Product Liability Sites:
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www.Recalls.gov
(Government sponsored portal site for all product recalls)
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Consumer Product Safety Commission Press Releases and Recalls Page
(also contains instructions for subscribing to their email newsletter for recalls)
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Consumer Reports Recalls Page
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Food and Drug Administration Homepage
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Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
(includes a search engine for medical devices)
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Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health - Search Engine for Registered Devices
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Fen Phen Litigation
(links to the FDA and medical sites giving rise to this
latest mass tort litigation)
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Rezulin Monitor - Lawyers' Weekly
(provides current status of Rezulin litigation across the nation)
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Vioxx - New England Journal of Medicine - "Failing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA"
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Vioxx Claims
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Vioxx Study - the journal Atherosclerosis
(Volume 177, Issue 2, December 2004, Pages 235-243; Sulfone COX-2 inhibitors, as opposed to to sulfonamide COX-2 inhibitors and
NSAIDs, increase susceptibility to atherothrombotic events)
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Vioxx - WebMD Article on the above study in journal Atherosclerosis
(Article reports on the study published in the journal Atherosclerosis that
argues against harmful effect from entire class of Cox-2 drugs, but quotes cardiologists expressing reservations)
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Sulzer Defective Hip Implant Claims
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MAUDE, Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database
(Searchable database of reports of adverse events involving
medical devices. Database consists of all voluntary reports since
June, 1993, user facility reports since 1991, distributor reports
since 1993, and manufacturer reports since August, 1996)
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Consumer Product Safety Commission Homepage
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Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
(comprehensive listing, with search engine, of
manufacturers...handy tool for product liability litigators)
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Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc., SIRI
(Articles and resources, including Material Safety Data Sheets, MSDS, on safety issues)
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Minnesota Tobacco Trial Transcript
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Vaccine Information and Awareness
(vaccine resources)
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National Vaccine Information Center
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Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human
Services
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NIOSH Alert: Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the
Workplace
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Latex Allergy Links
(portal to large number of latex allergy sites on the Web)
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The Chemical Industry Archives
(from the Environmental Working Group... 37,0000 searchable
pages of internal company documents discovered during litigation)
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Trade Secrets - PBS Show on Chemical Industry
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(Government Site, includes search engine for HazDat
Database)
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Oxford University - Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical and Other Safety Information
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Vermont Safety Information Resources - MSDS Collection
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Material Safety Data Sheets
(links to databases of msds, chemicals, drugs and pesticides)
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Article: Unraveling the Mystery of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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ToxNet - Toxicology Data Network - National Library of Medicine
(a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas)
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Extoxnet, The Extension Toxicology Network
(variety of information about pesticides, pesticide information profiles, resources for toxicology information, and technical information)
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ToxLaw.Com
(all things related to the law of toxic torts...chatboards, resources, etc.)