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Lowe’s Companies Inc. has increased its offer to settle toxic drywall lawsuits, say reports, with the home improvement store chain offering as much as $100,000 to customers who claim their homes and health suffered as a result of toxic drywall they may have purchased at Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers. The original settlement proposed that Lowe’s drywall claimants would have received gift cards or cash from between $50 to $2,500. But claimants said the amount was too small since replacing the…

Reports say a cell phone sudy suggests a link between children exposed to cell phones in the womb and behavioral problems. The study, which was evidently based on a previous cell phone study, said children seemed to have more behavioral issues by the time they turned seven, reports say. Altogether, between the two studies, more than 40,000 children were studied, with the possible conclusion that there is a connection between the electromagnetic fields sent out by cell phones and the behavior…

Reports say a woman who filed suit after developing ulcerative ended up with the illness after taking the acne drug Accutane was awarded $10.5 million by a New Jersey jury recently.  The suit alleged that Accutane caused inflammatory bowel disease in the patient and left her with the second disease. It was the third of over 400 lawsuits that have been filed and which will evidently continue going to trial. The first three cases also resulted in multi-million dollar judgments against…

Reports say a recent article in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found a link between the use of Isotretinoin – which is the generic term for Accutane — and Ulcerative Colitis, a disease that causes ulcers in the colon and/or large intestines. Accutane, an acne drug, is also alleged to cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The forms of IBD include Crohn’s Disease, Collageneous Colitis, Lymphocytic Colitis, Ischaemic Colitis, Diversion Colitis, Indeterminate Colitis and Behcet’s Syndrome. Medical patients enough problems without adding…

A couple was fined $42,000 for causing what has been called the worst food poisoning outbreak in New South Wales, Australia recently. Reports say Long and Linda Fou, former owners of the Homebush French Golden Hot Bakery led to 319 people falling ill in 2007. They ultimately pleaded guilty to four charges of handling and selling unsafe food. An investigation by the NSW Food Authority found that the source of the food poisoning was mayonnaise. The condiment, which was used…