Charter School Parents Say They Didn’t Know About Asbestos
Charter School Parents Say They Didn’t Know About Asbestos
Asbestos & Mesothelioma
Highway Fire Continues to Spread, May Cause Asbestos Exposure
Highway Fire Continues to Spread, May Cause Asbestos Exposure
Philadelphia to Get Funding for Lead Paint Remediation
Philadelphia to Get Funding for Lead Paint Remediation
Talc Found in Children’s Cosmetics at Popular Retailer
Talc Found in Children’s Cosmetics at Popular Retailer
Recall Issued After Report Finds Asbestos in Children’s Makeup
Last year and early last month, test results of popular children’s makeup discovered the presence of asbestos, a dangerous chemical that should be nowhere near children’s products. Since the discovery, many have called on the Food and Drug Administration to conduct its own investigation into the tainted cosmetics sold by popular “retailers Claire’s Stores Inc. and Justice Retail.”
Hefty Fine and Prison Time For Improper Asbestos Abatement
Hefty Fine and Prison Time For Improper Asbestos Abatement
Alleged Cover-up Could Blow Roof off of Asbestos Litigation
The appeals ruling involved a class-action suit filed by relatives of alleged asbestos victims who accused BASF and Cahill of a systematic cover-up involving the destruction of key documents involving Engelhard asbestos litigation. Although the case in itself is not injury related, evidence of a cover-up could revive many previously litigated cases and cases in which plaintiffs settled for less than they would have had they attained access to factual information.
This is not a Punchline: TSCA Reform is likely on the Horizon
6/24/2015 For the first time in nearly 40 years, significant reforms to the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) may finally take place as the House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday by a 398-1 vote on HR 2576, offering major changes to the law. The passage comes as a Senate panel advanced another
Ralph Nader’s Dream of a Tort Law Museum is almost a Reality
6/17/2015 America is a land of wacky museums, including ones honoring Pez dispensers, barbed-wire, and even the Museum of Bad Art in Massachusetts, but there is no law museum despite there being myriads of museums dedicated to similarly significant professions. That is about to change, however, as legendary consumer advocate and not-so-legendary presidential candidate, Ralph
Dual Measures Poised to Increase Asbestos Awareness
A bill introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), coinciding with a massive national awareness campaign by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action Fund may soon put asbestos exposure near the forefront of American consciousness. The goal of the Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database (READ) Act is to modernize the 1988 Asbestos Information Act, signed by