Protecting What's Right

Kellogg recalls popular breakfast cereals

Jun302010

Kellogg Co. is recalling approximately 28 million boxes of its popular breakfast cereals Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, and Honey Smacks.  The lining of the cereals’ boxes is emitting a “waxy” smell that has led to customer complaints, including five who reported vomiting and nausea.  The company is investigating the cause of the problem.  [...]

Airline food may pose health threat

Jun292010

According to a recent investigative report by the USA TODAY, catering facilities that prepare food served onboard most of the country’s major airlines have been repeated violators of federal health and sanitation rules. According to inspections conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, many facilities run by three large caterers had a variety of [...]

Congressional report raises concerns about medical ghostwriting

Jun292010

A recently-released Congressional report is urging medical schools, medical journals and the National Institutes of Health to take measures to ensure the integrity of medical research articles by curbing the practice of medical ghostwriting. Ghostwriting is a practice in which well-known medical researchers sign their names as authors of scientific journal articles that were actually [...]

Target recalling over 100,000 children’s belts because of excessive lead

Jun292010

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that Target Corp. is recalling over 100,000 Cherokee-brand boys’ and Circo-brand girls’ belts because of excessive lead in the belt buckles, in violation of the federal lead paint standard.

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