but as haley explains, the food and drug administration still says they are fine to use. >> formaldehyde is a common material. >> reporter: why are these chemicals in so many beauty products? >> therere certain chemicals that we must have in resins inin order for them to harden. >> reporter: that means for example, formaldehyde in nail polish is necessary for it to dry. cancer in higher concentrations, aborn formaldehyde can cause nasal cancer. when we take a step back, we find the levels are very low. >> reporter: in fact, the food and drug administration scrutinizes all of these to make sure they contain onl small traces. but it's typically the consumer that likes the result of chemicals. >> aluminum can be found i i deodorant to help them work longer. >> reporter: it's a natural earth compound, but aluminum causes harm to rats. >> there have been studies that show that aluminum can promote the growth of certain types of tumors, can trigger alzheimer's disease when injected directly into the brain of rats. >> reporter: although there's no human links tying deodorant to disease, she sai

i wish you well as you lead the food and drug administration. my intention is, as i indicated when we visited in my office, that i would have expected to have a conversation today about zika. about opioids, which senator merkley was interested in and about cancer -- the cure of cancer and the moonshot effort. i welcome those to continue. my hope is that a few months into your job, as we get through the appropriations process, that we would invite you back, you would accept and we would give not only senator merkley and i but other members a chance to have a more in-depth conversation about issues facing the fda. >> i would appreciate that. my testimony said that i didn't get to talk about, we need the enter change and guidance to get it right. we base everything we do on science and insist we get better and better at the science. but policy, obviously, involves an intersection of culture and science. you are the intersection. we look forward to working with you. >> thank you very much. mr. tyler, thank you for joining us. you have been good at ha

. >> reporter: in 2014, the food and drug administration approved a new class of medications to treatep c. these drugs are taken orally, once a day, have few side effects and a 90% cure rate. >> we have this powerful intervention now in our hands and our challenge as a nation is to bring together the populations who can benefit from these treatments together with those treatments and really have an excellent opportunity of wiping out this disease. >> reporter: but the drugs are very expensive. gaye wheeler took a medication called harvoni its' manufacturer, gilead sciences, charges $63,000-$94,000 for an eight to 12 week treatment course. wheeler's medication came at no cost to her. pharmaceutical companies offer substantial discounts to cherokee patients, and the tribe uses medicare and medicaid dollars to cover remaining costs. but even with discounts, a bipartisan senate finance committee report last year said gilead's drug prices were putting "a large burden" on medicare, medicaid and other government health programs. in a statement to the newshour, gilead said the price of harvon

deal in shrimp farming, there can be a high mortality rate in some shrimp farms. >> the food and drug administration polices shrimp imports. >> 5.5 billion pounds of seafood is imported into the united states every year and much of it ends up in a cold storage facility like this one in southern california, but only a tiny fraction of all of that seafood is actually inspected so we've come here today to find out exactly how the fda does that. >> emily morrison is a veteran fda inspector. >> we collected one sub sample out of 15 random boxes and now i'm in the process of bagging them up, put them in coolers and ship it to the lab. >> a computer system red flags imports believed to pose the greatest risk based on country of origin and a company's past history of violations. >> seafood by nature is a high-risk commodity. >> dan solis heads inspections at the port of los angeles. >> there are many boxes here and they are all packed full, what percentage of this sample gets chosen to be taken to the lab? >> so, fda reviews all electronic transmissions. we utilized things like foreign inspection, domestic

. >> where was the food and drug administration in this issue? >> good question. if the food and drug administration had been around when that drug was introduced, they would are have told, send yourself first to the hospices and the oncologists. had they done that, had they told purdue pharma that you can't market the drug to the be authorities then we wouldn't have the trouble today. >> they had the authority to can that did they not? >> if they were appropriately enforcing federal law that's exactly what they would have done. in part they were swayed by the same campaign that was swaying the rest of the medical community but also there has been a very cozy relationship between the reergt regulators ae fda and the same official who approved oxycontin ended up working for company that made oxycontin. >> did this happen? >> yes, it did. >> addiction specialists at the veterans administration know that patients can be addicted to medications that they get there and some have begun pushing for a new tool to stop overdose deaths. al jazeera's jake waral jazeera. >> th

