1-9-20 LOS ANGELES – The company that produces “Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water” pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges of illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste created from filtering arsenic out of spring water at its facility in Olancha, California….
In May 2015, CG Roxane hired two Los Angeles-area entities to remove the hazardous waste and transport it – which was done without the proper manifest and without identifying the wastewater as a hazardous material, according to court documents. The arsenic-contaminated wastewater was ultimately transported to a Southern California facility that was not authorized to receive or treat hazardous waste….
The two companies hired to transport and treat the wastewater – United Pumping Services, Inc. and United Storm Water, Inc., both located in the City of Industry – were charged along with CG Roxane in this case in 2018. Both of those companies are scheduled to go on trial on April 21.
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In 1990, Crystal Geyser Water Company was acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co's parent company Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.[1]
Crystal Geyser Roxane or just C G Roxane (producers of Alpine spring water) is a separate company and often confused with CGWC.
In 2019, Crystal Geyser Water Company joined with Pacific Forest Trust to create a new funding initiative. Springs for Life – ForestWater Alliance™ – represents an investment and a commitment from Crystal Geyser Water Company as a beverage company whose primary resource is water to join with a trusted and highly successful conservation organization to protect spring water sources.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Geyser_Water_Company
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Pacific Forest Trust’s strategy is to make conservation an economically competitive use of forests and other associated lands. They partner with private landowners to permanently conserve their forests, prioritizing long-term forest health and productivity that benefit the public, with 82,484 acres currently under conservation easement.[7] …
PFT participated in the development of the Forest Project Protocol.[33] By doing so they created the basis for the ongoing market in forestry-based Carbon Credits that has been facilitating the reduction of net emissions of CO2 since it was enacted.[34][35]…In 2009, Pacific Forest Trust was awarded the U.S. EPA International Climate Protection Award,[45][46][47] the EPA's highest honor in climate protection.
Some environmental groups opposed the rules that authorized the production of Carbon Credits from forestland, including the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and two dozen others.[50] It is still controversial.[51][52] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Forest_Trust
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Revenue: US$4.83 billion (2017)
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November 14, 2017 – Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) and Proteus Digital Health (Proteus) today announce that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the first approval of a digital medicine system: Otsuka’s oral aripiprazole tablets embedded with an Ingestible Event Marker (IEM) sensor.
https://www.otsuka-us.com/discover/articles-1075
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12-2-14 Japan’s Otsuka to Buy Avanir Pharmaceuticals
With $3.5 Billion U.S. Deal, Abilify Maker Is Latest Japanese Drug Firm to Push Abroad https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-otsuka-to-buy-drug-maker-avanir-in-3-5-billion-deal-1417513161#comments_sector
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9-26-19
Avanir Pharmaceuticals (of California):
Avanir has agreed to pay $95,972,017 to the United
States to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act related to its marketing of
Nuedexta. The government alleged that between October 29, 2010, and December
31, 2016 Avanir provided remuneration in the form of money, honoraria, travel,
and food to certain physicians and other health care professionals to induce them to
write prescriptions for Nuedexta. One form of remuneration included Avanir’s
payment to certain health care professionals to give talks (commonly known as
“speaker’s programs”) about Nuedexta based on their willingness to prescribe
Nuedexta. These events were primarily social, with no educational value….
“Paying kickbacks to medical providers in an effort to increase profits is illegal and
diminishes the trust and credibility of drug companies who engage in these
activities,” said Derrick L. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge for the Office of
Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. https:/
admits-paying-kickbacks-resolves-related
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Nuedexta Overview
Quinidine is in a class of medications called antiarrhythmics (abnormal heart rhythm).
Nuedexta contains a combination of two medications, dextromethorphan hydrobromide and quinidine sulfate….Nuedexta is a prescription medication approved for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA), a condition characterized by involuntary, sudden, uncontrolled episodes of laughing or crying, when there appears to be nothing to laugh or cry about. https://www.rxwiki.com/nuedexta
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Selected Opioids; Dextromethorphan/Selected MAOIs Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Severe. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Both of these medicines can increase the level of serotonin in your body.
What might happen:
High serotonin levels may cause changes in body temperature, blood pressure and behavior, leading to a medical condition called Serotonin Syndrome. Serotonin Syndrome may be life threatening. https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-155066/nuedexta-oral/details/list-interaction-details/dmid-142/dmtitle-selected-opioids-dextromethorphan-selected-maois/intrtype-drug
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2-11-20 In fact, agents confiscated a 640% increase in fentanyl in fiscal year 2019 compared to 2018. And for fiscal year 2020, they're on track for another 330% increase.
"What starts here at the Southwest border then actually expands throughout every state, through every county into every city," said Carl Landrum, deputy chief of the Yuma Sector Border Patrol.https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/wdrb-exclusive-at-us-mexico-border-as-fentanyl-seizures-skyrocket/article_ccc10798-4924-11ea-98c3-9f5ed18c720a.html
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between January and March 2019 the DEA found that 27 percent contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.
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11-1-19 In August last year, the Mexican military recovered 50 tons of meth in a mountain lab in Sinaloa. Mexican authorities have also seized fentanyl in states such as Michoacán, Jalisco and Sinaloa, and in the last 12 months have found four clandestine laboratories around the country.
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7-26-19 On May 19, a Texas DPS trooper stopped transport the drugs from California to Florida, adding that it was his second such trip.
According to DEA experts, fentanyl is a powerful synthetic narcotic 50 times more potent than heroin. The amount of fentanyl Contreras-Martinez allegedly possessed was “likely enough to kill more than 10 million people,” the release said. https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/doj-ex-mexican-cop-accused-of-trafficking-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-millions/
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During that interview Mr. Contreras-Martinez allegedly stated that before his unlawful immigration to the United States seven months prior, he had been employed for eight years as a municipal police officer in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/former-mexican-municipal-police-officer-charged-with-trafficking-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-10-million-people/
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