Posts tagged law

• FDA Publishes Analysis Regarding Safety of Long-Term Fosamax Use

  Eric Chaffin | May 31, 2012 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsNew York, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The long-term safety of bone-building drugs like Fosamax has been of particular concern over the last couple of years. A recent analysis published by the FDA adds additional support to the...

• Study: Tasers can cause cardiac arrest and death

  Paul Napoli | May 05, 2012 12:56 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to a new study, the electrical pulse of a Taser can cause ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac arrest and death. Use of a type of handheld electronic control device (ECD),...

• Is your child in one of 70,000 classrooms across U.S. with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas?

  Paul Napoli | March 02, 2012 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Parents across the country will likely be shocked to find that their child may be sitting in a classroom every day that has high levels of a radioactive gas, and that their school has not tested...

• Catalyst Energy fined for environmental violations, contaminating water supplies in PA

  Paul Napoli | February 26, 2012 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Catalyst Energy Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, is facing fines and drilling restrictions after violating the Clean Streams Law, the Oil and Gas Act and the Solid Waste Management Act in...

• Chesapeake fined $565,000 for damaging streams and wetlands at three PA gas well sites

  Paul Napoli | February 13, 2012 11:55 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Environmental regulators in Pennsylvania have fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp., after three of their natural gas operations damaged streams and wetlands in...

• NTSB urges states to ban cell phone use by motor vehicle drivers

  Paul Napoli | December 14, 2011 9:43 PM | 9 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for a nationwide ban on using personal electronic devices (PEDs) such as cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. At a meeting...

• NY Motorcyclist Protesting Helmet Law Wrecks and Dies of Traumatic Brain Injury

  Paul Napoli | July 04, 2011 2:26 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  July 3, 2011 A motorcycle rider participating in an event in Onondaga, NY to protest New York State’s mandatory helmet law has wrecked and died of a traumatic brain injury doctors say was...

• Brooklyn’s Flatbush Gardens Cited for Worker Hazards, Including Raw Sewage, Lead and Asbestos

  Paul Napoli | April 25, 2011 11:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  April 25, 2011 The apartment complex of Flatbush Gardens in Brooklyn, NY exposed its maintenance workers to raw sewage, asbestos, lead paint and electrical hazards, says OSHA. The U.S. Department...

• Do You Live Near a Disease Cluster? Of 13 States Reviewed, 42 Disease Clusters Found

  Paul Napoli | March 31, 2011 4:24 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  March 30, 2011 Researchers are urging Congress to act after studying thirteen states and finding 42 disease clusters. The report entitled Health Alert: Disease Clusters Spotlight the Need to...

• Toyota Settles Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit that Triggered Recall

  Paul Napoli | September 18, 2010 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  September 18, 2010 Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement in the product liability lawsuit of the San Diego crash that prompted the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles for defects causing...