Tuesday, September 25, 2012
William Maisel is one of three men who pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution during a sting carried out by the Howard County Police Department.
Dr. William Maisel, the cardiologist and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official charged by the Howard County Police Department in July with soliciting a prostitute, recently pleaded guilty in district court. Maisel is the deputy director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), which has become embroiled in an employee-spying scandal. He received one day of probation and paid $257.50 in fees and courts costs, according to T. Wayne Kirwan, spokesperson for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office. Maisel's one day of probation ended on Friday, Sept. 21, according to Kirwan. According to charging documents from district court, an undercover female police officer approached Maisel at a restaurant on Route 1 in Jessup …
Friday, April 20, 2012
…along with more guidelines on what will keep your skin safe from harmful rays.
Don’t stock up on your sunscreen for summer just yet. This June you’ll see major changes to the labels of all your favorite sunscreen products. Effective June 14, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be requiring manufacturers to disclose a lot more information on the labels, and to remove some misleading statements. Sunscreen will need to specify whether products protect against two classes of ultraviolet rays -- UVA and UVB -- and whether they reduce the risk of skin cancer and early skin aging or just sunburn alone. In addition, manufacturers will no longer be able to claim that their products are waterproof or sweat proof. Going forward, the labels will be able to say only "water resistant (40 minutes)" or "water resistant (80 …
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to respond to a petition to ban BPA in food-related items.
Update 3/31: The FDA Friday announced that it will continue to allow the use of BPAs in food and beverage containers according to the Huffington Post. -- By March 31, 2012 the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to decide whether or not to continue allowing food packaging that contains BPA. You’ve probably heard a lot about BPA in regards to baby bottles, sippy cups and other products made for children. But it’s in many, many products that we all use, and in too many instances BPA is used in food packaging and other consumer products. BPA, or Bisphenol A, is a “synthetic estrogen that disrupts normal endocrine function,” notes The New York Times, adding that “there is growing evidence in animal studies that exposure during …
