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While major drug recalls are often big news, drug recalls happen more often than you may think. A drug recall is a voluntary action taken by a drug company at any time to remove a defective drug product from the…

Cities across the country are dealing with the effects of “forever chemicals” in their air and water. A small city in upstate New York, Cohoes, learned that more than two million pounds of material containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (collectively known…

In a giant setback to agribusiness giant Bayer, a court overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of its latest weed-killing spray. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that, in 2018, the EPA understated the risks of three…

In September of 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that potentially harmful levels of a cancer-causing agent had been found in products containing ranitidine. These products included heartburn medication Zantac. The long-term use of Zantac had been primarily…

The initial surgery for a hernia repair is stressful enough. You have to miss work, and you may undergo a long and painful recovery process. Managing your treatment and your medical bills can be overwhelming. If you now need to…

If you suffer from heartburn or acid reflux, then you may be familiar with the issues surrounding the popular heartburn medication Zantac. Recent testing demonstrated that ranitidine, the active ingredient in Zantac and generic versions of the drug, produced a…