Posts tagged epa

• Parents Have the Power to Prevent Bullying

  Council Wooten | May 02, 2012 8:56 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  This is a trailer for the documentary “Bully,” which was released last month and has garnered much national attention. While many people have an understandable tendency to dismiss...

• Majority of Work Zone Fatalities are Motorists, Pedestrians

  Ed Normand | April 25, 2012 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video from the New York Times was part of a December 2009 story about deadly accidents in highway work zones around the country. The segment above begins with the story of a 42-year-old...

• Jet Fuel Spill Near Tampa Fixed, How Much of Environmental Damage Has Occurred?

  Ed Normand | August 04, 2011 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to Tampa Bay Online, the ruptured pipe that spilled jet fuel into Mango creek has finally been repaired. Now comes the time to ask just how much it will take to clean up spilled 31,000...

• Participating in the Process -- The SMART ACT

  Brenda Fulmer | June 24, 2011 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On June 22, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on HR 1063 – the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011 (SMART ACT), which was introduced...

• Oil Disasters and Now Hurricane Season

  Laurie Briggs | June 16, 2010 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is Florida – the Sunshine State, but with a new hurricane season upon us and forecasters predicting a larger amount of severe storms forming than in past years, having a plan in place...

• US Department of Transportation Bans Texting and Driving for Commercial Vehicles

  Ed Normand | April 15, 2010 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that it is banning texting behind the wheel of commercial vehicles and vehicles that weigh more than 10,000 pounds. This is a significant...

• The Dangers of Legionnaires' disease

  Ed Normand | March 01, 2010 9:30 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A recent outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease at an Orlando hotel serves to remind us about this dangerous disease: The Orange County Health Department says two laboratory-confirmed cases of...

• How to Protect Yourself in 2010 When You Visit a Doctor

  Ed Normand | January 18, 2010 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  So many of us make New Year’s resolutions to go to the gym more, to exercise more, and to get in shape. Did you know there is something you can already do to ensure you are receiving the best...

• Chemical content + secrecy = Danger in Government

  Steve Smith | January 13, 2010 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When I first became aware of the secrecy provisions existing under the 1976 Toxic Substances control Act, I was reminded of the quote by our former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld when...

• Presidents get to address our children? Nothing new in Obama's speech that hasn't been said before

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 08, 2009 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Bush's Presidental Address and Remarks to Students and Faculty at Alice Deal Junior High School October 1, 2001 Thank you, Ms. Mostoller, and thanks for allowing me to visit your classroom to talk...