Toxic Substances

• Smoker Wins First Phase In Tobacco Trial

  Eddie Farah | February 12, 2009 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE51C07620090213 For those of us who have fought Big Tobacco for a long time, this was a much welcomed victory. On Thursday, a jury in Florida ruled...

• North Florida Resident Puts State On Salmonella Map

  Eddie Farah | February 08, 2009 11:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was always amazing that Florida was one of seven states that had dodged the bullet on the salmonella outbreak in the country - until now. A North Florida resident has shown signs of salmonella...

• Florida Needs To Watch for Salmonella Cases

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 9:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  42 states have been stuck by a salmonella outbreak and the King Nut Company believes it may be responsible. King Nut out of Ohio, has issued a recall of the peanut butter it distributes nationwide....

• FDA Takes Action on Chinese Imports

  Joe Saunders | November 14, 2008 12:21 PM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL

  The FDA has halted Chinese food products that may contain milk until it can be determined if the products have been contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine. The products were stopped at the...

• Toxic Chemical Found in Fish Feed

  Joe Saunders | November 14, 2008 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The toxic chemical melamine has been found in a fish feed product in China. This isn't the first association of China and melamine. At least three babies have died as a result of the toxic chemical...

• Mesothelioma Treatment

  Robert Blanchard | November 14, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  With all the lawyer ads on mesothelioma it is easy to overlook some of the strides that are being made in the treatment of this asbestos related cancer. Clinical trials now underway are...

• China's Melamine Woes Likely to Get Worse

  Charlie Vanture | November 05, 2008 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  As if we did not have enough problems it appears that the melamine issues in China are only getting worse. I just read this article about the ongoing problem in China and how slow the government...

• Contaminated Groundwater Found in Sarasota County Landfill

  Joe Saunders | September 20, 2008 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Unsafe levels of iron, arsenic and ammonia have been discovered in the Central County landfill causing concerns about other landfills and a project at Cowpen Slough to convert its water into...

• Court Rules that Exporters Cannot Test for Mad Cow

  Diego Madrigal | September 03, 2008 12:30 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a 2-1 decisions, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has held that only the United States Government can test for mad cow disease. This is predicted to have a harmful effect on private beef exporters...

• Should Warning Labels Be Added to Strawberries?

  John Hopkins | August 24, 2008 6:28 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Ever heard of “Polonium 210”? Think Alexander Litvinenko; the Russian dissident we all watched slowly die in 2006 after he was exposed to a toxic substance. The toxic substance to which he was...