April 2008
Wednesday 30 April
- Raytheon Has Contaminated Ground Water Before (21:36) - The recent discovery of a toxic plume of pollution in the ground water at the Raytheon Plant in the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida is not the first time Raytheon has been a bad neighbor. In 1986 the Raytheon... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate (20:47) - In what has only been mentioned in whispers has now come into the light of day during Congressional testimony-the heparin that led to 81 deaths in the United States may have been contaminated deliberately. The FDA has been considering this... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Raytheon Contamination Identified in 6 Wells (20:39) - A firm hired by Raytheon Corporation has found that at least six wells in the Azalea neighborhood have been contaminated by high level contaminants coming from the Raytheon plant in St. Petersburg. The tainted wells are scattered to the south... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 26 April
- Raytheon Groundwater Contamination Cleanup Likely to be Lengthy and Expensive (10:53) - In an article published in today's St. Petersburg Times, the cost and length of the cleanup of Raytheon groundwater contamination will likely be lengthy and expensive. According to the article, environmental consultants determine that the process offici won't even begin... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 25 April
- Sanofi-Aventis' Heparin Injection Lovenox Tainted (09:08) - French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has announced that its blood thinning injection drug Lovenox has been found to be slightly tainted with the same contaminant that was linked to 81 US deaths-over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate. However, Sanofi-s contaminated heparin has not been... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 23 April
- Heparin Recall Update (20:35) - The heparin recall that was linked to China has now spread to 11 countries and has been definitively linked to the serious health effects of numerous people as well as 81 deaths in the United States. A high ranking Chinese... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 21 April
- Raytheon's Groundwater Contamination and the Azalea Neighborhood (09:23) - I spent the weekend talking with the concerned residents of the Azalea neighborhood in St. Petersburg. These are hard working, good people whose lives have been turned upside down by the reckless and careless disregard of their corporate neighbor Raytheon.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 20 April
- Cardinal Levada's Two Step on Priest Abuse (21:02) - When Cardinal Levada met with journalists in the Time building in New York this past Friday and was reported to have said that the church is considering making it easier for survivors of priest abuse to come forward, there was... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 19 April
- Raytheon Toxic Spill Damages Azalea Property Values (18:25) - Azalea neighborhood homeowners and business owners in St. Petersburg have spent years paying on mortgages hoping to see increases in value in their properties. Now their corporate neighbor Raytheon has damaged property values in the neighborhood by failing to properly... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Benedict and Sex Abuse Survivors (13:35) - I think most people involved in this movement-whether they be survivors, doctors, advocates, lawyers, priests, or bishops don't know where Pope Benedict's actions this week will lead. On the one hand, his words and actions could be a slick PR... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 17 April
- Pope Benedict Meets with 5 Sex Abuse Survivors (20:19) - The Pope has conceded and met with 5 victims of Catholic priest sex abuse. Attorney Robert Bennett, a member of the National Review Board admitted on Chris Matthews' Hardball that the bishops had screwed up and didn't handle the crisis.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 16 April
- Pope Benedict and Sex Abuse (09:19) - Safely esconced on his Alitalia jet bound for the United States, Pope Benedict XVI told reporters of his shame concerning the priest abuse. In discussing the abuse, the pontiff feigned disbelief over how such a tragedy could have occurred in... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 13 April
Saturday 12 April
- Priest Sex Abuse Lawyer , Vows of Silence Jason Berry's (20:10) - Jason Berry, the renowned Catholic journalist who wrote a groundbreaking investigative report on a priest abuser in New Orleans in 1985, hoped that his findings would lead to reform in the Catholic Church. He has made his book Vows of... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Heparin Deaths Climb to 62 in U.S. (08:01) - The FDA is now estimating that heparin deaths in the United States has climbed to 62. The majority of these deaths have been reported in the last 3-4 months. The drug agency defined suspicious deaths as those involving one or... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 11 April
- In Wake of Pope's Visit, Sex Abuse Lawsuits and Settlements Continue (09:53) - Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in the United States next week to visit the Catholic faithful. He's already announced that he won't speak about the priest sex abuse crisis. Yet, the facts of the sex abuse scandal can not be... | 0 Trackbacks
