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• California Schools Fail the Pesticide Test

  Paul Kiesel | January 29, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Schools get an F on pesticide use. Parents, teachers and students must work to eliminate the highly dangerous presence of pesticides in our schools. Throughout the country young children are being exposed to highly toxic pesticides in their schools. The use of dangerous chemicals contained in pesticides is a serious threat to our children's health. The National Academy of Sciences has stated...

• States Intensify Investigation into Eli Lilly's Zyprexa

  Paul Kiesel | January 22, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  States investigating Lilly for risks of Zyprexa. Documents show Lilly played down risks of Zyprexa. State prosecutors in Illinois and Vermont have demanded that Eli Lilly turn over information about how the company advertised and promoted its best selling drug Zyprexa. Illinois and Vermont have become a part of a consolidated five state civil investigation into how Lilly promoted Zyprexa, a...

• 2 Parkinson's Drugs Linked to Heart Damage

  Paul Kiesel | January 15, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  2 Parkinson's drugs cause heart damage. 2 new studies confirm risk of commonly used Parkinson's disease drugs.Two recent studies have confirmed earlier findings that two drugs commonly prescribed for Parkinson's disease may cause damage to the heart. The two studies, one conducted in Italy and the other in Germany, were published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine. They both show...

• Lawsuit Accuses Gas Co. of Polluting Aquifers

  Patrick DeBlase | January 11, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Southern California Gas Co. accused in lawsuit by the Environmental Law Foundation of leaching cancer-causing toxins into the local aquifer by storing and pumping natural gas in depleted oil fields.The Oakland based Environmental Law Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court this week alleges that the Southern California Gas Co. is polluting the local water table. ...

• Pharmaceutical Giant Agrees to Pay 500 million to settle Zyprexa Claims

  Paul Kiesel | January 08, 2007 3:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Lilly settles thousands of Zyprexa claims. Lilly to pay $500 million settlement to over 28,000 injured victims. International drug giant Eli Lilly agreed this week to pay 500 million to resolve 18,000 claims by those injured by the use of Zyprexa. Lilly's Zyprexa is prescribed for serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The drug has been approved by the FDA since...