Toxic Substances

• Check Your Doc Before Getting That Shot: Nevada Medical Assistants Illegally Administered Botox

  David Mittleman | September 09, 2009 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  If your vanity has gotten the best of you and you can’t resist a quick shot of Botox or two, you still may want to pay attention to who’s poking you with that needle. According to Louis...

• Can Eating Sushi give you Minamata Disease?

  Steve Lombardi | September 09, 2009 11:01 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Shortly after 1908, a small fishing village in Japan saw the first outbreak of Minamata disease, an epilepsy-like affliction. The disease is a neurological condition caused by mercury poisoning...

• Iowa Mercury Rules And What they Mean to Your Health

  Steve Lombardi | September 08, 2009 9:05 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Humans have been putting mercury in their mouths for hundreds of years. It’s the silver liquid inside of glass thermometers and, despite its variety of uses, it can be extremely dangerous. The...

• Male Breast Cancer Cases Potentially Linked to Contaminated Water on Marine Base

  David Mittleman | September 02, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Mike Partain hardly expected the horrible surprise his wife discovered while giving him a goodnight hug in April 2007: he had a lump right above his left nipple. After undergoing a mammogram,...

• Altria Group to Pay $13.8 Million to Family of Smoker, Lung Cancer Victim

  Mike Ferrara | August 26, 2009 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A California jury has ordered Altria Group, the parent company of Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, to pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of woman who died in 2003 of...

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Tort Reform Hypocrite

  Mark Bello | August 26, 2009 4:53 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  Remember Trent Lott? He railed and railed against lawsuits and for tort reform. But, when his $400,000 house was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, and his insurance claim was denied, he went straight...

• Philip Morris to Pay $13.8 Million in Punitive Damages to Daughter of Deceased Smoker

  David Mittleman | August 26, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A jury in Los Angeles Superior Court voted 9-3 on Monday that Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to Jodi Bullock. Betty Bullock, Jodi Bullock’s mother, died of lung...

• High Lead Levels Found in Car Seats

  Carrie Strasser | August 25, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsStoughton / Canton, MA

  The New York Times reported this morning that the family car has been linked to increased lead contamination resulting in lead poisoning among children. Last year in Maine, six babies and toddlers...

• Weed Killer in the Drinking Water Causes Birth Defects & Cancer; Use a Filter at Home

  Mike Ferrara | August 24, 2009 9:30 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  The weed killer atrazine, sold under numerous brand names including AAtrex, is most often used on corn in farming states, but it is also commonly applied to lawns, gardens, parks and golf courses....

• Asbestos Defendants Attack National Cancer Institute

  Robert Blanchard | August 24, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  In what amounts to a manufactured controversy, Ford Motor Company and other asbestos defendants are seeking depositions about changes to the NCI website that addressed the dangers of asbestos. See...