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FDA says chemical found in plastic bottles is safe (AP)
Date : 2008 08 15AP - Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday. read more »
Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say (AP)
Date : 2008 08 15AP - Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. read more »
Salmonella outbreak winds down; questions remain (AP)
Date : 2008 08 15AP - The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness. read more »
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara (AP)
Date : 2008 08 15AP - A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist read more »
Argentina investigates deaths of vaccinated kids (AP)
Date : 2008 08 15AP - Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline. read more »