Enlarge / Eye drop over woman’s eye. reader comments 68 with The Indian manufacturing facility that made generic eye drops sold under CVS, Target, Rite Aid, and Walmart brands had a slew of manufacturing violations, including allowing workers to regularly perform their roles barefoot and failing to document bacterial contamination, according to an inspection report ..
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Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 88 with With Halloween bounties now collected and as end-of-year holidays that brim with tempting treats approach, you may once again be wondering about the dangers of indulging. Among the most alarming concerns to gain attention recently is the risk of heavy metals in candy. Last week, Consumer ..
Enlarge / One of the medical clinics suspended by Mexican health authorities, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on May 19, 2023. reader comments 25 with Cases have nearly doubled in a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to tainted cosmetic surgeries in Matamoros, Mexico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week. To date, ..
reader comments 62 with Share this story The maker of eye drops linked to a deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant infections in the US had a slew of manufacturing violations—from brown slime on filling equipment to a lack of basic measures and systems to ensure sterility—according to an inspection report released by the Food and ..
Enlarge / Part of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Dec. 16, 2021. reader comments 129 with Share this story Water purification systems installed in two ice machines in a Boston hospital were supposed to make the water taste and smell better for patients on a surgery floor—but it ended up killing three ..
Enlarge / A bowl of General Mills Lucky Charms cereal. reader comments 73 with 56 posters participating Share this story The end of the rainbow may not have a pot of gold—but a pot of something entirely different. Thousands of people have reported stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after eating Lucky Charms, the “magically ..
reader comments 24 with 19 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Adults and children in the United States have been blinded, hospitalized, and, in some cases, even died after drinking hand sanitizers contaminated with the extremely toxic alcohol methanol, the Food and Drug Administration reports. In an updated safety warning, the ..
Enlarge / Romaine lettuce can be seen at a store in Mountain View, California, United States, on Friday, November 22, 2019. reader comments 165 with 86 posters participating Share this story An outbreak of potentially life-threatening E. coli infections linked to contaminated romaine lettuce has widened to 67 cases in 19 states, with 39 of ..
Enlarge / Water can pick up arsenic from geological, agricultural, or industrial sources. reader comments 70 with 49 posters participating Share this story Several brands of bottled water contain concerning levels of arsenic contamination, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports. The worst offenders in the report were Starkey, a brand owned by Whole Foods ..
Enlarge / Yeah, I wouldn’t drink that either. (credit: Getty | JBryson) The maker of wide-ranging “water-based homeopathic medicines” has recalled 32 products marketed to children and infants due to microbial contamination, according to an announcement posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website this week. The announcement does not provide any specifics about the ..