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Morale At An ‘All Time Low’ For Juul Employees, Some Expect Company To Soon Be Irrelevant

Morale At An ‘All Time Low’ For Juul Employees, Some Expect Company To Soon Be Irrelevant

Things are looking pretty bleak for the vape giant Juul at the start of 2020. This is partially due the fact that the company ended 2019 in a sour note, having laid off 650 of its employees. Those that remain could soon be out of a job as well in the coming year, thus leading […]

4y ago

Oregon Student Sues Juul, Says They Failed To Properly Inform Customers About Health Risks

Oregon Student Sues Juul, Says They Failed To Properly Inform Customers About Health Risks

The vape giant Juul is in the middle of plenty of backlash at the moment as more and more reports continue to emerge of people suffering from health issues after excessively using their products. Now, a student from the University of Oregon named Kewmarse Imani has filed a lawsuit against the company. He claims that […]

4y ago

Juul Employees Continue To Vape At Work, Despite The Threat Of Losing Their Jobs

Juul Employees Continue To Vape At Work, Despite The Threat Of Losing Their Jobs

After months of horror stories detailing the dangerous side effects of using vaping products such as Juul, restrictions are being placed on the devices and where they can be used. Despite all that is now known about the potential health threats of these products, there are some that just can’t quit using them. These include […]

4y ago

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After FDA Finds Traces Of Asbestos

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After FDA Finds Traces Of Asbestos

On Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it would be participating in a voluntary recall of a single lot of its popular baby powder sold at certain locations across the United States. The recall was announced after a trace amount of a dangerous substance had been found in an FDA examination of the baby power. […]

5y ago

Salmon Is The First Genetically Modified Animal Approved For Consumption By The FDA

Salmon Is The First Genetically Modified Animal Approved For Consumption By The FDA

On Friday, USA Today reported that salmon is the first genetically modified animal to be approved for consumption by the U.S. Food And Drug Administration. The salmon produced by company AquaBounty — based in Maynard, Massachusetts — have been approved for human consumption. The salmon are genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal […]

5y ago

Juul Plans A New Device Tracking Program To Regulate Minor Consumption

Juul Plans A New Device Tracking Program To Regulate Minor Consumption

Major e-cigarette company Juul has been under pressure by the FDA for some time, due to the number of underage consumers purchasing their vape products. Vaping has been on a rise recently, with many children and teens taking part in the trend by using Juul’s easy-to-conceal device. The Juul itself, as well as the cartridges, […]

5y ago

Hawaii May Ban Vaping Flavors That Appeal To Kids, Proposal Says

Hawaii May Ban Vaping Flavors That Appeal To Kids, Proposal Says

In an effort to stop escalating teenage vaping, Hawaii lawmakers are considering a proposal to outlaw electronic cigarette liquids. According to The Associated Press, a 2017 study conducted by the Hawaii Health Department found 16 percent of middle-school students and 26 percent of high school students were current users of e-cigarettes. Even more disconcerting, the […]

5y ago

FDA Says It Found Asbestos In Claire’s Cosmetics Products

FDA Says It Found Asbestos In Claire’s Cosmetics Products

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain Claire’s cosmetics after the agency found asbestos in products that it tested. Claire’s, a popular mall store that caters to teenage girls, sells makeup under its own brand, according to The Hill. Some of that makeup, including eye shadows, compact powders, and contour […]

5y ago

E-Cigarettes Might Be Removed From US Market Shelves If Marketing To Youth Not Stopped, FDA Warns

E-Cigarettes Might Be Removed From US Market Shelves If Marketing To Youth Not Stopped, FDA Warns

Following a surge in use among teenagers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) threatened to take e-cigarettes off the market shelves in the United States on Friday. According to NBC News, the recent threat has so far been the most direct one issued by FDA Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb. As the Inquisitr already reported, Gottlieb […]

5y ago

Scott Gottlieb, FDA Head, Calls Teenage Vaping An Epidemic, Threatens Flavored Vape Ban

Scott Gottlieb, FDA Head, Calls Teenage Vaping An Epidemic, Threatens Flavored Vape Ban

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb described teenage vaping as an epidemic as part of an announcement of action against retailers selling vapes to minors, the Washington Post reports. On Wednesday, the FDA announced that it had taken action against over 1,300 retailers for selling the products to minors, the largest enforcement […]

