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As more and more natural disasters affect parts of the United States, concerns have grown around the safety of hazardous chemical facilities during hurricanes, floods, and other serious weather events. Because of this, the United States Chemical Safety Board has made recommendations to the chemical industry, asking it to develop comprehensive guidelines regarding preparation for natural disasters. This has come

Exposure to phthalates, a class of synthetic chemicals found in numerous consumer products, may lead to premature death, according to a new study by NYU Grossman School of Medicine scientists. Earlier studies have linked phthalate exposure to obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. What are Phthalates? Phthalates are a class of chemical compounds mainly used to soften and enhance the flexibility

Last Friday, a jury in San Francisco ordered Monsanto, an agribusiness giant, to pay almost $300 million to a man that formerly worked as a school groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, who is now dying of cancer. Johnson claimed Roundup week killer, one of Monsanto’s popular products, contributed to his cancer diagnosis. Johnson’s lawsuit is just the first among thousands of cases

Johnson & Johnson is feeling the pain after a jury awarded a Cinnaminson woman a total of $20 million in a lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit claimed that Johnson & Johnson withheld known information about their defective pelvic mesh. The award represents a $2.5 million compensatory damage award in addition to $17.5 million in punitive damages. Engleman v. Ethicon

In today’s business world, it comes as no surprise companies make claims about their products or services that may not hold up under intense scrutiny. However, when it comes to banks, customers generally want to believe they can trust those who are managing their money. Yet according to a recent legal argument by Wells Fargo, consumers should have known all

Apple is the target of a class action lawsuit because of the faulty design of the keyboards of its MacBook and MacBook Pro models. Consumers have been complaining that the keyboards are having issues with becoming stuck. As a result, it renders the MacBook and MacBook Pros unusable. The keyboards have been dubbed “butterfly” in terms of design, with keys

CO poisoning, also known as carbon monoxide poisoning, is a silent killer. Most people do not realize that they are being exposed to a high level of CO until it is too late. At that point, they may have suffered serious injuries. In some cases, people simply fall unconscious suddenly and do not wake up. What Is Carbon Monoxide? Carbon

One hospital is being investigated into accounts of patient neglect, alleging that from 2005 to 2009 several patients were left for hours sitting in their own feces, food and drink was left out of reach and hygiene was so poor that relatives had to clean toilets themselves. Several nurses and aides that worked for Stafford Hospital are in danger of potentially

A Pennsylvania woman is blind in one eye after experiencing a mishap involving a dog collar that she bought on Amazon. Her injury brings up issues about product liability when it comes to goods bought through Amazon Marketplace. As of now, it is difficult to hold Amazon liable for goods that third parties sell through its Marketplace. While it seems

During September of 2016, a vaping device used by a man named William Foley malfunctioned and ended up burning down his house. His home was located in La Miranda, California and the costs of repairing it were paid for by Foley’s home insurance company, State Farm. The total price of repairing Foley’s was in excess of $400,000. State Farm took