- Mike Ferrara | June 16, 2010 9:57 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Toxic Substances
In the state of Maine, it has been illegal since 2008 to smoke in a car carrying passengers less than 16 years of age. The rationale is that children strapped into a smoke-filled car are...
- Mike Ferrara | November 02, 2009 8:38 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Toxic Substances
An outbreak of E. coli in ground beef products has sickened more than two dozen people and killed at least two—one in New Hampshire and another in upstate New York.
Now,...
- Camryn Hansen | July 20, 2009 10:25 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Toxic Substances
In December 2006, a city-wide mandate ordered New York City restaurants to begin phasing trans fats out of the foods they serve. In November 2008, the mandate turned into a full city-wide ban on...
- Camryn Hansen | June 08, 2009 8:26 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A recent Harvard University study found that in 2007, a full 62% of all bankruptcies filed in the US were caused by medical problems that led to overwhelming medical bills.
Tough luck, you say....
- Camryn Hansen | March 15, 2009 4:25 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Toxic Substances
Earlier this week, House and Senate leaders initiated legislation which would put a federal ban on the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in not just baby bottles, but all food and beverage...
- Mike Ferrara | February 12, 2009 10:12 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Miscellaneous
CNNMoney.com has just released the numbers for the salaries and total compensation earned in 2007 by executives of nine of the banks receiving funding through the federal government’s...
- Camryn Hansen | October 30, 2008 3:08 PM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Miscellaneous
It was crazy, but we’re recovering. Last night, after the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 with a score of 4 to 3 for the second World Series win in their history, fans poured out...
- Mike Ferrara | September 25, 2008 12:57 AM | Cherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Miscellaneous
While politicians quibble over whether or not CEOs of
failing financial institutions be limited to a paltry $400,000 a year by the
impending federal bailout of investment banks, slated to cost...