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Oakdale Drinking Water Contamination The Star Tribune reported in September 2020 that Oakdale, Minnesota residents who drank water contaminated with PFAS “forever chemicals” experienced increased rates of infertility, premature births, and low birth weights. According to the findings, for the past few years, babies in Oakdale were 35% more likely to weigh less than 5.5 pounds at…

What Is SJS And What Are The Symptoms? Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a serious and potentially life-threatening skin reaction. SJS reactions typically start with flu-like symptoms and often a rash in which skin blisters like a burn and the top layer of affected skin sheds. The blisters are immensely painful and usually spread throughout the…

Distracted Driving in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each day approximately 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 people are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver. Distracted driving is defined as “driving while doing another activity that takes your attention away from driving. Distracted driving…

Johnson & Johnson announced today it was discontinuing sales of its talc-based baby powder products in the United States and Canada amid a firestorm of lawsuits claiming its signature product contains asbestos. The announcement comes just weeks after US District Judge Freda Wolfson ruled to allow testimony from plaintiffs’ experts in the New Jersey-based Multidistrict Litigation. Thousands of claimants…

If you received a letter warning about a contaminated heater-cooler unit used in your open-heart surgery, you may be at risk of contracting a nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection and should contact your doctor immediately. Why Did I Receive A Warning Letter After My Open Heart Surgery? On June 1, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised…

New testing from a California pharmacy has found elevated levels of the probable human carcinogen NDMA in Zantac when the drug is exposed to heat. As a result of its troubling findings, Emery Pharma has filed a Citizen Petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting the agency pull all products containing ranitidine, Zantac’s active ingredient, from…