Approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002, the Essure System for Permanent Birth Control® is labeled as a 10-minute, non-surgical, procedure that…
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How Much Pollution Is Hidden in Your Blood?
Danvers, Massachusetts is a sleepy New England town with squat Cape Cod houses on lush lawns and historical sites that date back to the colonial…
New Firefighter Safety Study Examines Exposure to Carcinogens
When people think about the dangers of being a firefighter, they often imagine roaring infernos, collapsing roofs, and exploding backdrafts. They picture uniformed men and…
America’s Representatives Don’t Care: FACT Act Passes House, Victims Outraged
The House of Representatives passed the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act (H.R 526) alongside The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act (H.R. 1927) in…
Just Another Day in the World of Exploding Hoverboards
So-called hoverboards were the hot new gadget of the 2015 holiday-shopping season, but after many reports of explosions and severe fires, parents around the world…
How A Negligent Gas Company Increased California’s Carbon Footprint by over 25%
Aerial footage of Aliso Canyon, California, taken on December 17, shows a geyser of black mist spewing into the air, shrouding the nearby canyons in…
Why U.S. Schools Are Failing to Keep Track of Asbestos
At the McCloskey Middle School in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, workers tore up floor tiles, scraped floors with ice scrapers, and dragged debris through the building. The…
IVC Filters Responsible for Nearly 40 Deaths, but Medical Giant Keeps Selling More
Dr. William Kuo, the head radiologist at the IVC Filter Clinic at Stanford University, perhaps put it best when he said (in an interview with…
11 NASA Buildings Evaluated for Asbestos Risks
When you think about NASA, our country’s flagship space program, you think about rockets blasting off, and spacemen roving the moon in logoed suits. But…
