Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Yp7gpLAeV/ The Food and Drug Administration and the Shawnee Milling Company now recall 5 lb.bags of Food Club brand All Purpose Flour with Best if Used by date 03/07/2025.  This flour contains undisclosed milk or eggs. This flour has been sold in New York and in Ohio. Return this flour to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information, call...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YpRder2Kz/ The Food and Drug Administration and Geissler’s Supermarket Inc. have recalled all Geissler’s sushi products due to the presence of undeclared egg, wheat, or milk.  Those with an allergy to these foods, with a gluten sensitivity, or with celiac disease could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume these products...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YomdMLELb/ The Food and Drug Administration and Tropicale Foods have recalled Helados Mexico mango bars in the variety pack.  These bars have salmonella contamination.  Affected are bars with a Best By date of 10/11/2025. Sold in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Ca...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Yn6epr7PG/ The Food and Drug Administration and Lidl US are recalling Deluxe Macarons Party Edition as they contain undeclared wheat, soy, egg, milk, and tree nuts (almonds, pistachios, and coconut).  The problem is that these macrons bear non-English ingredient labeling. These macarons have been sold at Lidl US stores in Delaware, District of Columbia, Geor...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YmnSDLHP-/ The Food and Drug Administration and FAonline Inc. now recall ForeverMen Natural Energy Boost supplements. They are contaminated with the phosphodiesterase inhibitors sildenafil and tadalafil commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction.  These drugs do not belong in supplements and pose a danger for those taking nitrate drugs such as nitroglyceri...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Yl2ZMLQrx/ The Food and Drug Administration and Abdallah Candies now recall some boxes of Abdallah Candies 8 oz. sea salt almond alligators.  These boxes are mislabeled with chocolate covered cherry labels rather than the almond labels.  Those with an allergy to almonds could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume this pr...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YlICgrzWP/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and BJ’s Wholesale Club now recall Berkley Jensen Citronella 72-inch Tiki Torches.  The top of the torch tends to break open or fall off while lit leading to burns. About 90,000 of these tiki torches were sold at BJ’s. Stop lighting and using these tiki torches.  Empty the fuel reservoirs and return the torch...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YkdZ7LDea/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Pure Brands of California are recalling Purefog High Density Natural Fog Juice Liquid, Long Lasting, Water Based.  This liquid degrades before the expiration date and may contain fungus.  Breathing this fog can induce a fungal pneumonia.  This liquid is designed for use with fog machines rated at 400-1500...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Yi-giLgET/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Polaris Industries are recalling Model Year 2022-2023 Snowmobiles equipped with PATRIOT BOOST Engines.  The fuel lines of these engines leak creating fire and burn hazards. About 7,000 of these snowmobiles were sold in the US and about 3,100 were sold in Canada.  Remember too that these snowmobiles have b...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Yh_MUrvvA/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Forias Direct as recalling Forias pack and play mattresses.  This memory foam mattress violates multiple federal safety standards for crib mattresses including thickness and labeling.  The mattress creates suffocation hazards. About 1900 of these crib mattresses have been sold at amazon.com. Stop using th...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WwxNsrj1h/ The next generation of Moderna’s mRNA CoVid vaccines will be directed against two key portions of the virus’ spike protein rather than the entire spike.  Creating mRNA that codes only for the spike’s N-terminal domain (NTD) and the receptor binding domain (RBD) generates blocking antibodies against these two spike regions that play the greatest rol...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Wu4hYLn2O/ The FDA is now out with a warning about skin creams sold for use after tattooing, piercings, laser hair removal, and dermabrasion.  Most of these agents contain the local anesthetic lidocaine in concentrations that are dangerous. The FDA warns that using agents with lidocaine concentrations above 4% is dangerous. The agency has fired off cease and...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WuKsELOVL/ Fire-inhibiting and disinfecting compounds, both of which are commonly found around our homes, damage the specialized cells that create the insulating coverings around nerves called myelin sheaths.  