What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Lucky to Be Certified Legal Nurse Consultants!
I recently mentored a CLNC® consultant on how to help her attorney-client learn whether a plaintiff had been given Zimmer Duron Cup hip replacements (sales suspended due to high rates of failures) and I started looking at the sheer number of products that have placed us all at risk.
It’s just incredible. The diversity of recalls is amazing. Foods, products, supplements and, of course, implants – everything is out to get us. Think about it, we’ve learned that the peanut butter we pack for our children’s lunches is potentially contaminated with salmonella. The pistachios we sneak into the movie theatre may also be out to get us (more salmonella). The tuna sushi we snack on at happy hour elevates our mercury levels (I can always tell Tom the current temperature) and the “heart-healthy” salmon we eat for dinner is contaminated with PCBs (if it’s not wild Alaskan). When we microwave butter-flavored popcorn to enjoy with our Netflix movies on Sundays, we risk poisoning our family’s lungs. Even the red wine we drink to forget our other problems may have more contaminants than tap water. Take note for the future, even Poligrip and Fixodent (I’m not there yet) have been linked to peripheral nerve damage (so that’s what’s wrong with grandma!).
