By Myron Levin on November 6, 2019
In an age of distortion, propaganda and fake news, medical literature might seem to be a safe space for honest scientific inquiry, with no room for bias or spin. It isn’t so. Court proceedings, investigations and whistleblower accounts have revealed a long history of drug companies manipulating the literature to promote their drugs or disparage rival products–with the aim of getting doctors to prescribe more of their meds
Posted in Oldies but Goodies, Public Health | Tagged Adriane Fugh-Berman, Allergan, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Darren Taichman, FDA, Georgetown, GlaxoSmithKline, James Beck, Leemon McHenry, Merck, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, PharmedOUT, Product Hazards and Recalls, Sen. Charles Grassley, Stephen Braun, William Tierney |
By Eli Wolfe on October 24, 2019
A new study found significant quantities of litter from vaping devices in high school parking lots, prompting environmental concerns.
Posted in Environment, Public Health | Tagged Bay Area, CDC, Consumer product safety, e-cigarettes, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Juul, San Francisco, SB 424, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, UCSF, Vaping |
By Marjie Lundstrom on October 3, 2019
A FairWarning investigation found serious food safety problems in nursing homes and assisted living centers nationwide.
Posted in Oldies but Goodies, Public Health | Tagged Arkansas, assisted living, California, CDC, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Colorado, Donald Trump, elder abuse, food safety, foodborne illness, Georgia, Government accountability, Los Angeles, Marjie Lundstrom, Michigan, nursing homes, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, Texas, Wisconsin |
By Hillel Aron on September 26, 2019
A recent study found that contaminants in tap water could cause 100,000 cases of cancer over the course of 70 years.
Posted in Environment, Public Health | Tagged Arizona, Arsenic, cancer, Cancer Risk, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Working Group, Paper, research, Study, tap water, water |
By Hillel Aron on September 11, 2019
People are still taking Miracle Mineral Solution, a toxic chemical compound that purports to cure everything from cancer to autism.
Posted in Consumer Protection, Public Health | Tagged Autism, Bleach, Chlorine Dioxide, Doug Nash, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Miracle Cure, Miracle Mineral Solution, MMS, Safety, Snake Oil, Sylvia Fink |
By Nate Seltenrich on August 28, 2019
For a huge swath of Northern California, the air suddenly became hazardous last November. Thick smoke from the most destructive wildfire in state history was delivering a secondary blow to nearly ten million Californians, some of whom turned to a new class of consumer air monitors to help keep them safe. Public-health experts say such…
Posted in Consumer Protection, Environment, Public Health | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Environmental Safety and Health |
By Susan Abram on August 8, 2019
Many Americans live within a city block of aging, natural gas storage wells that lack safety features to prevent major leaks.
Posted in Environment, Public Health | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Environmental Safety and Health |
By Hillel Aron on July 24, 2019
There’s a broad scientific consensus that alcohol is a carcinogen. Now some advocates want alcoholic beverages to come with cancer warning labels.
Posted in Consumer Protection, Public Health | Tagged alcohol, cancer, public health, TPP, warning labels |
By Susan Abram on July 11, 2019
While 40 percent of the nation’s food supply winds up in landfills, a federal effort to curb waste is slow-moving, a new GAO report finds.
Posted in Environment, Public Health | Tagged Food Supply, Government accountability |
By Lynne Peeples on June 12, 2019
The death of filmmaker Andrew Nisker’s father, Harold, of cancer in 2014 led him on a search for truth about golf courses and pesticide use.
Posted in Environment, Public Health | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health |
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