New York updates in category: Toxic Substances

Maybor Bloomberg has called on the federal government to pay $150 Million a year to pay for the health care of World Trade Center Illness victims. A $1 Billion fund that was set up is untouchable...

Nalgene has decided that it will remove some of its hard plastic products made withbisphenol or BPA from stores during the next few months because the chemical may cause health problems The...

Ricin, a known toxic substance, was found in a Las Vegas motel, according to preliminary testing. Authorities do not believe it is terrorism-related. Seven people were transported to local hospitals as a precautionary measure.When it's injected, ricin is "one of the most toxic substances known," Stata Norton, University of Kansas professor emeritus and expert in toxic plants, tells the Health...

An IBM plant is being sued by its previous neighbors in New York because they claim IBM released chemicals into the air, ground and water for almost 80 years. The residents claim that these chemicals caused birth defects and cancer.Some 90 residents of the upstate New York towns of Endicott and Union say that from 1924 to 2002, IBM dumped chemicals including trichloroethylene and...