Blog

The diverse community of Hackensack, New Jersey has attained an enduring place in popular culture. Today a city of nearly 45,000 residents, the town has experienced a resurgence of growth during recent years. Proximity to New York City Hackensack sits in Bergen County, along the banks of the Hackensack River, just across the water from Teaneck. Many of its residents

It is Spring time and many are preparing their fields for their crops. They spray for weeds, till the ground and plant the seeds. They use a product, Roundup, that has been used since 1974, and never think twice about it potentially hurting their crops. Yet, in a recent plea to the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Dr. Don Huber,

Sen. Grassley sent a letter to Zimmer Holdings requesting documents and other data in response to a recent article in the New York Times. That article contained allegations that Zimmer’s knee replacement device has a high failure rate. Read the New York Times article here. July 29, 2010 Via Electronic Transmission David C. Dvorak President and Chief Executive Officer Zimmer

Many times we hear of breaking news informing us that there are certain lots of foods that have been recalled or contaminated, but it’s never really been that easy to identify if you have an affected product or not. But this is not the case anymore. As of April 4, 2011 consumers can search for food and other product recalls

First Alerted In 2006, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first became aware of recorded cases of acute phosphate nephropathy, consumers and health care professionals alike were alerted to the relevant dangers. While these reports are rare, they are indeed serious. At the time, patients were being prescribed Osmoprep, the oral sodium phosphate (OSP) used for cleaning the bowels

Fracking, which is the shortened name for hydraulic fracturing, is a mechanical process advanced in the 1950s. Halliburton was the first petroleum…

Stockholder’s purchase stocks for profit gains, not losses.  But unfortunately a gain is not always the case, and it leads one to question what went wrong?  In recent news the world’s largest pharmaceutical company is being blamed for withholding negative information about a drug, and the company’s shareholders are wanting them to fess up and pay up. Wyeth is facing

A new recall out of Australia, gives a new meaning to the phrase, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” The recall is for an aerosol can that is used to clean circuit boards. The cleaner is called Electrolube Safewash PCB Cleaner, it was manufactured by H K Wentworth Pty Ltd and it was sold nationally through Electrolube distributors from Jan 2009