and ted cruz also picked up a win in the utah republican causcus. prescription drug abuse is a serious problem across the country and here in florida... and now the food and drug administration is taking more steps to keep you safe. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at tampa emerald, this is an epidemic that touches a large number of americans in some way or another each year. - absolutely, mark. - i've been looking into how many people get sent to the hospital every year for prescription drug overdoses...and the most recent information i was able to find says 92 thousand people find themselves here at the hospital for taking too many drugs. - it's an epidemic that's caught all of our attention...and now the fda is trying to do more to bring those numbers down - so soon, if you or someone you love uses opioids to help control pain...you're going to see some big changes on how the drugs are labeled. - immediate-release opioids like morphine, vicodin and percocet will have strong risks of misusing the drugs and how that can lead to and death... - and now, labels for going to say they should only be taken when there are no other treatments - florida has had a huge prescrip

food banks.ceo howard schultz says the idea came from baristas behind the counter.starbucks plans to give out 5 million meals this year -- including breakfast sandwiches, paninis and salads. changes coming for prescription opioids.the u.s. food and drug administration will require new warning labels for opioid prescription medications warning consumers, "about the serious risks of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose and death." the fda made the announcement on tuesday. the most severe wrning label, a black box warning, will be required on immediate release formulations. kentucky attorney general andy beshear is suing volkswagen. volkswagen.the lawsuit filed yesterday claims the automaker's vehicle emission cheating scheme violated the state's consumer protections law.beshear is seeking civil the nearly 4-thousand volkswagens registered in the state.four other states - texas, new mexico, new jersey, and west virginia have filed similar suits. the f-b-i now believes it will take *two weeks - to know whether an alternative method to unlock a terror suspect's iphone will work.the government canceled a hearing with apple today - hoping it could get around the company to access the information on the san bernardino shooter's phone.the two sides are due ba

in health news -- the food and drug administration has approved the first ever generic version of viagra. teva pharmaceutical's will begin selling generic viagra in december 20-17. it has already been on the market in europe for several years and is a less- expensive alternative to the real thing. the f-d-a says generic drugs have the same strength and must pass the standards as brand-name drugs. it takes a lot of prep work to run in a marathon. but imagine running 26 miles-- and finding out- it wasn't enough! race organizers in tennessee are under qualifying race for the boston marathon that was about a quarter of a mile too the mistake happened at the part runners had to make a turn. organizers blame human error -- saying barricades around a corner of the course were laid out incorrectly. the athletes are probably going to have to run again if they want to qualify for the boston marathon. but race organizers in tennessee are checking to see if qualifying times from their race will be accepted. four years ago justin wagher couldn't draw at all... but now everyone in st. pete sees his ta

food and drug administration says a planned release of modified mosquitoes in the state of florida in the florida keys would not harm people or the environment. mosquitoes, which can carry zica have dna which leads to offspring that won't survive outside of a lab. you can help prevent the spread of the zica virus by giving away your old tires. they are known to become breeding grounds for the bugs. if you live in pasco county bring your tires to locations on your screen this sunday. >>> in pasco county leaders are determined not to repeat what happened during 2015's summer of storms. as the county introduced its new emergency operations director, it admitted when the county was flooded. kevin guthrie wants faster responses with emergency response. >> i'm confident with my experience we'll be effective in the future. >> it is the keep everyone sharp in case of an emergency. >>> in sarasota county a new unique safety measure designed to slow planes down in an emergency. these concrete blocks replaced at the end of the runway and can safely stop an aircraft if it overruns the strip. the

and voting on it. the city administrator says that might not happen until this summer. one woman is frustrated with a recent announcement from the food and drug administration. brittany dougan recently had surgery to get the essure birth control removed. they're tiny coils doctors put into in the fallopian tubes. and more serious warning birth control. about painful side effects. " 6:22:22 i just think it's hurting women and for them to not recognize it and pull it from the shelves it's upsetting for us that have been through it, we have the opportunity to protect the ones that are close to use and raise awareness as best we can." we talked to one local obgyn who says he'll the f-d-a that it's a good reminder for everyone that the product comes with risks, even though it's an in-office procedure with little recovery time. african american students at the university of iowa are finding new ways to tell stories. black art, real stories or bars is a student created publication which showcases the author's life stories through creative writing. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, the publication's founders to give readers an alternative

