Toxic Substances

• Tests Find Enfamil Free of Deadly Bacteria that Killed Infant Boy

  Camryn Hansen | December 26, 2011 5:31 PM | 7 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Mead Johnson, the manufacturer of Enfamil, the brand of powdered baby formula that was fed to a Missouri infant boy before his death from bacterial infection last week, has said that its...

• Short-Term Asbestos Exposure Caused Man's Mesothelioma, Jury Finds

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 19, 2011 10:11 AM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  An 84-year-old Vashon, Washington (WA), man has received a $1.45 million jury award from the ships' services company whose negligence and disregard for workplace safety rules caused him to...

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Continues to Aid Research Efforts - Join Us!

  Lindsay Rakers | December 13, 2011 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. While much of my career is focused on helping injured individuals and their families who have been hurt in car crashes, tractor trailer crashes,...

• EPA links natural gas fracking to contamination of water supply aquifer

  Paul Napoli | December 10, 2011 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a preliminary report linking chemicals found in a Wyoming drinking water aquifer to hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the...

• Fumigant Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

  Mark Bello | December 07, 2011 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  The wide use of pesticides is having serious health ramifications on humans and children are particularly susceptible. Pesticides can cause cancer, affect neurological systems, memory, and cause...

• Fruit Juice and Arsenic - A Cautionary Tale

  Bret Hanna | November 30, 2011 8:19 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Dr. Oz sounded the alarm about unsafe levels of arsenic in apple juice a couple of months ago. Now Consumer Reports is jumping on the bandwagon. In September, Dr. Oz reported to viewers and...

• Portable Generator Safety

  Chrissie Cole | November 27, 2011 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  We are moving into the cold wintery months which brings with it snow storms and blizzards. And that weather in turn means many power outages which often lead to the use of portable...

• Solvents Used in Railroad Industry Linked To Parkinson's Disease

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | November 26, 2011 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  TCE, PERC and CCL4 just sound bad for a person. Given their full chemical names of trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride, the widely used solvents prove no healthier than...

• The Goal of Making Thanksgiving Safe

  Mike Bryant | November 20, 2011 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  With a week to go before the Thanksgiving holiday, it's important that thoughts turn to food safety before it becomes an issue. More than 200,000 Americans get sick each day from what they eat, and...

• Safely Cooking The Turkey

  Mike Bryant | November 19, 2011 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  With the turkey dinner just days away, it's important that consideration go into how the turkey is prepared. The turkey should be thawed completely. Enough time must be allowed...