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Alachua County is reporting the first case of salmonella poisoning from tainted peanut butter. That is being confirmed by the Duval County Health Department. Florida joins 39 other states in reporting outbreaks from the consumption of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter made in the ConAgra plant in Sylvester, Georgia. Great Value is Wal-Mart's store brand. The product code to look for on the...

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Make sure you look at the product code on the jar of peanut butter on your shelf. If it begins with "2111" take it back to the grocery store for a refund. Salmonella has been found in the Peter Pan brand. Great Value is made at the same plant. The tainted peanut butter was produced in Georgia at the Sylvester facility by ConAgra.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is...

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The use of stents, a tiny wire mesh device, by surgeons to help control blockage to major arteries or blood vessels has been a life saving technique used for years. Diseased arteries are unclogged then a stent is inserted. This procedure has been extremely successful in saving lives.In recent years, drug-eluting stents have become popular but the use of these types of stents has become an...

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In July 2006, Anom Josil wife' and two close friends from Orange Park, Florida were killed on Interstate 95 in North Carolina when their vehicle rolled over because the tire separated from steel belt on their spare tire.This case brought to light the danger of aging spare tired which appeared in perfect condition. Spare tires are used little and look new. Motorists aren't aware that they...

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The Supreme Court recently upheld the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $10.1 Billion verdict of "light" cigarettes.In March 2003, an Illinois judge ruled against the tobacco companies saying customers were misled into believing they were buying less harmful cigarettes and awarded a $10.1 billion verdict. In 2005, The Illinois Supreme Court threw out the massive fraud judgment...

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In a prior article we explained that a Class Action Lawsuit for ">Light Cigarette smokers had been filed against major tobacco companies alleging tobacco companies mislead smokers about the health hazards of smokingYesterday, The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocked a judgment against the tobacco industry, allowing the companies to continue to sell "light"...

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Three small tobacco companies filed a suit with the Supreme Court alleging violations of antitrust laws in an effort to avoid paying states moneyEight years ago, four of the biggest tobacco companies paid $206 billion 30 states passed a law requiring companies that didn't participate in this settlement to pay money into escrow funds to satisfy future damage awards in cigarette-related lawsuits. ...

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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Motor Co is recalling 145,000 vehicles.The problems range from defective latches to faulty drive trainsOver 139,000 2005 model-year Five Hundred and Montego sedans and 2005-2006 model-year freestar minivans have been recalled because the side door latches may let water in. The agency also reported the door could open while...

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A third death resulting from eating fresh spinach has been reported according to health officials.Ruby Trautz, from Sarpy County, Nebraska, is the latest victim. She was 84-year-old woman and ate spinach contaminated with the same strain of E. coli that has sickened at least 190 other people around the countryHer death was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This news...

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Bottled carrot juice believed to contain botulism toxin has paralyzed a Florida woman. The unidentified woman has been hospitalized since mid-September and is unresponsive. Three Georgia residence have experienced respiratory failure and remain hospitalized on ventilators. Bottle carrot juice is believed to have caused these injuries.All four victims drank bottled carrot juice; manufactured by...

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The Heart Rhythm Society has requested the Food and Drug Administration not to use the word "recall" but use "safety advisory" or "safety alert" when referring to defective pacemakers and defibrillators.According the Heart Rhythm Society's president Dwight Reynolds, "The anxiety created among patients and physicians by this term is the number one cause for replacement of devices." He went on to...

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Today U. S. District Judge Jack Weinstein granted a class action status on "light cigarette "smokers which potentially will costs cigarette makers $200 billion dollars.The class is anyone who purchased cigarettes that were labeled "light" or "lights" after they were put on the market, beginning in the early 1970's.Smoker's attorney, Michael D. Hausfeld argued before the courts, that...

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Recently the a lawsuit was filed in the U. S. District Court in Northern California, against Ford, General Motors, Toyota, and North American units of DaimlerChrysler, Honda and Nissan, alleging greenhouse gases from their vehicles have costs California millions of dollars. This is the first of its kind attempting to hold manufactures liable for damages from vehicle emissions.Global warming is...

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In a federal class action lawsuit against the tobacco companies, attorneys for the plaintiff's allege over the course of more than three decades, U. S. smokers spend at much as $200 billions buying "Light" cigarettes. At a hearing before U. S. Senior District Judge Jack Weinstein, plaintiff's attorneys accuse tobacco companies of violating racketeering laws and defrauding customers into...

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Coco-Cola Co. recently was sued a District of Columbia Superior Court as part of an effort to force soft drink makers to eliminate ingredients benzene, which has been linked to leukemia.Similar suits are pending in Federal court in Kansas, Massachusetts and New Jersey; and in state court in Florida and California."Benzene can form in soft drinks, which contain vitamin C and either sodium...

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