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apple really do rock dont they , I half wish they would stop bringing out new awesome stuff when ive only just got the older gadets grrr lol
Saturday 23 January 2010
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apple really do rock dont they , I half wish they would stop bringing out new awesome stuff when ive only just got the older gadets grrr lol
Sunday 17 January 2010
Massive Johnson & Johnson recall
A massive Johnson & Johnson recall of over-the-counter drugs including pain relievers Tylenol, Motrin and St Joseph, a children's aspirin, was extended to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a warning from the U.S. drug agency, a local business journal reported Sunday.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of the U.S. pharmaceutical giant J&J, said it was voluntarily recalling some 500 batches of the products from the UAE, the Americas and Fiji after customers reported an "unusual, moldy" odor that had been linked to gastrointestinal disorders, including stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea, according to Arabian Business.
Consumers who have an item on the recall list have been urged to stop using the product and contact the company for a refund, the report said.
The drugmaker said it believed that the smell was related to a chemical on wood pallets used to transport and store product packaging material.
"The health effects of this chemical have not been well-studied, but no serious events have been documented in the medical literature," the company was quoted as saying in a statement.
It will stop using the pallets to ship products with the same chemicals, it added.
The recall followed a "warning letter" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Friday, which accused the firm of failing to investigate the contamination of some of its popular over-the-counter drugs. The FDA said McNeil knew of the problem inearly 2008 but made only limited inquiries.
The move expanded an earlier recall of the Tylenol arthritis pill that was initiated in December last year after customers reported an unusual smell emanating from the products, Arabian Business said.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of the U.S. pharmaceutical giant J&J, said it was voluntarily recalling some 500 batches of the products from the UAE, the Americas and Fiji after customers reported an "unusual, moldy" odor that had been linked to gastrointestinal disorders, including stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea, according to Arabian Business.
Consumers who have an item on the recall list have been urged to stop using the product and contact the company for a refund, the report said.
The drugmaker said it believed that the smell was related to a chemical on wood pallets used to transport and store product packaging material.
"The health effects of this chemical have not been well-studied, but no serious events have been documented in the medical literature," the company was quoted as saying in a statement.
It will stop using the pallets to ship products with the same chemicals, it added.
The recall followed a "warning letter" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Friday, which accused the firm of failing to investigate the contamination of some of its popular over-the-counter drugs. The FDA said McNeil knew of the problem inearly 2008 but made only limited inquiries.
The move expanded an earlier recall of the Tylenol arthritis pill that was initiated in December last year after customers reported an unusual smell emanating from the products, Arabian Business said.
Swine flu was as elusive as WMD. The real threat is mad scientist syndrome
Let me recap. Six months ago I reviewed the latest bit of terrorism to emerge from the government’s Cobra bunker, courtesy of Alan Johnson, home secretary. Swine flu was allegedly ravaging the nation. The BBC was intoning nightly statistics on what “could” happen as “the deadly virus” took hold. The chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, bandied about any figure that came into his head, settling on “65,000 could die”, peaking at 350 corpses a day.
Donaldson knew exactly what would happen. The media went berserk. The World Health Organisation declared a “six-level alert” so as to “prepare the world for an imminent attack”. The happy-go-lucky virologist, John Oxford, said half the population could be infected, and that his lowest estimate was 6,000 dead.
The “Andromeda strain” was stalking the earth, and its first victims were clearly scientists. Drugs were frantically stockpiled and key workers identified as vital to be saved for humanity’s future. Cobra alerted the army. Morgues were told to stand ready. The Green party blamed intensive pig farming. The Guardian listed “the top 10 plague books”.
Donaldson knew exactly what would happen. The media went berserk. The World Health Organisation declared a “six-level alert” so as to “prepare the world for an imminent attack”. The happy-go-lucky virologist, John Oxford, said half the population could be infected, and that his lowest estimate was 6,000 dead.
The “Andromeda strain” was stalking the earth, and its first victims were clearly scientists. Drugs were frantically stockpiled and key workers identified as vital to be saved for humanity’s future. Cobra alerted the army. Morgues were told to stand ready. The Green party blamed intensive pig farming. The Guardian listed “the top 10 plague books”.
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