Although most Social Security beneficiaries are retirees and their families, Social Security benefits can help others too. Social Security can benefit workers who have become disabled, as well as families in which a spouse or parents dies. Employees work and pay taxes into Social Security and that tax money is used to pay benefits to those who have already retired;
A Swedish study found that the rate of autism is higher for children in houses that have PVC vinyl flooring. It is the phthalates that are emitted from the material that affect the children. According to the study, infants and toddlers who had vinyl floors in their rooms are twice as likely to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than those
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a compound that can disrupt your hormones, as it can mimic estrogen. As a synthetic compound, however, it is more readily absorbed than natural hormones. BPA has been linked to a number of health conditions, including obesity, cancer, sexual dysfunction, reproductive issues, diabetes and heart disease. People first started hearing about BPA in plastic bottles
Many have heeded the warnings about too much sun exposure, many have begun to shy away from tanning beds, but a new way to get the dark glowing skin that men and women long for is to have a spray tan. But, according to ABC News, the main chemical used in the popular spray tans is now raising cancer concerns.
A defect is something that makes a product unreasonably dangerous to use as intended. Three types of “defects”: Manufacturing defects Design defects Inadequate warnings/marketing defects [divider_line] Manufacturing Defect When a product does not perform as intended because there was an error or mistake during the manufacturing process then you have a defect in manufacturing. For example, processed food that is contaminated
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
CVS pharmacy is paying big bucks in order to settle claims that the company fraudulently reported prescription drug costs in order to increase its profits. According to The US Department of Justice, Rhode Island-based pharmacy CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle allegations that it reported false information on prescription drug prices to the government’s Medicare
In a case that has been going on for almost a decade, a family successfully argued that the Johnson & Johnson should have included sufficient warnings about the risk of liver failure with the use of Infant Tylenol. J&J argued that state failure-to-warn claims involving over-the-counter drugs are preempted under a Supreme Court ruling last year that did immune generic
What is Black Lung, and is enough being done to protect American miners from the deadly disease? According to NPR, the answer is no. Miners are not being protected and they are losing the battle to breathe freely at an alarming rate. Black lung disease is a common name for any lung disease developing from inhaling coal dust. This name
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