Tainted pills hit U.S. mainland
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_he_me/puerto_rico_pill_problems"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080204/capt.db5308ddc20c4f399c00a2a7c1146ec0.puerto_rico_pill_problems_pha101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pig.A0BYsGhCXhMlRPX5tw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A sign marks the entrance to the factory operated by the pharmaceutical corporation GlaxoSmithKline PLC, or GSK, in Cidra, Puerto Rico, in this Oct. 31, 2007 file photo. The AP, which reviewed 100 pages of Food and Drug Administration reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and interviewed industry experts, government officials and company executives, found that the Puerto Rican factories of several pharmaceutical companies, including GSK, failed to establish, or ignored, sound quality control procedures, struggled to keep their laboratories sterile and exported contaminated pills. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on the factory doors.</p><br clear="all"/>

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