Saturday, July 16, 2011

CPSC Announces New, Lower Limit for Lead Content in Children's Products

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted (3-2) that there was insufficient evidence to make a determination that manufacture...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

CPSC and HUD Issue Updated Remediation Protocol for Homes with Problem Drywall

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are issuing an updated rem...
Friday, March 04, 2011

FDA: Risk of oral birth defects in children born to mothers taking topiramate

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New data suggest that the drug Topamax (topiramate) and its generic versions increase the risk for the birth defects cleft lip and cleft pal...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Smoking Early in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Heart Defects in Infants

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Maternal cigarette smoking in the first trimester was associated with a 20 to 70 percent greater likelihood that a baby would be born with c...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

FDA warns against certain uses of asthma drug terbutaline for preterm labor

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that terbutaline administered by injection or through an infusion pump should not be used i...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

FDA Review Indicates Possible Association Between Breast Implants and a Rare Cancer

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/PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a possible association between saline and silicone gel-filled breast i...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Bath Salts: For Bathing or the Latest High?

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/PRNewswire/ -- Some bath salts – with names like Ocean Burst and Ivory Wave – aren't really for bathing. Rather, they are the latest h...