The absence of these sheaths is associated with multiple sclerosis. Case Western Reserve investigators have demonstrated that organophosphate flame re...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WtXOXLVfJ/ It may soon be possible to diagnose not only Parkinson’s but other degenerative neurologic disorders with simple skin biopsies.  This the promise suggested by a new study from Harvard-Beth Israel Hospital neurologists. Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy, and pure autonomic failure are neurologic disorders with a disti...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WshKLr39o/ Columbia University biomedical engineers have harnessed the method by which cells normally communicate with each other in order to deliver poison pill chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells.  Knowing that structures called exosomes are cell-to-cell messengers, the researchers have engineered these so-called extracellular vehicles to convey mes...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WrzUdr3Tr/ Those who religions’ dietary laws forbid the ingestion of any foods or proteins from pigs often use this prohibition as the reason for rejecting the use of vaccines including the measles vaccine for their children and themselves.  It is true that many vaccines do use porcine gelatin, but there is an alternative. The Priorix Measles, Mumps, and Rub...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WrBg0rMGD/ Just as second hand smoke contains dangerous compounds that can induce lung disease and worse, the fumes from e-cigarettes are transmitting chemicals into the bodies of anyone in the vaper’s vicinity.  Nurse researchers from Emory University now report that metabolites of agents contained in vaping liquids have been detected in the blood and saliv...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WpotMrR0E/ Ninety-five percent of benzoyl peroxide-containing cosmetics contain detectable levels of the human carcinogen benzene.  Even more worrisome: 89% of these products will harbor significantly toxic benzene concentrations if heated to levels considered safe by pharmaceutical standards. These findings prompted the independent testing lab Valisure to s...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Woz9vLkT-/ With the astronomical success of the GLP-1 agonist drugs including semaglutide and tirzepatide, shortages of these drugs are driving a search for alternatives using artificial intelligence techniques.  In addition to finding more diet drugs, the search is on for new compounds with fewer side effects. Spanish researchers are due to tell this spring...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Wn8VVry4R/ Hospitals and medical schools across the US opened up e-letters on April 1st from the Department of Health and Human Services, and it was no April Fool’s joke.  The letter heralded guidance rules and regulations regarding the new requirement for a patient’s written informed consent to any and all “sensitive and intimate examinations including pelv...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5B_XR2LsjW/ The Food and Drug Administration and Wenders LLC are recalling Trader Joe’s 50% Less Salt Roasted & Salted Whole Cashews.  Lots  T12139, T12140, T12141, and T12142 have salmonella contamination. This bacterium can trigger serious and possibly fatal infections in the very young, elders, and in those with weak immune systems. The cashews were so...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5B-bYLraqu/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Twenty Four Six Foods now recall Happiness USA Liquid Rolling Candy.  The rolling ball on the liquid candy dispenser easily detaches and becomes a choking hazard. About 290,000 units were sold at kosher market stores nationwide. Immediately take these candy dispensers away from your . Contact Twenty Four...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5B9eOlrZHE/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Culture Kings company are recalling Culture King’s Magnetic Levitation Sneaker Displays.  The powerful magnets that permit the sneakers to float can attract each other leading to display breakage, plastic splintering, and even spark emissions leading to lacerations and other injuries.  Should the mult...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5B8h2Ir6T-/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price now recall Fisher-Price Little People Mickey and Friends Figures.  In particular, Donald and Daisy have heads that detach and create choking hazards for young children.  The other figures are said to be ok, but I’d check them to be certain. About 204,000 of these figure packs were sold in the...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5B7yWBrMfP/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Crown Boiler Company are recalling Crown Aruba IV (AWR Series) gas-fired hot water boilers.  The blocked vent switch fails to operate properly at altitudes above 2,000 feet leading to emission of poisonous carbon monoxide. About 1100 of these boilers were sold by heating and plumbing contractors and w...