A Reuters investigation revealed that the federal government’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is seriously flawed, the news organization reported recently. The act, which was passed in 1986, is intended to alert a community to the presence of dangerous chemicals in the area; however, lax…
The federal Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether or not antibacterial hand soap may be dangerous. The agency’s ruling will be released later this year to determine if...
Exposure to diesel exhaust fumes on the job has been linked to higher rates of several kinds of cancer and breathing disorders, especially diesel asthma or industrial asthma. As a personal injury...
Even though federal health officials have long recognized exposure to diesel fumes as a cancer risk, solid evidence for the link between breathing in chemicals contained in the vapor coming...
An 84-year-old Vashon, Washington (WA), man has received a $1.45 million jury award from the ships' services company whose negligence and disregard for workplace safety rules caused him to...
The 9/11 tragedy affected all of us in one way or another, and the impact reaches beyond just those people living and working in NYC or the Pentagon. Volunteers from all over traveled to ground...
Our client was a railroad worker switchman who lost his life to lung cancer following a 5 year battle, after being exposed to asbestos, diesel fumes, and radiation during his 40 year career as a...
As the oil leak off the Gulf of Mexico grows worse, public concern over the effects this disaster could have on the fishing and crabbing industry in Alabama and other parts of the country grew as...
Toxic Chinese drywall is affecting thousands of homeowners across the nation but especially in the south including Mississippi, Florida, New Orleans, and Virginia (VA). Some estimates indicate over...
The devastating effects of toxic Chinese drywall in Virginia (VA) have left numerous families with a home featuring unlivable conditions or a massive bill to remove and replace the lethal drywall...