Microplastics in Products Harm Human Health and the Environment
The term “microplastics” is one that most people likely rarely heard 20 years ago. Now it’s one that is commonly seen in news headlines as researchers recognize the many ways these tiny plastics have infiltrated our ecosystem and our bloodstreams. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that are byproducts of synthetic polymers. The plastics have […]
Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to study the side effects of the osmotive laxative MiraLAX in children. The call for this investigation came after thousands of parents filed MiraLAX related adverse reaction reports and the advocacy group the […]
