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Aug 19, 2022

Biden signs bill to expand benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

Aug 16, 2022

More than 2 million infant swings and rockers recalled after 10-month-old dies

More than 2 million MamaRoo swings and RockaRoo rockers are being recalled after the strangulation death of a 10-month-old and close call involving another child, Thorley Industries and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday.

Aug 12, 2022

J&J to end global sales of talc-based baby powder

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits.

Jul 28, 2022

US Supreme Court deals Bayer another Roundup loss

For the second time in a week, the nation's highest court has refused Bayer's request to take up verdicts against it involving Roundup and cancer.

Jul 15, 2022

Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples

A widely used but controversial herbicide linked to cancer is showing up in people, with a government study finding glyphosate in more than 80% of urine samples from U.S. kids and adults.

Jun 21, 2022

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bayer Appeal on Roundup

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by Bayer AG to end thousands of lawsuits alleging its weedkiller RoundUp causes cancer...