Nearly one out of ten of 200 beverage samples analyzed in a recent study by the EPA and FDA still had benzene levels above the U.S. EPA drinking water limit of 5 parts per billion (ppb).Many manufacturers have reformulated their products to minimize or eliminate benzene. In these reformulated products, benzene levels were 1.1 ppb [...]
Filed under: Research | Leave a Comment »
A clinical trial of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia has failed to show that the drug has any medical benefits. These results add to the growing concern over Zetia and Vytorin, a drug that combines Zetia with another cholesterol medicine, Zocor. Either Zetia or Vytorin is prescribed to a million people every week.
Zetia lowers cholesterol by [...]
Filed under: 1 | Leave a Comment »
