According to a recent pretrial order, nearly 140,000 veterans have presented claims alleging hearing loss and other injuries due to defective 3M military earplugs. 3M Company’s Dual-sided Combat Arms earplugs have been the source of severe allegations over the last few years. Servicemembers claim 3M not only made dangerously defective military earplugs but sold them […]
The U.S. District Judge presiding over the PPI Product Liability Litigation recently scheduled the first bellwether trial in this litigation to address common complaints of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) heartburn drugs causing kidney problems. Individuals filing injury lawsuit against PPI manufacturers allege heartburn drugs like Nexium, Prilosec, and others caused them to endure severe kidney […]
Since the FDA announced in late 2019 that strains of Zantac (ranitidine) have been contaminated by human carcinogens, increasing numbers of Zantac lawsuits have continued to flood into the courts nationwide. On September 13, the FDA first announced that certain lots of Zantac medications were contaminated with known human carcinogen, or cancer-causing chemical, N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). […]
Officials Plan to Completely Remove Roundup from French Market by 2021 French health regulators announced they have banned 36 glyphosate-based products from the French market, including the highly controversial herbicide Roundup. The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) released the news December 9 after nearly two years of deliberation following […]
Ventralex Lawsuit Blames Defective Hernia Mesh Design for Patient’s Severe Complications Claims continue to pile up against C.R. Bard as more patients discover their hernia mesh failure was accused by defective Bard hernia mesh products. A recent lawsuit filed against the infamous medical device manufacturer alleges that dangerous defects in Veteralex hernia mesh caused a […]
CDC Investigation Ties Presence of Vitamin E in THC to Start of Vaping Injuries Federal health officials uncovered that the presence of a vitamin E in THC vaping liquids may be cause of thousands of lung illnesses spanning across the nation. On November 27, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a […]
FDA Issued Recall after Finding High Levels of Known Human Carcinogen in Generic Ranitidine The Zantac recall steadily grows as health officials continue to test batches of the popular heartburn medication and generic counterparts for the presence of carcinogens. The FDA’s most recent Zantac recall, issued on November 15, recalled all of Golden State Medical […]
Vaping Causing Critical Damage Unlike Doctors Have Ever Seen A 17-year-old boy with lungs “damaged beyond repair” by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. According to the New York Times, the patient’s lungs were covered with dead spots, scarred, and incredibly inflamed to the point that there was no […]
JUUL Executives Knew Early on About the Potency of Their Nicotine Salts New allegations from ex-JUUL employees revealed JUUL Labs not only knew their nicotine salts were extremely addicting but decided against designing a failsafe in their e-cigarettes to regulate nicotine intake. Former JUUL employees reported to Reuters News that early JUUL e-cigarettes were largely […]
FDA Discovers NDMA in Ranitidine Syrup During Zantac Investigation The Zantac recall continues to expand as health investigators test more batches of the popular heartburn drug for carcinogens. On October 25, the FDA just announced the discovery of NDMA in not just ranitidine tablets, but in syrups as well. Last week, pharmaceutical manufacturer Lannett Company […]