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- St. Petersburg Neighborhood Raise Concerns about Ground Water Contamination (09:32) - After a News Channel 8 and Tampa Tribune report revealed groundwater contamination in the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg. Over 100 neighborhood residents gathered to discuss their concerns about the contamination linked to the large defense plant Raytheon. The residents... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 10 April
- Genzyme Recalls Transplant Drug (16:13) - Genzyme Corporation has voluntarily recalled three lots of Thymoglobulin, a drug used in renal transplants. No other information about safety issues or potential adverse effects was available at the time the company released the recall news. The FDA has instructed... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 9 April
- Heparin Death Count Triples (20:04) - The FDA has tripled the deaths attributed to contaminated heparin since January 2007. The agency was quick to point out that these are not new deaths but the increase is attributable to expanded anlayis of the heparin recall data as... | 0 Trackbacks
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- FDA Sends Avandia Warning Letter (19:46) - Calling company violations "serious", the FDA issued a sharply worded warning letter to the manufacturer of the diabetes drug Avandia for failing to file reports concerning clinical trials of the drug. The FDA ordered Glaxo Smith Kline to take immediate... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 8 April
- Fen Phen Class Action Settlement Judge Approves Payment of Seven Hundred Ninety Million Dollars (13:15) - Fen Phen drug recall class action judge Harvey Bartle issued a federal court order today in Philadelphia approving a final distribution of the fen phen supplemental class settlement fund. Judge Bartle's order authorized payment of $792,694,924 to consumers who suffered... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bad Drugs Need More Oversight not Less (06:04) - With all the issues surrounding prescription drugs, the Bush Administration wants to give drug oversight exclusively to an already overburdened, underfunded FDA. Drugs such as Vioxx, Zetia, Vytorin, Seroquel, Chantix, and Avandia have all been linked to dangerous, sometimes lethal... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 7 April
- Pope Benedict Visit Washington New York | Priest Sex Abuse Lawyer (20:06) - Pope Benedict will visit the United States for the first time as head of the Catholic Church. Already, the trip has drawn controversy because the pope has chosen not to meet with those sexually abused by Catholic priests. In fact,... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Court Protects Integrity of JAMA Peer Review Process (10:35) - In a major victory for the integrity of medical journals, the federal district court in Chicago has ruled in favor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys ruled that JAMA does not have to... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 6 April
- Priest Abuse Lawyer Clergy Molestation Attorney News Links (19:01) - Priest Sex Abuse Lawyer Attorney Information News Links Priest kept log of teen romps Church to investigate alleged sexual misconduct by priest Priest Sex Abuse Lawyer Priest-abuse suit can be heard, Illinois appeals court rules... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 5 April
- Mesothelioma Lawsuits (11:03) - While lawsuits concerning mesothelioma don't garner as much media attention as a few years ago, they are still occurring because workers are still contracting the deadly cancer as a result of being exposed to asbestos on the job. In this... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 4 April
- Feds Seize $1.3 Million in Illegal Supplements (21:25) - U.S. Marshals seized more than $1,301,712 of dietary supplements from LG Sciences, LLC, of Brighton, Mich., because the products contain unapproved food additives and/or new dietary ingredients that cause the products to violate the law. Labeled as dietary supplements, the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 2 April
- Ortho Evra Patch Update (10:37) - The most recent study concerning the Ortho Evra birth control patch confirms earlier tests that suggested that the patch increases the risk for venous thromboembolism, more commonly known as blood clots, in women aged 15-44 compared to women using birth... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Botox Can Affect Brain (10:26) - Botox can travel to the brain, a new study in rats shows. Botulinum neurotoxin type A – sold commercially under the name Botox, leaves a sign of its presence the remnants of a protein that botulinum breaks down. This is... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 1 April
- Fentanyl Patches Recalled Due to Severe Respiratory Problems (13:40) - Several brands of fentanyl patches are being recalled due to a leak in the patch allowing the gel to leak. If the gel comes into contact with human skin it can cause respiratory depression and possibly death. One recall affects... | 0 Trackbacks
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