Defective Products and Dangerous Drugs

Talcum Powder

Talcum powder is seemingly as innocuous a product as can be imagined. The product has been in households in one form or another, since before most of us were born. We may have been exposed to it as infants in baby powder, it’s most common form.

Zantac

There are over 100,000 implantations of hernia mesh in the United States each year. It is a very common procedure, in which the mesh is used to cover the weakened muscle wall and to strengthen the surrounding tissue and hold the internal organs in place.

Roundup Weed Killer Linked to Cancer

Roundup is the most widely used herbicide in homes and farms throughout the world. However, exposure to the weed killer's primary ingredient, glyphosate, has been linked to deadly forms of cancer, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Walk-in Bathtubs for the Elderly

A variety of whirlpool/Jacuzzi-style tub manufacturers aggressively market their expensive products to the elderly, citing increased safety and other health benefits. Unfortunately for older Americans and their adult children, scientific research fails to back up these claims. Instead, statistics show that more and more elderly people are suffering severe or fatal injuries after falling in poorly designed tubs they cannot escape from.

Military Earplug Hearing Loss

Invokana

During this first year period, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a pharmaceutical industry watchdog organization, and publisher of the pharmaceutical industry review Quarterwatch, found 457 “serious adverse events” reported.