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Judge Sentences Peanut Butter Executives For Salmonella Outbreak
Stewart Parnell, the former CEO of Peanut Corporation of America, was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for knowingly shipping peanut butter contaminated with salmonella across the nation.The company's Georgia manufacturing plant was respons...
More Than 30 Percent Of American Kids Consume Fast Food Daily
Since the 1990s, about one-third of U.S. kids eat fast food every day. Despite increased governmental efforts to promote healthy eating habits, not much has changed.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that there has been ...
GM Settles Criminal Case Over Faulty Ignition Switches
General Motors and the Justice Department have finally reached a settlement after the company recalled 2.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches in 2014.
The Long-Awaited Settlement
GM admits to knowing about the defects but still allowed the ca...
Study Reanalysis Shows Antidepressant Is Harmful For Teens
The reanalysis of the 2001 study that led regulators to believe Paxil should be approved for youth has proven the antidepressant is not actually safe and effective for teenagers.Critics of the original study are using the error to promote a widespread ...
Declining Marine Populations Threaten Human Food Security
In the last 40 years, certain fish populations have decreased by almost 75 percent. Many of these species are essential to the human food chain.New research shows that tuna and mackerel are subject to a "catastrophic" decline. The study cites problems ...
FDA Bans Four Cigarette Brands From Shelves
The FDA, recently tightening its regulatory grip on cigarette manufactures, banned the sale of four kinds of cigarettes on Sept. 15.Manufactured by R.J. Reynolds, the banned brands include Camel Crush Bold, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter, Pall Mall...
An Antibiotic Scorecard For Your Favorite Fast Food Joints
The 25 largest fast food chains in the United States are getting schooled -- not surprisingly, the report card doesn't look so good.The meat sold by the nation's major fast food providers has been analyzed for its antibiotic content. The scorecard expo...
CEO Raises Price Of Antiparasitic Drug To $750 Per Pill
The high cost of pharmaceuticals is a widespread issue in the United States. Pharmaceutical price-gouging is something that presidential candidates are trying to combat, but the seriousness of the problem wasn't as clear until the cost of a life-saving dru...
U.S. Children Poisoned From Drinking Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer is innovative. It's a quick and easy way to keep germs at bay. But if ingested by children, the disinfectant can be very dangerous.Since 2010, poison control centers report a 400 percent increase in the amount of children aged 12 and und...
Alzheimer’s May Be Transmitted Through Medical Procedures
Alzheimer's may be transmitted through certain medical procedures and surgeries, according to a new study from British researchers.The study focuses on the possibility that treatments introducing the human growth hormone, an active ingredient in a numb...