FDA Sounds Alarm: Cluster Of Class I Recalls Prompts Aluminum Toxicity Warning From Agency
Executive Summary
The US agency has warned health care providers that certain devices used to warm fluids for bodily circulation could leach dangerous levels of aluminum.
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