Originally posted by The New York Times by Sheila Kaplan and Jan Hoffman on September 12, 2018. Warning that teenage use of electronic cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave Juul Labs and four other makers of popular vaping devices 60 days to… read more
Originally posted by The Washington Post by Laurie McGinley on September 12, 2018. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb dramatically escalated his efforts to stop an “epidemic” of teenage vaping, announcing Wednesday a massive enforcement action against retailers for allegedly selling e-cigarettes to minors and warning manufacturers of a… read more
Originally posted on PC Mag by Matthew Humphries on August 31, 2018. Google is an advertising company first and foremost. It’s easy to forget that when we’re used to seeing Google-branded smartphones, the Chrome web browser, Gmail, Android, and Chrome OS. But they all exist as a side-effect of Google wanting us to… read more
Originally posted on NY Times by Matt Richtel and Sheila Kaplan on August 27, 2018. The leaders of a small start-up, PAX Labs, gathered at a board meeting in early 2015 to review the marketing strategy for its sleek new electronic cigarette, called Juul. They watched video clips of hip… read more
Originally posted on The Hacker News by Mohit Kumar on August 23, 2018. Facebook yesterday removed its mobile VPN app called Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store after Apple declared the app violated the iPhone maker’s App Store guidelines on data collection. For those who are unaware, Onavo Protect… read more
Originally posted on The Hacker News by Mohit Kumar on August 13, 2018. Google tracks you everywhere, even if you explicitly tell it not to. Every time a service like Google Maps wants to use your location, Google asks your permission to allow access to your location if you want… read more
Originally posted on WebMD by Patrice Wendling on August 13, 2018. European and U.S. health officials are expanding their recall of valsartan after the potentially cancer-causing substance N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) was found in some medications made by a second Chinese drugmaker and by a drugmaker in India. More than 20 European countries, Canada, and the… read more
Originally posted on EurekAlert! on August 6, 2018. AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 6, 2018) – Probiotic use can result in a significant accumulation of bacteria in the small intestine that can result in disorienting brain fogginess as well as rapid, significant belly bloating, investigators report. In a published study of 38… read more
Originally posted on MLive by Garret Ellison on July 17, 2018. A bipartisan group of Congressional delegates from Michigan and Pennsylvania want the Environmental Protection Agency to “immediately” revise and broaden its health guidance for PFAS chemicals and incorporate new a toxicological study that significantly lowers levels at which exposure… read more
Originally posted on MLive by Malachi Barrett on July 17, 2018. KALAMAZOO, MI — Contamination from a shuttered electro-plating company was well-known in Richland Township in the 1980s and 90s, but recent tests showing PFAS compounds in nearby drinking water wells present a new environmental threat from the state-owned site. The Michigan Department… read more