Toxic Substances

• Friday Legal & Safety News Round Up: May 4, 2012

  Brett Emison | May 04, 2012 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Legal, safety and other news that caught my interest this week: So You Want To Be A Lawyer? [Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice] Facebook Likes Aren't Speech Protected By the...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Round Up: April 27, 2012

  Brett Emison | April 27, 2012 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Safety and legal news from around the internet that caught my interest this week: In the news [Jeff Richardson at iPhone JD] Do Judges Who Instruct Jurors To Avoid Social Media...

• 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,...

• Did You Know... Potato Chips Contain Cancer Causing Chemical Acrylamide?

  Brett Emison | September 26, 2011 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  You might be surprised at what ingredients (and chemicals) are found in your food. The video below from the popular television program, The Doctors, discusses some of these potentially harmful...

• Did You Know... Missouri Trial Lawyers Continue To Help Joplin Residents After Devastating Tornado?

  Brett Emison | September 05, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  I've written before about MoTLC - Missouri Trial Lawyers Care, a function of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. A related group is MATA's Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) who have partnered...

• 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...

• BP Oil Spill News Roundup

  Brett Emison | July 07, 2010 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Some of the latest headlines from the BP oil spill: BP Texas City Refinery Blast Victim: BP Keeps Killing People at ABC News BP Chief Hayward Looks To Abu Dhabi Prince For Bailout at SmarTrends...

• Is Your Food Safe? Report Says FDA Needs Food Safety Overhaul

  Brett Emison | June 11, 2010 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Bloomberg Businessweek reported this week on a report that suggested the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was not equipped to handle problems with the food supply and is need of a major...

• If You Spill It, He Will Come...To The Hill - Kevin Costner Explains Oil Clean Up Device To Congress

  Brett Emison | June 09, 2010 6:06 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  It's not often that you'll see me link back to People Magazine as the source for a blog topic, but here it is: People Magazine has reported that Kevin Costner testified to Congress about an oil...

• Could Eating Your (Canned) Vegetables Be Bad For You?

  Brett Emison | May 19, 2010 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  According to popular site, WebMD, a new study shows that eating canned vegetables could expose you to chemical compound, bisphenol A, more commonly known as BPA. According to bisphenol-a.org, BPA...