Pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recalling the popular heartburn drug Zantac in all markets as a “precaution,” just days after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found “unacceptable” levels of a probable cancer-causing impurity known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Zantac May Contain High Levels of NDMA On October 8, 2019, GSK said it was recalling four>> Read More

New legislation will be introduced in Congress that would cap the amount of nicotine in e-cigarettes to combat their use among young people. Concentrations to Be Capped at 20 Milligrams Per Milliliter On October 7, 2019, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced the introduction of the END ENDS Act. The proposed legislation would cap e-cigarette nicotine concentrations>> Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for new limo seatbelt requirements in the wake of a deadly limo crash in upstate New York. Agency Proposes Tighter Safety Regulations The NTSB’s safety recommendations were released on October 2, 2019, nearly a year after a notorious limo crash that left twenty people dead. On October>> Read More

At least five people have been injured in a multi-vehicle accident in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. Three Vehicles Involved in the Crash Authorities responded to a crash involving three vehicles at about 8:47 p.m. on September 28, 2019. The multi-vehicle accident took place on the 8700 block of South Halsted Street,>> Read More

On September 30, 2019, Sterigenics abruptly announced that they were abandoning their attempt to reopen the Willowbrook facility that was shut down after state officials found elevated levels of toxic ethylene oxide being released into residential neighborhoods. The shutdown of the Willowbrook Sterigenics facility came after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited the elevated cancer>> Read More

The Chief Executive Officer of Juul Labs, the leading vaping company in the United States, has stepped down amidst a wave of vaping-related illnesses and deaths. The company has also said that it would halt its advertising and not fight a proposed ban on flavored vaping products. Ads Pulled as Flavored Vaping Ban Proposed On>> Read More

A man has been charged in the hit-and-run bicycle death of Vere Joel Day in north suburban Waukegan, IL. SUV Driver Kills Bicycle Rider, Flees Scene On September 19, 2019, at approximately 10:45 p.m., 60-year-old Vere Joel Day was riding a bicycle near Jackson Street and 8th Street in Waukegan when he was struck by a 2006>> Read More