food and drug administration says it is postponing that requirement until next year at the earliest. the new rule would apply to restaurants and other establishments that sell, prepare food and have other locations. the city already has its own calorie count requirement on the books. >>> there was a huge e-mail privacy loophole affecting most of us that some in congress are hoping to close this year. right now the police can look at any e-mail that's over six months old and never tell you about it. the lawlaw governing e-mail dates back to 1986. >> i think we need to go beyond protections for e-mail users and consumers. >>> five states already require a warrant in most cases. nine more are considering laws of their own including new york and new jersey. >> keeping track of how much you drive is important whether it's for your own records or business to claim a tax deduction. better get baquero for some handy apps to help log those miles. >> mile iq allows us to distinguish if trips are personal or business with one swipe. probably the coolest feature is the ability to instantly see ho

. >>> food and drug administration is moving ahead with an experimental solution to stop zika virus. scientists want to control the mosquitoes by using genetically modified mosquitoes. the male will reproduce off spring that will die before they can bite anyone. >> in two to four days after we release it it will be dead. >> after the modified mosquitoes reach maturity, they are sprayed out of the window of a van. are using the floor weapon. they say the number of mosquitoes have decreased. the fda will review final comments before they make a decision. >>> in louisiana, floodwaters threaten the neighborhoods. >> my little boy wants to go home. we don't have a home right now. >> more than 3500 people have been forced to evacuate. take a look at this video. cars and houses are almost completely underwater. some areas there. officials say at least three people have died in louisiana. arkansas and alabama. the weather system is expected to make its way slowly to the northeast today. we will see rain over the next >> we will. afternoon. the bulk much our rainfall will come with that front

. >>> the food and drug administration is loosening rules for drugs used to induce abortions. ru 46. doctors were required to follow original fda label requirements for drug. doctors argued the 90s era labels did not reflect current usage. >>> a potential real estate deal and what it could mean for a rare partly of atlanta's precivil war history. >>> also why a major safety group says night driving is darker than it should be for most drivers. >> it's called precheck and it was supposed to be the answer to long screening lines at the airports. but four years later there appears to be no relief in sight. the tsa cut staff by 10% thinking its workload would decrease. but now not enough people have enrolled in the program and tsa is expecting massive lines this summer. >>> boeing is cutting 4,000 jobs from its commercial plane division. 1600 of the cuts will reportedly be voluntary. the move could save $1 billion in expenses. lower cost will help it compete against airbus. >>> not enough light on the road when driving at night. the insurance institute for highway safety conducted

. >>> next, food and drug administration commissioner dr.ert califf testifies at a senate hearing about p

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the food and drug administration says the sandwiches may be contaminated with listeria.fortunately they weren't sold in the tri-state. the sandwiches in question were sold at starbucks stores in arkansas, texas and oklahoma. hundreds of job opportunities are up for grabs today.or you can take your career to the next level. level.it's the cincinnati career fair is taking place at the clarion hotel on hauck road.there are multiple you'll get a chance to meet employers face to face.show up, apply, and get hiredall inthe same day.everything get underway at 11. a big shake up within the little miami school district this morning. next year- all pre-school and kindergarten students will attend salem township elementary.first and second graders will either attend hamilton - maineville or harlan - butlerville. the district says it's grown by six hundred students in the last three years. we all know drinking and driving is bad.but in hopes of the mesage hitting home, an illinois police department is releasing a bizzare picture. picture.it's a car with a 15 foot tree lodged in its front grill.poli

food and drug administration has launched a criminal investigation after a video surfaced online showing a man urinating on one of kellog factory assembly lines. >> it was record in 2014. company says any of its products that would have been affected would now be past their expiration date. >>> people in louisiana cleaning up and drying out as best they can. severe storms caused record setting flooding. in some areas boats were needed to move through the water. there is a silver lining just beginning to peak through. river levels not expected to rise as high as initially been predicted. that's saving some residents even more damage or from more damage. >> 13 would have brought it in my house. it's gone to 12 safe. mind. everything else is good. >> flood waters expected to stick around at least through louisiana. >> a lot of rain down there, and you know, be it's over a consistent period of time where it's day after day after day. they've had some issues with stuff >> so how we looking right now? it was kind of mild when i drove in today? there's moisture in the air. we're going to get a

