Toxic Substances

• PA Levies Record Fine Against Chesapeake for Water Well Contamination from Gas Drilling

  Paul Napoli | June 07, 2011 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  June 7, 2011 Contamination of Bradford County drinking water supplies with natural gas from drilling operations has prompted Pennsylvania regulators to levy the largest fine in history against...

• Asbestos Exposure Affects Coast Guard Too

  Steven Kazan | June 06, 2011 2:25 PM | 2 CommentsOakland, CA

  Individuals who volunteer to serve in our country’s defense system have throughout our history made some of the greatest sacrifices imaginable and have confronted dangerous situations in all...

• When Is Styling Hair Like Dissecting A Frog?

  Pierce Egerton | June 05, 2011 10:21 AM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  When I was in high school, the worst part of dissecting specimens in biology wasn’t the yuck factor. It was the hideous odor of formaldehyde. Okay, I’m showing my age here. My kids tell...

• National Cuts to Poison Centers Will Cost Lives

  Mike Bryant | May 22, 2011 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  As with any attempt at looking at the national budget, there is a real need to look at what is going to be lost. Because, despite all of the rhetoric and strange little stories, there really isn't...

• Study - Infant & Toddler Products Contain Toxic Chemicals

  Chrissie Cole | May 19, 2011 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  A new study recently published in the Environmental Science & Technology Journal suggests parents may not know what potentially toxic substances are in the everyday products their kids come...

• Duke University Study Links Flammable Tap Water in NY and PA to Fracking

  Paul Napoli | May 13, 2011 3:36 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  May 12, 2011 A new study has confirmed that hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells is contaminating water wells with flammable methane gas. Researchers from Duke University in Durham, NC...

• Round Up: May 12, 2011

  Brett Emison | May 12, 2011 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Legal, safety, and other topics that caught my interest this week: Johnson & Johnson Recalls HIV Drug After Finding Smelly Chemical [Peter Loftus at WSJ] Another Johnson & Johnson...

• Rare Kidney Cancer Afflicting Young Children in Marine City, Michigan

  David Mittleman | May 06, 2011 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A rare form of kidney cancer known as Wilm's tumor has been found in five children in the last four years in the small town of Marine City, Michigan. The most recent victim is a six-month old girl...

• Bisphenol A (BPA) Linked to Breathing Problems in Babies

  Paul Napoli | May 02, 2011 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  May 2, 2011 A new study has found a link between exposure of fetuses to Bisphenol A (BPA) in the womb and childhood wheezing. Wheezing is a term describing the sound made during a child’s...

• Canada’s National Day of Mourning

  Anne McGinness Kearse | April 28, 2011 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Today, on its National Day of Mourning, Canada commemorates workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the workplace. The National Day of Mourning began in 1984 as part of the Canadian...