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Company Faces Criminal Charges for Faulty Lead Tests Affecting Children

  • June 08, 2024

Magellan Diagnostics, a Massachusetts-based company, has agreed to settle criminal charges for concealing a malfunction in its lead poisoning tests that resulted in inaccurately low results. The Department of Justice announced that Magellan will pay $42 million in penalties. From 2013 to 2017, Magellan's devices, including LeadCare Ultra, LeadCare II, and LeadCare Plus, were widely used, with some being recalled as late as 2021. The malfunction led to falsely low lead level readings,...