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Deaths from Prescription Drug Overdoses Skyrocket0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
Overdoses on prescription drugs are at an all-time high and are becoming a very serious issue. The Today Show, 12/31/2012
READ MOREGeneral Motors recalls various 2013 Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC vehicles0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
GM is recalling 54,686 model year 2013 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT; Chevrolet Avalanche, Express, Silverado HD, Silverado LD, Suburban, and Tahoe; and GMC Savana, Sierra HD, Sierra LD, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. Manufactured between November 7, 2012, through December 18, 2012, the vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal
READ MORESubaru recalls a variety of vehicles including Legacies and Outbacks0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
Subaru is recalling nearly 634,000 vehicles as follows: model year 2010 and 2011 Legacy and Outback vehicles; model year 2006 through 2012 Tribeca vehicles sold before January 2012; and certain models year 2009 through 2012 Forester vehicles sold before January 2012. It has been found that these models may have a potential electrical problem that
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Many patients unaware of radiation risks from CT scans0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine's radiology department in Seattle surveyed 235 patients who had undergone non-urgent computed tomography (CT) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) cardiac scans from February through December of 2011. About a third of the patients said they did not know that the scans exposed them to
READ MOREMaryland bans arsenic in poultry — first state to do so0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
As of Jan. 1st, Maryland has become the first state to ban arsenic in poultry. Arsenic has been known to cause an array of health issues, including heart disease, diabetes and neurological problems in children, if too much of it is consumed. Arsenic was approved initially by the FDA before the government agency learned of
READ MOREFranken-Salmon on the Horizon0
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 9, 2013
The FDA has said that they can find no valid scientific reason to ban the production of genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon, which is engineered (using Pacific Chinook salmon growth hormones) to grow twice as fast as ordinary fish. The FDA's finding clears one of the last remaining hurdles for GM salmon to be lawfully sold and eaten
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