Toxic Substances

• Tilting At Windmills

  Michael Eyerly | October 20, 2006 7:30 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  Judge throws out environmental group's unfair competition challenge against alternative energy generators based on lack of standing Who owns California's natural environment: the air and water, the trees and wild animals? Nobody - at least according to a recent Alameda County Superior Court decision. Judge Bonnie Sabraw threw out a suit brought by the environmental group, Center for...

• Health Officials link E. coli to Salinas Cattle Ranch

  Helen Zukin | October 16, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  E. coli outbreak linked to cattle ranch. E. coli investigation continuous as search for source narrows. Health inspectors announced on Thursday that the same strain of E. coli bacteria that caused three deaths and sickened 200 nationally was located at a Salinas Valley cattle ranch less than a mile from spinach fields. The strain of pathogenic E. coli 0157:H7 was found in three cattle fecal...

• $20 Million Asbestos Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  InjuryBoard's partner in Jefferson city, Missouri injury lawyer Steve Gorny, posts about a Tennessee woman who filed an asbestos lawsuit against a company for whom her husband did some contract work before he died of esophageal cancer last year. Carolyn Welch filed suit against ALCOA, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and claiming the company knew of cases of mesothelioma dating back to...

• California Schools Fail the Pesticide Test

  Paul Kiesel | January 29, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  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...

• Pesticide Use On the Rise In California

  Paul Kiesel | November 20, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Harmful pesticides on the rise. Pesticides link to cancer, birth defects and neurological damage.This week the state released data showing that California farmers are using more pesticides than ever before. California growers applied 194 million pounds in 2005, up 14 million pounds from 2004. The rise in pesticide use is of great concern to health professionals and environmentalists because many...

• A Leathal Dose of Pesticides

  Helen Zukin | September 18, 2006 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Pesticides are designed to kill. The use of toxic pesticides is on the rise and so are the injuries to human health.Over the last year, pesticide exposure lawsuits have been on the rise. There are several reasons for this. First, U.S. pesticide use in the proceeding 30 years has increased by 50%. Pesticides are used almost everywhere: on farms, in homes, schools, office buildings, parks and on...

• Radioactive Leak San Onofre

  Paul Kiesel | August 18, 2006 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Shockingly there has been a finding of a tritium leak coming from the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The 450 Megawat plant has been controversial but this is the first direct finding of potential enviornmental damage caused from the plant. Officials are concerned that drinking water in the area has been affected by the tritium leak. Additional testing will be ongoing to determine what, if...

• Our Indoor Air May Not Be As Safe As We Think

  Helen Zukin | September 11, 2006 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Our indoor air may not be as safe as we think. Many debilitating and life threatening diseases can be caused by exposure to indoor air pollution. The air we breathe in our homes, offices and schools can make us sick. Over the last few decades, our exposure to indoor air pollution has increased as a result of the construction of air tight buildings, the use of toxic substances in building...