6y ago

FDA Approves Magic Mushrooms For Treating Depression

FDA Approves Magic Mushrooms For Treating Depression

The Food and Drug Administration has taken an active role in approving new therapies to treat depression this week. On August 23, the Inquisitr reported that the FDA approved a new form of transcranial magnetic stimulation to help ease treatment-resistant depression. The new TMS treatment cuts down the number of treatments needed as well as […]

6y ago

FDA: Dogs Eating Certain Pet Foods May Be At Risk For Heart Disease

FDA: Dogs Eating Certain Pet Foods May Be At Risk For Heart Disease

The Food and Drug Administration came forth on Thursday with a warning to all dog owners. According to the agency, after investigating the potential link between canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and dog foods, their findings suggest that dog foods which are based on peas, lentils, and potatoes are possibly causing these enlarged heart problems in […]

6y ago

Kim Kardashian Made $500,000 In One Instagram Post Advertising Morning Sickness Pill Called Diclegis

Kim Kardashian Made $500,000 In One Instagram Post Advertising Morning Sickness Pill Called Diclegis

Companies know the power that celebrities and influencers have on their followers. So it’s not surprising that some of them would reach out to someone like Kim Kardashian for a little marketing help. With over 114 million followers on Instagram, her posts routinely get one to over 3 million likes. So when the pharmaceutical company, […]

6y ago

‘Right To Try’ Bill Signed Into Law By President Trump

‘Right To Try’ Bill Signed Into Law By President Trump

Earlier today, a bill signed into law by President Donald Trump will give terminally ill patients access to experimental treatment methods. The new “right to try” law has the potential to improve the lives of “hundreds of thousands” of lives, noted the president. Under the legislation, terminally ill patients will be able to try drug […]

6y ago

New FDA Law Kicked In Monday Requiring Restaurant Chains To Post Calorie Information For Their Menus

New FDA Law Kicked In Monday Requiring Restaurant Chains To Post Calorie Information For Their Menus

In 2010, the Obama administration passed a new FDA law as part of the Affordable Care Act. The new law requires food chains with more than 20 locations to post calorie count information for their menu items. Although there have been many delays in implementing the law, it finally went into effect on Monday. Some […]

6y ago

Tortilla Chips Recalled In 32 Different States On Cinco De Mayo Weekend

Tortilla Chips Recalled In 32 Different States On Cinco De Mayo Weekend

Families and friends all across the U.S. enjoyed tortilla chips dipped in their favorite salsas, cheeses, and guacamole recipes this weekend in honor of Cinco de Mayo. According to WebMD, Utz Quality Foods recently recalled several brands of their tortilla chips across 32 different states due to lack of proper information in the label. So, […]

6y ago

Woman In China Goes Through Baggage X-Ray With Purse After Refusing To Part With It

Woman In China Goes Through Baggage X-Ray With Purse After Refusing To Part With It

A small train station in central Guangdong, China unexpectedly became the center of media frenzy during the Lunar New Year when a woman decided to accompany her handbag through a baggage scanner — literally climbing in and kneeling among the items — with the express intention of safeguarding the money inside. X-ray images reveal a […]

6y ago

First Apple Watch Accessory Could Detect Heart Problems, Cleared By FDA

First Apple Watch Accessory Could Detect Heart Problems, Cleared By FDA

The FDA has cleared the first Apple watch accessory known as AliveCor’s KardiaBand. The accessory could detect heart problems such as dangerous heart rhythms. This band could check on-the-spot EKG readings in a Bluetooth-connected strap. Besides identifying the heart rhythms, the KardiaBand also detects problems such as the atrial fibrillation, which is a type of […]

7y ago

Kratom Called Addictive By FDA, Possible Ban Of Herbal Supplement Coming

Kratom Called Addictive By FDA, Possible Ban Of Herbal Supplement Coming

As part of the Trump administration’s plan to aggressively fight the nation’s opioid addiction crisis, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has also decided to go after an herbal supplement. This morning, the head of the government agency, Scott Gottlieb, issued an advisory statement to consumers about the potential danger and addictive nature of kratom. With […]

7y ago

No Need For Finger Prick With The Newly Approved FDA Blood Sugar Monitor

No Need For Finger Prick With The Newly Approved FDA Blood Sugar Monitor

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-ever continuous blood sugar monitoring device that doesn’t require the painful finger prick test to collect samples. It was granted to Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. on Wednesday. The device is called the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System, which uses a small sensor wire that is inserted […]

7y ago

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