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- Mining Pollution Linked To Heart Disease And Birth Defects
Nov 9, 2012
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 in the air. In this study, the sulfur and silica were collected through a vacuum...Read More - Defective PCB Cleaner Cans Could Cause Eye Injury
Oct 24, 2012
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 – Dec 2011. Electrolube is sold in the USA and UK. Traders who sold this...Read More - Filing an SSI Claim for Osteomyelitis
Sep 17, 2012
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 been diagnosed with osteomyelitis, the condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with...Read More - Sadaka Associates, Lopez McHugh File Two Lawsuits Against GSK Alleging Lyme Disease Vaccine Caused Arthritis
Sep 9, 2012
The law firms of Sadaka Associates and Lopez McHugh filed a pair of lawsuits in Philadelphia 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 certain genetic blood trait are more likely to develop the condition. Lymerix, the preventive Lyme...Read More - PVC Vinyl Flooring Linked To Autism
Aug 1, 2012
A Swedish study found that the rate of autism is higher for children in houses that have PVC vinyl flooring. It is the phthalates that are emitted from the material that affect the children. According to the study, infants and toddlers who had vinyl floors in their rooms are twice as likely to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than those with wood or aluminum floors. Phthalates have previously been banned from children’s toys and feeding...Read More - Social Security Benefits – Are You Eligible?
Jun 30, 2012
Although most Social Security beneficiaries are retirees and their families, Social Security benefits can help others too. Social Security can benefit workers who have become disabled, as well as families in which a spouse or parents dies. Employees work and pay taxes into Social Security and that tax money is used to pay benefits to those who have already retired; disabled; survivors of workers who have died; and dependents of beneficiaries. Money paid in taxes...Read More - CVS Drug Mix Up In New Jersey Gives Kids Powerful Cancer Drug
Mar 7, 2012
A terrible mistake happened at a CVS chain store in Chatham. Representatives for the national drug chain are apologizing after the New Jersey store mixed up tablets of the breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen, with fluoride tablets for children. And what is truly shocking is that this error was repeated dozens of times over a several month period. The mix-up is believed to be affecting dozens of families who filled prescriptions at the Chatham CVS between...Read More - What Is Fracking?
Jan 22, 2012
Fracking, which is the shortened name for hydraulic fracturing, is a mechanical process advanced in the 1950s. Halliburton was the first petroleum company to experimentally try fracking, once in Oklahoma and in Texas. Since those days, it has been an enduring staple of retrieving hard to reach oil deposits. Fracking works by further fracturing natural fissures in a rock layer. This is done by injecting pressurized fracking fluids which are a mixture of mostly 90%...Read More - Highly Toxic PCB’s Found In East Chicago’s Harbor And Canal
Sep 28, 2011
In a recent article found at Medical News Today, according to a newly published study there are high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that were discovered by a group of University of Iowa researchers in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC). The group found the high levels of PCBs in the deep sediments lining the IHSC in East Chicago, Ind. Scientists say the discovery is cause for concern because the IHSC is scheduled...Read More - OsmoPrep Lawsuits For Kidney Damage
Sep 28, 2011
First Alerted In 2006, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first became aware of recorded cases of acute phosphate nephropathy, consumers and health care professionals alike were alerted to the relevant dangers. While these reports are rare, they are indeed serious. At the time, patients were being prescribed Osmoprep, the oral sodium phosphate (OSP) used for cleaning the bowels in preparing for colonoscopy and other medical procedures. Alert Upgraded to Official Warnings By December...Read More