Defective & Dangerous Products

• Peter Pan Peanut Butter Salmonella Recall Update

  Pete Strom | February 19, 2007 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  This Peter Pan peanut butter recall is much more serious than I originally thought. We have received a number of calls today from families from around the country. One person is in the hospital for salmonella poisoning and others are telling me of episodes of nausea, fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. I am advising people to go the doctor if they are still having salmonella symptoms. We are...

• ReNu with MoistureLoc Linked to Fusarium Keratitis

  Pete Strom | February 17, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Reports of fungal keratitis infections in users in South Carolina of the solution are surfacing in contact lens wearers who use ReNu with MoistureLoc. Fungal keratitis is a serious eye infection that can develop through the whole depth of the cornea. The infection can require prolonged drug therapy with antifungals such as natamycin, nystatin, and amphotericin B. Other antifungals that may be...

• Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall

  Pete Strom | February 17, 2007 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Make sure you look at the product code on the jar of peanut butter on your shelf. If it begins with "2111" take it back to the grocery store for a refund. Salmonella has been found in the Peter Pan brand. I read about this peanut butter recall earlier in the week and did not think much about it until I looked in our cabnet at home and a jar with"2111".DHEC urges people who have symptoms commonly...

• Lead Paint Still a Risk to Children

  Pete Strom | January 05, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Over 300,000 children in the United States are poisoned by lead from lead based paint annually. 83-86 percent of homes built before 1978 (over 64 million homes nationally) contain lead-based paint. Since 1991, the Centers for Disease Control has emphasized the need to make primary prevention of lead poisoning a high priority for health, housing and environmental agencies at the state, local...

• Zyprexa and Strokes

  Pete Strom | December 20, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  For millions of people, prescription drugs are necessary to health and even survival. Yet, the very drugs designed to help people may cause adverse reactions that range from illness to disability to death. As recently as April 11, 2005 the FDA issued an alert advising health care providers, patients, and patient care givers to safety issues regarding Zyprexa. New marketing documents were...

• Drug Coated Stents May Increase Risk of Stroke

  Pete Strom | December 12, 2006 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Recently the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be studying the safety of popular heart stents. The heart stents involved in the study are stents that are coated with medicine that is supposed to prevent arteries from closing again. More than 6 million people have these medicated stents. Doctors now think these stents may raise the risk of life-threatening blood clots that...