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What is Black Lung, and is enough being done to protect American miners from the deadly disease?  According to NPR, the answer is no.  Miners are not being protected and they are losing the battle to breathe freely at an alarming rate. Black lung disease is a common name for any lung disease developing from inhaling coal dust. This name

 Could your job be affecting your quality of life or your ability to breathe normally? Have you noticed asthmatic symptoms developing as a result of your occupation? As the growing number of asthma patients continue to be diagnosed, some begin wondering what is going on. Are jobs really having an effect on the increase in adult asthma cases? Adult Asthma

A 15 year old by the name of Sarah Kavanagh of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. But, why? What was her reasoning? After looking at the label of her Gatorade bottle, she realized there was a controversial additive that she didn’t like being in there. The additive is called Brominated Vegetable Oil and

Are contamination and pollution just simply something we have to put up with?  Some believe this is the case, whereas others are researching and investigating pollution in order to educate and inform consumers of the dangers and need to do something about the dangers before it is too late, at least for some animals. A new report prepared for the

 Many people are addicted to soft drinks, despite the most commonly associated health risks: such as obesity, tooth decay, diabetes, heart disease, food addictions, blood sugar disorders and other eating disorders. These common problems still don’t detour Americans from consuming more than 13.15 billion gallons of carbonated drinks every year. That averages out to be an alarming 600 12-ounce servings

[picture_frame source_type=”url” source_title=”hazardous chemicals” source_value=”https://www.sadakafirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/skullandcrossbones1.png” align=”left”] Human exposure to hazardous chemicals is a world-wide problem. In Nigeria, the Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to clean up the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of children to die or face lifelong disability. Last May, the Nigerian government pledged roughly $5 million to clean up lead

For many people that don’t have children, their beloved pets become their fur babies.  But, according to recent news, some of our doggies may be in trouble!  As their favorite treats may be involved in a recent recall, leaving them desperate for some flavorful goodness. Two makers of pet treats are pulling products from the market because they may contain traces

[picture_frame source_type=”url” source_title=”hazardous chemicals” source_value=”https://www.sadakafirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/skullandcrossbones1.png” align=”left”] Two new studies highlight the potential dangers of chemicals used to stop products from catching fire — including chemicals linked to cancer and to hormone disruption — that are present in nearly every home in America Researchers from Duke University, Boston University, and University of California Berkeley took sofa cushions from homes across the

[picture_frame source_type=”attachment_id” source_value=”3767″ align=”left”] Unintentional suffocation is the leading cause of injury death for U.S. children younger than 1-year-old according to the CDC,. Avoiding certain products, such as sleep positioners, can help the safety of your child. Sleep positioners were linked to at least 13 deaths in the last 15 years, therefore health officials have issued updated warnings to parents not to use the special

This article was originally posted on MarkSadaka.com. This is the perfect time to take a look back at the year that has come to an end and feel gratitude for all the good fortune that has come my way. Each year since I started my firm the blessings continue to flow. Before We Start… THANK YOU I would like to thank

Have a debt you didn’t pay? If you live in the State of Missouri you may face jail time if you don’t settle the debt and fail to appear in court. According to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a practice of summoning debtors to civil court for an “examination” is resulting in arrests and prompting critics to complain about modern-day debtors’

Stockholder’s purchase stocks for profit gains, not losses.  But unfortunately a gain is not always the case, and it leads one to question what went wrong?  In recent news the world’s largest pharmaceutical company is being blamed for withholding negative information about a drug, and the company’s shareholders are wanting them to fess up and pay up. Wyeth is facing

Mountaintop mining linked to heart disease according to researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. The study is the first to suggest that exposure to air pollution particles from mountaintop mining sites may impair the blood vessels’ ability to dilate, which may lead to the development of heart disease. Mountaintop mining releases sulfur and silica

A new recall out of Australia, gives a new meaning to the phrase, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” The recall is for an aerosol can that is used to clean circuit boards. The cleaner is called Electrolube Safewash PCB Cleaner, it was manufactured by H K Wentworth Pty Ltd and it was sold nationally through Electrolube distributors from Jan 2009

Osteomyelitis refers to infection in a bone and usually affects the long bones in the body – your upper arm bone or your leg bones. It can also affect your pelvis and spine. The condition can be acute or chronic and affects about two out of every 10,000 people in the United States. If you, or a loved one, have

The law firms of Sadaka Associates and Lopez McHugh filed a pair of lawsuits in Philadephia alleging GSK’s Lyme disease vaccine LYMERix caused treatment-resistant Lyme arthritis. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs, who were inoculated with LYMERix in the late 1990s, were later diagnosed with post-Lyme disease treatment syndrome or treatment-resistant Lyme arthritis. The complaint said that patients with a

Fracking, which is the shortened name for hydraulic fracturing, is a mechanical process advanced in the 1950s. Halliburton was the first petroleum…