. >> the food and drug administration to target the libido is facing controversy. some are calling the benefits marginal. the drug is decideo help women with low sexual desire. it was initially rejected by the fda twice over concerns about its effectiveness. the agency finally approved it last august. >> coming up next month, news 13 more than 100 exhibitors will be to to provide cooking demonstrations and lots of other entertainment. it is free and open to the public. get the details at wlos.com. >> we immediate the details on the weather. >> this is the skycam network, 61 degrees. chimmy rock. nn a bad day to head outside until the rain sets in. the winds pick up out of the south at 16. coming up afterhe break, we'll talk about who will go under a wind advisory and who could see severe storms or possibly snow. a lot to talk about coming up after the break. i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides

this food and drug administration video is now investigating because of this footage. it shows a man urinating on one of the assembly lines. kelloggs says it has deterned in 2014 at its memphis factory location. the company claims it immediately alerted authorities and they believe any products that may have been affected are past the expiration dates. >>> rescue crews rushed 32 people to the hospital. most have already been released. a government official says that an engineer pulled an emergency brake to avoid a significant bend ahead of him. the train may have been traveling around 70 miles an hour when it came to a halt. >> it was bone chilling. we saw the hydraulics. i thought maybe a little bump. once we heard the shouts, we knew there was something wrong. >> more than 140 people were on board that train, including about a dozen crew members. it's unclear it will take to get >>> a pilot leaves his gun in a men's bathroom. when he went back to the bathroom, he couldn't find the weapon. he notified police and the air marshals. surveillance video helped authorities

i wish you well as you lead the food and drug administration. my intention is as i indicated when we visited in my office i would have expected to have a conversation today about zika, about opioids which senator merkley was clearly interested in and cancer, cure of cancer and the moon shot effort. i welcome those conversations to tifpblet we can do that one-on-one. my hope is that a few months into your job as we get through the appropriations process that we would invite you back. you would accept that invitation, and we would give not only senator merkley and i, other members of the subcommittee the chance to have a more in-depth conversation about a variety of issues facing the f.d.a. dr. califf: as my testimony said i didn't get to talk about, we need the interchange and the guidance to get it right because we base everything we do on science and insist we get better and better at the science. but policy involves an intersection of culture and science. you are the intersection. we look forward to working with you. senator moran: thank you ve

the food and drug administration say they're fine to use. c's hailey hernandez spoke with some experts. >> reporter: you're surrounded by them, they're on your skin. >> formaldehyde is a common material. >> reporter: formaldehyde, aluminum and sulfates, why are they in so many beauty product sns. >> there are certain chemicals that we must have in resins in order for them to harden. >> reporter: that means, for example, formaldehyde in nail polish is necessary for it to dry, but -- >> formaldehyde does cause cancer in higher concentrations, and airborne formaldehyde can increase the risk of nasal cancer. when we step back we find the levels are very low. >> reporter: in fact she says the food and drug administration scrutinizes all of these to make sure they contain only small traces, but it's typically the consumer that likes the results of chemicals. >> aluminum can be found in deodorant to help them work longer. >> reporter: it's a natural earth compound, but aluminum causes harm to rats. >> there have been studies that show that aluminum

is the only pill without hormones approved by the food and drug administration for what's called hypoactive sexual desire disorder.< 2:23: 50 it's a first in class mediation,, it balances neurotransmitters in the brain that have something to do with desire.>< 2:29: 37 in the three pivotal trials that led to the fda approval ,you're correct it was about one extra satisfying sexual event per month>{** vo **doctor lisa larkin specializes in women's health..she says about three of four patient she's treated with it..are still on this medication --because they respond to it well--in three ways , not just number of encounters < 2:30: 20 sexually satisfying events, decrease in distress, and increase in subjective desire.>{**vo ** the review of studies promoting this controversy ,, she says looked at studies not all publish

