Toxic Substances

• Potential New Threat to Children?

  Miriam Schimmel | February 08, 2008 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Phthalates are chemicals which are used to stabilize fragrances and make plastics flexible. They are typically found in many products including cosmetics, toys, vinyl flooring and medical supplies. A recent study suggests their presence in baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked with possible reproductive problems. The study, which is published...

• Consumer Attorneys Have Taken On Global Warming

  Paul Kiesel | November 27, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Consumer Attorneys take on Global warming. The plaintiffs bar fights pollution.Once again consumer attorneys have stepped in where the government has failed to act. Consumer attorneys have long been the champions of the underdog against such goliaths as insurance companies, car manufacturers and global pharmaceutical companies. Now with the White House and Congress' failure to address the...

• California Proposes Limit for Perchlorate in Drinking Water

  Paul Kiesel | August 30, 2006 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Perchlorate is a toxic substance found in solid rocket fuel that has polluted many drinking wells in California and throughout the United States. California has suggested standards that are only exceeded by the State of Massachusetts.On Monday, the State of California intends to recommend standards that would limit the levels of perchlorate found in many of the State's drinking wells to 6 parts...

• Tritium leak into local water supply?

  Paul Kiesel | August 24, 2006 7:28 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Last week officials with the city of San Clemente shut down the drinking water supply until tests could be performed to determine whether or not a tritium leak from the San Onofre nuclear power plant had contaminated the city's water supply. Preliminary findings conclude the presence of tritium in ground water below the power plant but have not been able to determine the extent of the leak into...

• Los Angeles to Drain Two Reservoirs Due to Cancer Risk

  Jenny Albano | December 17, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Two reservoirs in Los Angeles that supply drinking water to residents had to be shut down after officials found the water to be contaminated with high levels of a cancer causing chemical, bromate.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power intend to drain 600 million gallons of water from Elysian and Silver Lake reservoirs early next year, a process that will leave them out of action for three...

• Slow Response for Mercury Spill on Los Angeles Subway

  Shannon Weidemann | February 26, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Los Angeles's subway stations are unattended and monitored only by closed circuit television cameras. In December a man spilled mercury on the platform at one of the stations and contacted the Metro Transit Authority on what he had done. It took 8 hours before anything was done to clean up the spill. In the meantime several passengers of the subway came in contact with the hazardous...

• Lawsuit Accuses Gas Co. of Polluting Aquifers

  Patrick DeBlase | January 11, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  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. ...

• Boeing Dragging Its Feet on Runoff Rules

  Patrick DeBlase | December 21, 2006 11:19 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  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...

• Tougher State Standards Urged for Perchlorate in Drinking Water

  Helen Zukin | November 06, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Tougher state standards for perchlorate in water urged. Is there a "safe" level of perchlorate?State health officials with the Department of Health Services have been urged to require water providers to clean up perchlorate contamination in drinking water. Perchlorate is a highly toxic component of rocket fuel and as a result of decade's of military and aerospace industry activities is now a...

• Mounting Evidence of Perchlorate Dangers

  Helen Zukin | October 30, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Perchlorate found to cause thyroid damage. Further evidence of perchlorate dangers to humans. A recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia has found that low levels of perchlorate, previously considered safe, can cause thyroid disease in women. Perchlorate is a common ingredient in rocket fuel and is a widespread contaminate of groundwater...