Posts tagged pip

• Recent Gas Explosions Raise Questions of U.S. Pipeline Safety

  Paul Napoli | February 12, 2011 2:12 AM | 4 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  February 11, 2011 A series of natural gas explosions has raised questions about the safety of the nation’s aging pipeline system. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has...

• Poor Welds Found in Gas Pipe Explosion that Killed 8 People, Injured 50, Destroyed 37 Homes

  Paul Napoli | January 22, 2011 12:20 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  January 21, 2011 A government investigation into a gas pipe explosion last September that caused the death of eight people and destroyed 37 homes in a California neighborhood has found weld defects...

• Philly Gas Explosion Kills 1 and Injures 5

  Paul Napoli | January 19, 2011 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  January 19, 2011 The explosion of a gas main in a Philadelphia suburb has left one person dead and five others injured. After reports of a gas smell in the Tacony neighborhood in Northeast Philly...

• Millions of Dangerous Antipsychotic Drug Prescriptions Put Patients at Risk for No Reason

  Paul Napoli | January 08, 2011 12:31 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  January 7, 2011 Researchers in a new study have found that doctors write millions of prescriptions of antipsychotic medications for off label uses every year despite a lack of evidence of...