Toxic Substances

• New Limits On Toxic Substances To Take Effect

  Chrissie Cole | February 09, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  On February 10, two key provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act designed to limit the amount of phthalates (pronounced thay-lates) and lead in children’s products will take...

• Two Teens Die of Alcohol Poisoning over Holidays

  Todd Slaughter | January 02, 2009 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  Today, the Enterprise Record Searchlight sadly reported the death of an 18-year-old Chico High Student that occurred in the early morning hours of New Years Day. Witnesses reported that he had been...

• Oroville Man Gets $1.4 Million from Malicious Trucking Firm

  Amber Wheat | December 10, 2008 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  We have all heard the adage “Time is Money”. Unfortunately, a Dixon-area trucking firm, B.C. Leaseco took that advice too far. Their trucks are used by Button Transportation for...

• Fire Fighter's Benefit Leads to E-Coli Outbreak

  Todd Slaughter | September 19, 2008 7:28 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  OROVILLE, Calif. - A fundraising benefit for the Forest Ranch volunteer fire department has been identified as the source of a recent outbreak of E. coli related illnesses in Butte County. The...

• Ban on Phthalates Takes Effect in California January 2009

  Susan Devine | May 07, 2008 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  Last October 2007, California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma introduced legislation to ban the use of phthalates in California. The law was passed by the California Legislature and will take effect in...

• Debate Over Alleged Dangers of BPA Ramps Up

  Miriam Schimmel | May 02, 2008 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The latest environmental hot button is the bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical contained in polycarbonate plastics. While BPA has existed since its creation in 1890 and the first evidence of toxicity...

• California Officials Warn About Lead Danger

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2008 7:08 AM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  Lead is a toxic substance that can cause brain damage, seizures and death. The California Department of Toxic Substance Control is trying to get the message out that lead can even be found in something that seems harmless like jewelry. Jewelry used in piercings can be especially dangerous. "Body piercings may be particularly vulnerable to poisoning since lead can enter the bloodstream through...

• $7 Million Awarded to Mesothelioma Victim

  Miriam Schimmel | March 13, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Asbestos manufacturer, Georgia Pacific Corp., was ordered by a San Francisco jury to pay in excess of $7 million to plaintiffs, Joan and Daniel Mahoney. Plaintiffs sued Georgia Pacific claiming that Mrs. Mahoney developed terminal cancer from exposure to asbestos fibers released during her work in a home remodeling business with her husband. Her husband testified that she was exposed to the...

• British Petroleum to be Fined for Explosion

  Lance Rubin | February 19, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The 2005 explosion at British Petroleum's Texas City plant killed 15 people and injured more than 170 others. Civil suits filed by the injured people and the families of those killed have been mostly resolved, but BP is being fined for its wrongdoing. The explosion at the Texas City plant about 40 miles southeast of Houston occurred after a piece of equipment called a blowdown drum overfilled...

• CA Consumers May Sue Grocery Stores to Enforce State Labeling Laws

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | February 19, 2008 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Last week, California's Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a federal food labeling law does not preclude California citizens from using state consumer laws to enforce an identical state labeling law. The High Court's ruling means consumers may sue grocery store chains to enforce a state law requiring labeling of dyes added to farm-raised salmon.Do you recall a time in the not-too distant past...