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Mary Otto, a Washington, D.C.-based freelancer, is the author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an investigation to determine whether homeopathic teething products may have played a role in the deaths of 10 children over the past six years.
The agency is also reviewing reports of more than 400 adverse health events among children using the products, including a Sept. 9 case in which a child experienced a seizure. Parents and caregivers have been urged to stop using the products and have been told to seek immediate medical attention for children who experience seizures, breathing problems, lethargy, excessive sleepiness, muscle weakness, skin flushing, constipation, difficult urination or agitation after using homeopathic teething tablets and gels. Continue reading →
Mary Otto, a Washington, D.C.-based freelancer, is the author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America."
