Archive for October, 2009

23 Oct

Puerto Rico Gas Plant Explosion Suspicious?

“Boom, fire, RIP, Gulf.” Police and FBI agents are investigating this graffiti discovered in a highway tunnel following an early morning fuel storage explosion in Puerto Rico. The facility supplies Gulf gas stations island wide.
“Everything is very preliminary at this point but obviously we’re looking into the graffiti and it’s a concern,” said [...]

22 Oct

FDA Slow in Banning Fraudulent Research

The Food and Drug Administration is under attack once again.  The New York Times cites a report to be released today criticizing the agency’s lack of action in yet another critical area…research fraud.
Congressional investigators claim the FDA ‘pays so little attention to its responsibilities to ban investigators convicted of fraud and is so disorganized about [...]

16 Oct

Chinese Drywall Events Disastrous

Chinese drywall repercussions continue to escalate. Obviously, affected homeowners are suffering the most. A few ethical builders are attempting to replace toxic wallboard but most are balking…waiting for the courts to assess liability.
Who or what is the next casualty in this mess? According to a recent NPR (National Public Radio) report, noxious [...]

13 Oct

BPA Study Wasting Millions Of Dollars

Over nine hundred studies examining the effects of BPA are enough, conclude 33 bisphenol A scientific experts.
The scientists, mainly from universities, accuse the government of wasting millions of dollars for further research. Angered, the group has penned a letter to Margaret Hamburg, Food and Drug Administration commissioner, that says her agency is ‘stalling at [...]

08 Oct

What’s In Your Burger?

Unless you grind it yourself, the juicy hamburger that you’re wolfing down is truly a mysterious concoction. It could be an abhorrent mixture of slaughterhouse trimmings, mash from scraps, diverse grades of meat from various cow parts slaughtered in numerous facilities across America and abroad.
Hopefully, those pesky stray nails and metal hooks were removed. [...]