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Associated Press: A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to pay for repairs of about 4,500 homes ruined by contaminated product in a settlement that would also cover health problems stemming from the drywall.

Washington Monthly blog: An investigation by journalists found some members of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee of medical experts that looked into the potential dangers of the Bayer birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin had potential conflicts of interest.

Bloomberg: Chevy will use phosphate-based lithium ion batteries in its Spark, after three fires earlier this year involving batteries after crash tests of the Chevy Volt.

Washington Post: Members of two U.S. Food and Drug Administration committees voted that the labels now on the pills don’t provide adequate warning about the pills’ potential for causing blood clots.

FairWarning.org: The fireplace industry is resisting calls by consumer groups and parents of injured children to impose federal safety regulations relating to fireplace glass fronts that can reach temperatures between 400 and 500 degrees.

Detroit News: The suit filed by Safety Research & Strategies seeks records connected to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into Toyota acceleration issues.

Associated Press: The fluid that cools the electric car’s battery is believed to have crystallized and created an electrical short that sparked the fires.