Compound cream raises questions about safety

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Sep 10, 2014

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Compound cream raises questions about safety

The business of compound cream is lucrative but has raised concerns about safety and is also part of a large workers comp fraud case. Southern California Public Radio’s investigative producer Karen Foshay talks more about her findings.

The business of compound cream is lucrative but has raised concerns about safety and is also part of a large workers comp fraud case. Southern California Public Radio’s investigative producer Karen Foshay talks more about her findings.

A dozen doctors and pharmacists in Orange County will be arraigned this week in a huge workers comp fraud case.

Prosecutors claim they scammed people over a little known - but lucrative - business of compound creams.

In the second part in her series, Southern California Public Radio’s investigative producer Karen Foshay reports on the cream industry's marketing tactics and production methods, and on concerns about the products' safety.

This is the second in our series of reports on the compound cream industry. You can read Part One here.