For several decades now, cigarette ads have been banned from TV and radio. Think about it. Except for the occasional ad in a magazine you may pick up in a doctor’s office (only because your phone is dead), you will not see an ad for Marlboro, Newport, or any other cigarette on TV or hear one on the radio. On April 1, 1970, President Richard M. … [Read more...]
Trump Vetos Cancer Warning Labels For Roundup
The Trump administration is refusing to approve product labels warning glyphosate is a carcinogen. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller. The EPA said it was irresponsible to put inaccurate labels on a "product does not pose a cancer risk." German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer faces thousands of lawsuits claiming … [Read more...]
Boeing Announces Settlement Fund for 737 MAX Crash Victims
Boeing announced a $100 million fund for families of 737 MAX crash victims. Boeing said the funds will those affected by the crashes of two of its Max jetliners. However, Business Insider reports a lawyer for 23 victims' families says that the announcement is going over poorly. Boeing faces numerous lawsuits and investigations in the … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Facing Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit
The family-friendly image of the Johnson & Johnson company is a distant memory now as the manufacturing/retail giant faces a huge legal battle that has temporarily moved the spotlight from its talcum powder lawsuits and its transvaginal mesh medical device lawsuits to a multi-billion dollar opioid lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma. The … [Read more...]
3M Facing Lawsuits from Veterans over Defective Earplugs
It's a standard sight at firing ranges – individuals wearing heavy ear protection while firing their weapons. Even small, light-weight guns can pose a serious danger to the user's hearing, which is why even amateur firearm users make sure to wear the proper equipment. Members of the military who wield heavy-duty weapons day in and day out face a … [Read more...]
U.S. Football Player’s Overdose Death Spotlighted In J&J Oklahoma Opioid Trial
According to Reuters, the father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost. Craig Box said that he never suspected his son was abusing painkillers until after he was found unconscious. Austin, the 22 year old football player, died later at the hospital. … [Read more...]
Roundup Now Linked to Liver Disease
More bad news for Monsanto: The main active ingredient in Roundup weed killer, glyphosate, has been linked to liver disease, according to researcher at the University of California, San Diego. Lead researcher Paul Mills, the Director of UCSD's Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health, found that a group of patients … [Read more...]
Bayer/Monsanto Hit With $2 Billion Verdict in Roundup Case
Earlier today, a jury concluded that Monsanto's Roundup caused an elderly couple to suffer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after years of using the herbicide. The jury awarded Alberta and Alva Pilliod a combined total of $2.055 Billion in damages. Today’s verdict in Pilliod v. Monsanto was the third consecutive loss suffered by Bayer AG, which acquired … [Read more...]
States Ban Pesticide that EPA Refuses to Ban
The Environmental Protection Agency’s inaction regarding setting standards for PFAS in drinking water has come under fire in recent months, and now Trump’s EPA is dropping the ball again, many say. This time, the EPA is refusing to ban a dangerous chemical, chlorpyrifos, found in pesticides used in agricultural and non-agricultural settings. … [Read more...]
E-Mails Show Monsanto Counted On Support From Trump
Donald Trump speaking at Conservative Political Action Conference (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0). When the Environmental Protection Agency released an initial draft finding in late April that glyphosate – the herbicide in Roundup, one of the most popular weedkillers in the world – was safe, it was the product of years of study from the … [Read more...]
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