DuPont is taking heat again over its handling of the now-banned Imprelis herbicide. handled A broadleaf herbicide originally touted as safe for other plants, Imprelis has been linked to a growing number of tree deaths and damages, especially evergreens. Arguments are scheduled for September 20th in U.S. District Court in Delaware. concerning a motion to [...]

Ralph Nader’s consumer group Public Citizen is urging the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to recall transvaginal mesh medical devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP). In a recent petition to the agency, the group describes transvaginal mesh devices as offering “no significant benefits but expose patients to serious risks and the potential [...]

The two recent 5.3 and 5.8 magnitude  earthquakes that made headlines last week are adding to the controversy surrounding  hydraulic fracturing—fracking. Both earthquakes occurred in unlikely earthquake areas—southern Colorado and Virginia—and were the subject of speculation that fracking might be tthe cause. Fracking, however,  has been ruled out as a possible cause of the Virginia [...]

Over 300 personal injury lawsuits have been filed in federal courts nationwide, accusing Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit of neglecting to warn patients about design defects in its DePuy Pinnacle hip implant device. The lawsuits have been consolidated in a federal court in Texas before Judge Kinkeade, who is set to make a leadership [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued a notification to healthcare professionals and patients concerning the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide). The agency writes that Celexa should not be used at doses greater than 40 mg daily due over links to abnormal changes that occur in the heart’s electrical activity. These changes are described [...]

The issue with failed metal-on-metal hip implant devices is growing. According to the New York Times, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more complaints about defective hip devices than expected—about 5,000 since January, more than it received in all four of the prior years combined. Most reports concern patients who have had [...]

A federal lawsuit has been filed against Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company over allegations that the drug makers neglected to warn consumers about Actos’ increased bladder cancer risks. Actos is used to treat Type 2 diabetes. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new label warning for Actos (pioglitazone) and [...]

Temporary impotence and other sexual problems have long been linked to hair growth medication Propecia. But a new twist on this issue is emerging: Propecia, made with the active ingredient finasteride, may be causing permanent erectile dysfunction and sexual performance problems; even long after treatment is ceased. According to a Consumer Affairs report, a lawsuit [...]

New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed a number of natural gas frackers about the accuracy of how they represent their natural gas wells’ profitability and life spans. According to a source familiar with the situation, speaking to Bloomberg News on the condition of anonymity,  Range Resources Corp., Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., [...]

The DuPont herbicide, Imprelis, was supposed to be an environmentally safe way of ridding turf of broadleaf weeds. But according to Newsinferno, by May reports were mounting concerning dead and damaged trees near where Imprelis was sprayed. Damage reports involved mostly coniferous trees—white pine, Norway spruce and other evergreens. DuPont says Imprelis underwent over 400 [...]