Toxic Substances

• Coast Guard Report Slams Transocean for Role in Oil Spill Disaster

  Scott Kappes | April 25, 2011 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Last Friday the United States Coast Guard released a portion of a report that condemns Transocean for “deficiencies” contributing to the disaster that would become the worst oils...

• AAP Pushes For Overhaul Of Chemical Laws

  Chrissie Cole | April 25, 2011 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is pushing for an overhaul in the way that the government regulates dangerous chemicals. In fact, The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) hasn’t...

• What should consumers know about Termidor aka fipronil

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2011 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Many of us come into contact with harmful chemicals on a daily basis without even realizing it. One of those chemicals is a pesticide called Firponil. According to the National Pesticide Information...

• Fracking Blowout at PA Gas Well Stopped, Assessment of Environmental Damage Begins

  Paul Napoli | April 23, 2011 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  April 23, 2011 After a blowout at a Bradford County, PA natural gas well caused the spilling of produced water out of the well for two days, workers have plugged the well and efforts are underway...

• Gulf Oil Spill: One Year Later, Better, but a Long Way to Go

  Scott Kappes | April 20, 2011 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  In the early morning hours of April 20th 2010 an explosion onboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig tragically took the lives of 11 crewmen and marked the beginning to the worst oil spill in U.S....

• Update on Bankruptcy Trusts by Steven Kazan

  Steven Kazan | April 19, 2011 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Kazan Law is proud to acknowledge the recent participation of one its founding principals, Steven Kazan, at the 4th Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation, which took place in...

• MDL Deadline is April 20, 2011

  Dottie Perry | April 18, 2011 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The short form designed to allow claimants to join the Multi-District Litigation currently ongoing in New Orleans is due by Wednesday, April 20, 2011. There is no fee to file, and it can be filed...

• Do People Get Asbestos Cancer if They Don’t Work in the Field?

  Michael Monheit | April 13, 2011 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Just as you can get lung cancer from second hand smoke, without ever smoking a cigarette, so too can you get mesothelioma from second hand asbestos exposure, without ever having worked with asbestos...

• DEP Halts Drilling and Fracking of 36 Wells after Contamination of Residential Water Supplies

  Paul Napoli | April 04, 2011 11:38 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  April 4, 2011 Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered Catalyst Energy Inc. to cease drilling and hydraulic fracturing at 36 wells in Forest County after the...

• 21 Companies Named in Texas Asbestos Lawsuit

  Scott Kappes | April 04, 2011 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  The widow and family of the late Daryl Stukey have filed a lawsuit against the 21 companies alleging that they were responsible for the lung cancer that claimed Stukey’s life. Stukey worked...