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• Boeing Dragging Its Feet on Runoff Rules

  Patrick DeBlase | December 21, 2006 11:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Beoing continues to dump toxins and seeks more lenient rules concerning rocket facility in Simi Valley.The rocket facility in the Simi Hills has played host to some of the worst toxic pollution ever known. Nuclear reactor meltdowns, toxic clouds, TCE, chromium 6 and other hazardous and toxic chemicals were allowed to leach into the earth contaminating drinking water supplies. At a time when...

• European Parliament Approves Tough Chemical Law

  Paul Kiesel | December 18, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  EU law will limit use of toxic chemicals. U.S. chemical companies will have to comply with new EU law. The European Union passed an important law, this week, designed to protect workers and consumers from the dangers of exposure to toxic chemicals. The new law will control 30,000 toxic chemicals and will result in the ban of approximately 1,500 of the most hazardous substances. The legislation...

• FDA Holds Hearing on Safety of Drug Coated Heart Stents

  Paul Kiesel | December 11, 2006 12:03 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  FDA reviews dangers of heart stents. Drug coated heart stents under review by governmental agency.Last week the FDA brought together a distinguished group of scientific experts for two days of hearings on the safety of drug coated heart stents. These small mesh tubes are designed to prop open diseased arteries which have been clogged by deadly plaque build up.Since the introduction of drug...

• Asbestos: A Deadly Danger

  Elaine Mandel | December 05, 2006 3:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Many who were exposed to deadly asbestos fibers still don't know they were exposed. Throughout the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of workers worked with and around deadly asbestos fibers. Most of them worked with insulation or in the shipping, construction, mining or railroad industries. Many of these workers inhaled the deadly asbestos fibers for years. Those fibers caused lung...

• Truck Safety A National Concern

  Paul Kiesel | December 05, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Deaths from trucking accidents take place in part due to relaxed federal regulations.The dangers posed by tractor trailer drivers can not be overstated. These vehicles traveling on our highways, turnpikes, and rural country roads present a clear and present danger to the lives and property of us. Remarkably at a time where we, as a nation, are more and more focused on safety and prevention of...

• Radiation Poisoning: Not Just a Risk for Russian Politicians

  Paul Kiesel | December 04, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  The invisible increasing threat of radiation exposure. Radiation exposure on the rise. The recent radiation poisoning of a Russian politician brings to light a serious threat to public health. Unsuspecting Americans are receiving elevated levels of radiation, not as a result of political intrigue- James Bond style but, due to the existence of radiation in workplaces, homes and communities. For...

• Los Angeles Archdiocese Settles 45 Child Molestation Cases

  Cheryl Buchanan | December 02, 2006 11:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Cardinal Roger Mahony had just announced the first settlement by the Los Angeles Archdiocese."I never thought I would live to see this day", said John Doe as soon as he heard it was me on the phone. He acknowledged that his flat affect was based on the fact that he had never really had a sense of hope, but felt more of an obligation to come forward. He felt it was his responsibility to speak,...