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  • Suture Recalls

    KTVT-TV examines a problem with potentially contaminated sutures used in surgeries all over the U.S. The investigation reports on the complaints of hundreds of people who believe they have been infected this way. The vicryl sutures, produced by Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, have been recalled and destroyed. "There was never a scientific test to prove whether or not they were contaminated," the program reports.

    Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; FDA; doctors; patients; surgery; operations; sterilization; microorganisms; bacteria; class action lawsuit

    By Ginger Allen;Robert Hall

    KTVT-TV (Dallas)

    2002

  • No title (id: 9801)

    Clear Lake Independent cites extensive collection of circumstantial evidence poiting to the man-made nature of the AIDS virus; findings include military funding and research for an infective microorganism which would destroy human immune functions, June - July 1993.

    Tags: WA CA Mackenzie 19 pages

    By None

    Clear Lake Independent (Clear Lake, Claif.)

    1993