmin Trouble From The Start

Alarming safety concerns from the beginning—blood clots, venous and pulmonary thrombosis, stroke, heart attack—and now personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. There are definitely better ways to prevent pregnancy.
Oral contraceptives, Yasmin and its generic version, Ocella, came under fire soon after European approval in 2000. Reports of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Deep Vein [...]

16 Aug

Government Says Drywall Not Radioactive Concern

State and federal scientists claim there is no radiation safety risk to people living in homes built with manufactured drywall…either imported or domestic.
Prompted by controversy involving possible radioactive phosphogypsum in Chinese drywall, government agency radiation laboratories analyzed various wallboard samples obtained by the Florida Department of Health (FLDOH) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Twenty-one [...]

13 Aug

Jumbo Green Onion Recall

Skip these onions on your sandwich…they might make you miserable.
California-based NewStar Fresh Foods voluntarily recalled 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions due to the possibility of Salmonella contamination.
Although no illnesses have been reported and all known affected product ‘within the foodservice channel’ has been destroyed, the company said the precautionary recall was necessary since [...]