My top five stories return this week with a little bit of the same ‘ole.Johnson & Johnson is having the worst two-and-a-half year run in the history of the 126 year old company in my opinion. The EPA FINALLY got around to releasing their long anticipating dioxin safety assessment. Without further ado, here are the top five stories for the week of February 17, 2012.
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Top Five Stories
- Air Pollution Tied to Acute Stroke, Cognitive Decline. Breathing in particulate matter, even at levels deemed safe by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, may raise the risk for acute ischemic stroke and for cognitive decline, 2 new studies suggest.
- EPA Releases Report On Dioxin Toxicity. Dioxins are known harm health. The EPA released it’s assessment of the non-cancer effects of dioxins. This assessment will help form guidelines surrounding the amount of dioxins allowed in the environment.
- House Dems call on health agencies to enforce drug-trial reporting laws. While I posted about this earlier this week, this is a link to another article about this subject.
- Johnson & Johnson said it was recalling its entire U.S. supply of infant Tylenol after parents complained about problems with a new dosing system. It wouldn’t be a news week without yet another Johnson & Johnson recall.