Tylenol recall: Serious side effects investigated

The FDA(food and drug administration) is looking closely at McNeil (a division of Johnson and Johnson) because there has been a report that the last drug recalled has a least 775 serious side effects. included in these side effects was death which has effected 30 people, but none were found to be tied to Tylenol, Motrin, or Benadryl drugs between the time of Jan. 1, 2008 through April 30, 2010. The FDA is also investigating because of the recall of 50 children's versions because of serious quality and safety concerns. Some of the consumer complaints from these medications were death, hospitalization, disability, and other health complications. A hearing has been made for May 27 to examine the recall. It's a good time because Johnson and Johnson have had 4 recalls in just the past 7 months. But McNeil would like to mention that the children's drugs were stooped just as a precautionary measure

The problem Medications have been traced to the Fort Washington, Penn plant where earlier this year the FDA issued a 17 page inspection report listing 20 violations the plant had made

This is scary. Johnson and Johnson is one of the biggest producers of a lot of different goods. If things like this keep happening, who are people going to be able to trust. I can't believe that this plant was not shut down until problems were fixed, which they clearly were not if this is still happening, knowing that its killing people and has a great possibility to hurt many little babies. they really need to get their act together and quickly.

5 accused of enticing NH teen to get vulgar tattoo

In Concord, NH 4 men and a juvenile are now facing charges after persuading a mentally ill 14 year old boy to let them give him a tattoo, in return to stop teasing the boy. The men have been teasing the boy for a long time and told him the they would simply stop if he got the tat. but, what they tattooed on the poor boy's butt is terrible, they said its to bad words and a nasty picture, they also possibly gave the boy a bag of marijuana. The crime was found out when the pictures the men took started to spreed around the school and was seen by one of the teachers. The men are now all looking at being expelled, along with the criminal charges of two counts of assault, tattooing without a license, criminal threatening, along with other charges and two of the men face conspiracy charges. two of the men have been jailed with a $35,000 bail the others are not yet decided upon. The boy now has to go through medical procedures to remove the profound tattoo.

Wow. I just don't understand why people do this, even how they can do this. How could you possibly stoop so low as to tattoo a mentally ill persons butt as a joke, its not funny, its stupid. I'm kind of up set that the harassment wasn't stopped before it could get as bad as this, I'm sure someone had to have noticed. I am so shocked by this that I'm at a lose for words. I just can't see how this could be done as a joke.

Man accused of smuggling 15 pounds of cocaine in candy

A man named Robert Lopera, a U.S. citizen, entered Kennedy Airport on April 11th, arriving from Medellin, Colombia was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a random luggage search. when looking through the backpack and duffel bag they found a gift package with several boxes of chocolates and bags of pistachios. when lifted by the official, they seemed heavier then they really should so they were confiscated. the chocolates where then looked at carefully and taken apart. inside they found a center of cocaine. they also found that the pistachios also had a cocaine center. All together they found a total of 15 pounds of cocaine, equaling about $500,000 if sold on the streets. They have yet to find the actual destination for the drugs but its still under investigation and Lopera has been charged with illegal importation of cocaine and is still waiting for federal prosecution.

I can't believe that someone actually got as far as they did with the drugs. If they would not have randomly picked that guy to search or not noticed the simple thing like the weight difference from what they should weigh all of those drugs would no be on our streets. This just makes me wonder what other things people somehow sneak into our country. I know our security is tight, believe me i have recently travailed through some of the most restricted areas and i just can not believe that they almost got away with it. I wonder what they are bringing into this country and how they are going about hiding it. what will people do just to make a few bucks.

Offshore Wind Power: Is It Worth the Trade-Offs?

The U.S. has approved the first offshore wind farm. This farm, off the coast of Cape Cod, will supply enough energy for ¾ of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The project will include 130 wind turbines over a 24 sq. mi. about 5 miles from shore. One nice thing about this project is that will not produce and carbon or any other pollutant. This could be the beginning of a new area to cleaning up our earth, being the first of many planed projects all along the Atlantic coast. Even with all the benefits, some are not thrilled about the project. The project will cost $1 billion and will be built on Indian burial grounds; it will also block the Cape Cod’s sea views.
This is what the wind industry has been waiting for after their largely spreading achievement across the land. Last year alone more than 10,000MW of wind power added, which equals about 39%, and has an estimated ability to produce 90,000MW of energy along the coast line. Most people feel that this process will be a very positive impact.
I’m so glad that somebody finally found a way to produce energy without harming our planet anymore. Everybody is trying to go green and this seems to be a great way to show that even energy could easily go completely green. We really need to do more of this. There is no way of reversing global warming but we can reduce it, which is really need with all the extreme disasters and weather we have been having lately.