Georgia Avandia: Heart Attack and Stroke Risks?

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Rosiglitazone (AVANDIA). More than 1000 reports of patient deaths were received for
rosiglitazone in the first three quarters of 2009, more than any other drug we monitor. Rosiglitazone is an oral medication for treating Type 2 or adult onset diabetes. Most deaths were attributed to cardiovascular causes, a problem for which the FDA has required warnings. While these cases do not appear to signal previously undetected risks of rosiglitazone, the large number of reports alleging serious and fatal injuries associated with rosiglitazone further reinforces concerns about its cardiovascular safety. The company, GlaxoSmithKline, told us it believed most reports were generated by lawsuits.

In February 2010 the FDA announced it was conducting an overall safety review of
rosiglitazone and would present its findings to a special advisory committee meeting in July.


"Rosiglitazone should be removed from the market," concluded Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin, both epidemiologists with the FDA. Linkavandia

Necklace Recall

FAF Inc. Recalls Children’s Necklaces Sold Exclusively at Walmart Stores Due to High Levels of Cadmium

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Children’s Metal Necklaces

Units: About 55,000

Importer: FAF Inc., of Greenville, R.I.

Hazard: The recalled necklaces contain high levels of cadmium. Cadmium is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recalled jewelry is shaped as a metal crown or frog pendant on a metal link chain necklace in a crown hinged box. The packaging has the words, “Disney” and “The Princess and the Frog” on it and contains the following model numbers and UPC codes:
Crown Model # 4616-4187 UPC # 72783367144
Frog Model # 4616-4190 UPC # 72783367147

Cadmium poisoning is an occupational hazard associated with industrial processes such as metal plating and the production of nickel-cadmium batteries, pigments, plastics, and other synthetics. The primary route of exposure in industrial settings is inhalation. Inhalation of cadmium-containing fumes can result initially in metal fume fever but may progress to chemical pneumonitis, pulmonary edema, and death.[24]

Cadmium is also a potential environmental hazard. Human exposures to environmental cadmium are primarily the result of the burning of fossil fuels and municipal wastes.[25] However, there have been notable instances of toxicity as the result of long-term exposure to cadmium in contaminated food and water. In the decades leading up to World War II, Japanese mining operations contaminated the Jinzu River with cadmium and traces of other toxic metals. As a consequence, cadmium accumulated in the rice crops growing along the riverbanks downstream of the mines. The local agricultural communities consuming the contaminated rice developed Itai-itai disease and renal abnormalities, including proteinuria and glucosuria.[26] Cadmium is one of six substances banned by the European Union's Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which bans certain hazardous substances in electronics.

Cadmium and several cadmium-containing compounds are known carcinogens and can induce many types of cancer.[27]

Research has found that cadmium toxicity may be carried into the body by zinc binding proteins; in particular, proteins that contain zinc finger protein structures. Zinc and cadmium are in the same group on the periodic table, contain the same common oxidation state (+2), and when ionized are almost the same size. Due to these similarities, cadmium can replace zinc in many biological systems, in particular, systems that contain softer ligands such as sulfur. Cadmium can bind up to ten times more strongly than zinc in certain biological systems, and is notoriously difficult to remove. In addition, cadmium can replace magnesium and calcium in certain biological systems, although these replacements are rare.

Source is wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium#ToxicityNecklace

List of Georgia Truck Companies

Georgia

Command Motorways - Atlanta Value Transportation- Cartersville
Eastern Service Corporation - Columbus Taylor McLean Trucking - Doerun
Nova Logistics - Kennesaw RB & G - LaGrange
Mac-Ran Enterprises - Lawerenceville Hudson Group - Marietta
Condor - Perry

Georgia Dump Truck Accident?

Recent dump truck accidents have involved rear-end collisions, wheels hitting other vehicles or pedestrians, intersection collisions, construction site accidents, and pedestrian back-overs.

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* The manufacturer of the dump truck
* A third-party maintenance company
* The driver and owner of another vehicle
* The manufacturer of another vehicle

US Government Bans Truckers from Texting

The government Tuesday formally barred truckers and bus drivers from sending text messages while behind the wheel, putting the federal imprimatur on a prohibition embraced by many large trucking and transportation companies.

"We want the drivers of big rigs and buses and those who share the roads with them to be safe," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "This is an important safety step, and we will be taking more to eliminate the threat of distracted driving."

Although both houses of Congress are considering bills restricting texting and 19 states have banned the practice, LaHood said existing rules on truckers and bus drivers give him authority to issue the prohibition. LaHood said drivers of commercial vehicle caught texting could be fined up to $2,750.

source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012602031.html

Automobile Accident in Brunswick?

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Huber Needles Recall

More than two million Huber needles -- about a third of the number used in the U.S. with implanted ports to treat chronic diseases -- have been recalled, the FDA announced.

The needles can cut the resealing silicone septum of the ports and possibly send slivers of the material into the body, with the potential to cause embolisms and other damage, according to Mary Brooks, RN, of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

The material could also lodge in the needle, restricting the flow of medication to the patient.


The recall affects needles made between January 2007 and August 2009 by Japan's Nipro Medical Corp. and imported by Exelint International Corp., of Los Angeles.

The recalled needles have lot numbers that begin with either 07, 08, or 09, and one of the following product codes or catalog numbers:

* Exel/Exelint Huber Needles Product Codes/Catalog Numbers: 26901, 26902, 26904, 26906, 26907, 26908, 26909, 26911, 26921, 26922,26923, 26924, and 26925
* Infusion Sets Product Codes/Catalog Numbers With/Injection Site: 27940R, 27941R, 27944R, 27945R, 27946R, 27948R, 27949R, and 27950R
* Infusion Sets Product Codes/Catalog Numbers Without/Injection Site: 27954R, 27955R, 27958R, and 27959R
* Exel/Exelint "SecureTouch +" Safety Huber Sets Product Codes/Catalog Numbers: 37854S, 37855S, and 37858S

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm198676.htm