food and drug administration tells techknow the center for veterinary section is reviewing an applicationthey will not predict when this review will be completed. >> even in the florida keys mosquito control district they have, i think it's like three airplanes, three helicopters >> it seems they have all the resources of the world yet they can only get the mosquito down 50% >> that's right. that's not enough to prevent dengue fever transmission >> you can do fwert? >> yes >>> the company tells techknow fields trials in the cam en island, panama and brazil reduced the population by 90%. in fact, in 2015 a scientific advisory panel to the government of brazil approved the release of mosquito to control a outbreak. >> it has been released-- it has leafed 120 million mosquito for testing and it has approved 90% reduction. we spoke to a man at the university in brazil who helped analyse the data. he tells us the numbers are more like 60 to 70% reduction, not 90, and actually called into question the company's methods and said their analysis was below scientific standards. keep in mind 60 to 7

food and drug administration is changing the way companies label opioid prescription medications. >> lisa: it now requires a black box warning, the moist severe label out there. it has to warn consumers about the serious risk of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose and death. they will also be requiring a few other safety labeling changes. according to the c.d.c., more than 40 americans die every day from prescription drug overdoses. >>> seems like you can buy just about anything on amazon these days. >> ginger: you pretty much can. to the list. now you can get cable service on the shopping site. comcast will start selling its cable, internet and phone services on amazon, part of a new cable store. it also includes customer service. despite amazon typically having lower prices on some items, it will be the same price as the comcast website. >> lisa: i wonder if you can get that in sites where comcast is not available. >> you can get your tvs and movies there so you don't need the cable. >> lisa: troy bridges is joining us today. today. >> tomorrow, the heat is back. we're talking about

later today, the cdc and food and drug administration will testify at a congressional hearing at what is being done to protect the country. 107 americans who traveled to at-risk area contracted zika and people acquiring the virus from the mosquito in the u.s. >>> he could hardly lift his arms at first, but astronaut scott kelly mustered the strength to give the camera a thumbs up. that's pretty awesome. he landed back on earth hours ago for the first time in a year. he and a russian cosmonaut spent to close to 12 straight months in space. >> you can imagine how that is twice as long as astronauts usually spend there. we'll see what impact that time has had on the human body to see whether we can ever send someone to marses. he looks fantastic. >> he said the thing he's looking forward to most is the contact, he was floating around. >> i betcha we are going to mars. >> 2030, first probability. >>> and we are just getting word of breaking news right now after a train derailment in new york state. angie goss is at the live desk and will tell us why people nearby are being evacuated. >> k

. >>> the food and drug administration is adding a new warning to a birth control implant. e-sure will carry a boxed warning label. thousands of women complained about chronic pain, bleeding and other health problems with it. the fda is requiring the manufacturer, bayer to conduct more studies on the device. we first told you about problems with this in 2013. >>> you're on a night out with friends and it's time to go home. but did you drink too much to drive? there are now portable high-tech devices that claim to be able to give you the answer. tonight, randy mack from our sister station in los angeles takes a look now at how these smartphone breathalyzers actually work. >> oh, wow. >> to demonstrate the use of smartphone th >> jeff cutler, daughter tess cutler and friend he will i scored a table at gc marketplace. they enjoyed gourmet snacks and a glass of wine each. then we bring out three portable breathalyzers. breath omter,back track and al kahut. wait and have the women blow into each device reporting the results on smartphone apps. >> go ahead. >> round 1, they all re

today, the food and drug administration announced plans to announce the most serious type of warnings on all drugs such as vicodin and percocet. the link to misuse and prescription opiates climbed to 19,000 in 2014. >>> former toronto mayor, rob ford died of cancer today. he was only 46 years old. drinking and drug abuse. scenes of has drunken escapades made headlines around the world three years ago. but get this. voters by a wide margin chose to elect to return him to office. >>> the house has passed the bill. women continue to have their ashes placed at arlington national tem terry. -- cemetery. they free up mail pilots for combat. during the war, they are considered civilians. but since 1977, federal law has granted them status as veterans. they have placed military honors. but the army revoked their eligibility last year. >>> coming up on wusa 9 at 6:00. police say they're finally closing in on a person who killed a local storekeeper, 24 years ago today. >>> up next, a af at weis to provide choices besthat offer youyou the best prices, quality and selecti