New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Cancer Cases
A breakthrough study suggests that among residents living in mountaintop removal mining counties, 60,000 cases of cancer can be directly tied to strip-mining practices. Researchers behind the study gathered data from communities impacted by mountaintop mining in Boone County, West Virginia. The new study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Community Health: The Publication for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, said that the odds for reporting cancer were twice as high in mountaintop mining environments as they were in non …
Continue →Hewlett-Packard Fined for Asbestos Violation
Oregon state environmental regulators fined Hewlett-Packard Co. $9,600 for improper handling of asbestos by a contractor during a remodeling project last summer. A flooring contractor removing carpeting at the high-tech company’s Corvallis campus disturbed 456 square feet of underlying vinyl tiles that contained asbestos. Workers for the contractor, Contract Flooring and Interiors, Inc. of Portland, may have released the asbestos fiber into the air by breaking up the tiles. Left uncovered, the material was allowed to accumulate. Once the danger …
Continue →Strategies for Dealing with Foreclosure
By Eric L. Nesbitt With the current national and local economic downturn, Colorado homeowners continue to be threatened with the prospect of losing their homes through foreclosure. In the unfortunate event that you are facing foreclosure, you may have several options to pursue both before and after the process begins. This article discusses pre- and post-foreclosure strategies and options for preventing you from losing your home. First, we will highlight the Colorado foreclosure process. The Foreclosure Process In 2008, Colorado …
Continue →Tainted Black Pepper Coating Blamed for Salami Salmonella Recall
Black pepper used to coat salami included this week in a huge recall of the food is likely to blame for a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 200 people in 40 states, state health officials said.
Continue →Texas Workers Sue BP, Others for Benzene Exposure
Eight workers have filed a lawsuit against BP Products North America Inc. and Pasadena Tank Corp. for exposing them to “extremely high levels of benzene†on the job.
Continue →Asbestos Disposal Fines Issued at Navy Shipyard
Three companies that worked on a demolition project at the Newport Navy Base in Newport, R.I. will pay nearly $15,000 in fines for illegally handling and disposing of asbestos, the toxic building material linked to deadly mesothelioma cancer.
Continue →City to Pay $1.45 Million to Car Accident Victim
The city of Palo Alto, Ca. will pay $1.45 million to a man who was severely and permanently injured in a car accident caused by a city worker who was reaching for his cell phone while driving a city vehicle.
Continue →Seafood Recall: Bacteria May Cause Food Poisoning
Mackerel from a New York City food company is being recalled because the fish may carry clostridium botulinum, a form of bacteria which can cause fatal food poisoning in consumers.
Continue →MRSA Infections Increasing, Cal. Officials Say
More cases of a drug-resistant strain of staph infection called MRSA are turning up in California, state health officials say.
Continue →Roaches, Bacteria Found Inside Airline Food Facility
We’ve all heard the jokes about how bad airline food is, but this is no joke. The Food and Drug Administration has warned LSG Sky Chefs, a leading producer of in-flight food, about recent inspections which found live and dead roaches and the potentially deadly bacteria listeria inside the company’s Denver food-processing plant.
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