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Clear Eyes eye drops recalled nationwide over contamination risk, FDA says

A New York-based consumer healthcare company is recalling nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops over concerns about the product’s sterility.  Prestige Consumer Healthcare initiated the recall on July 29 due to “lack of assurance of sterility,” according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration notice. “The recall is due to potential contamination,” the notice says. The…

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Elephants that died in Kenya likely poisoned by cyanide-tainted tomatoes, authorities say

Fifteen elephants that died over the past month in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide, wildlife authorities told local media Wednesday. Authorities did not say who they suspected in the contamination of tomatoes from farms neighboring the Amboseli National Park. In the past, farmers have been suspected of…

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How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety

Since May, more than 11,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, caused by a parasite, have been reported in 41 states. The outbreak comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff; disbanded a national advisory committee on how to prevent microbial contamination in food; winnowed down an early-warning surveillance program for specific pathogens; and further…

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