Toxic Substances

• The Great American Smokeout

  Mike Bryant | November 17, 2011 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Today is a great day to do something healthy. Take part in the Great American Smokeout. The historical highlights: In 1977, Berkeley, California became the first community to...

• Radon Gas Linked to Skin Cancer

  Pierce Egerton | November 16, 2011 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A new study published this week suggests that a link may exist between radon exposure and non-melanoma skin cancer. Radon is a naturally occurring, odorless and colorless radioactive gas found in...

• Great Website for Food Safety

  Mike Bryant | November 15, 2011 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  If you spend some time looking around the Injuryboard website, you will find hundreds of articles about various issues with food. The peanut butter salmonella issue was covered from a number of...

• Veterans Day: Thanks to All who Served

  Joseph F. Rice | November 11, 2011 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, our nation will come together to honor veterans and commemorate the legacy of service and sacrifice they have shown in pursuit of our freedom and safety. Veterans Day...

• Going Swimming? How About a Shower First?

  Mike Bryant | November 09, 2011 9:39 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Sad story about former Olympian Catherine Garceau and her struggle with her health after years of being in the pool: Garceau retired in 2002 and began looking into holistic medicine. Experts...

• How Dangerous is Our Food Getting?

  Mike Bryant | November 05, 2011 9:31 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  During the last couple of years, we have had the peanut butter, eggs, and ground beef rounds of food poisoning. Widespread problems of real danger. But, how widespread is the listeria contamination...

• Perry Admin Apparently For Environmental Regulations Before It Was Against Them

  Michael Phelan | November 04, 2011 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, sued BP PLC following a 2005 explosion at the oil company's Gulf Coast refinery. The lawsuit alleged that BP violated Texas' state clean air act. Mr. Abbott just...

• Company Recalls Food Product Contaminated With Salmonella

  Ed Normand | November 01, 2011 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to sources, a potentially harmful frozen egg product has been recalled and officials are warning the public to not consume it. American Egg Products of Blackshear, Georgia recalled...

• North Carolina State Fair Suspected in E. Coli Outbreak

  Mike Ferrara | October 29, 2011 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  An outbreak of E. coli infection, which has already resulted in three children having to undergo dialysis for kidney failure, is being traced back to the North Carolina State Fair. The fair ran from...

• Occupational disease specialist Gerritt Schepers has died at 97

  Steven Kazan | October 25, 2011 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Those of us who work to give a voice to thousands of victims of asbestos exposure understand that sometimes we stand on the shoulders of giants. Those who came before us—the first scientists,...