The Food and Drug Administration said that it had discovered the toxic chemical melamine in infant formula made by an American manufacturer. Agency officials said they had discovered melamine at trace levels in a sample of infant formula. It was also discovered in several samples of dietary supplements that are…
The city of Milwaukee’s appeal to force a former lead paint manufacturer to pay for the cleanup of 11,000 contaminated properties was rejected. The Court of Appeals ruled that NL Industries Inc. does not have to pay the city costs of cleaning up the inner-city homes. The city sought $52.6…
Roche Holding AG must pay $12.9 million to plaintiffs who blamed the Accutane acne medicine for their inflammatory bowel disease, a New Jersey jury ruled, handing the company its fourth trial loss in the case. Roche didn’t give proper warnings to doctors for three Florida residents about the risks of…
A congressionally mandated scientific panel has concluded that Gulf War syndrome is real and still afflicts nearly a quarter of the 700,000 U.S. troops who served in the 1991 conflict, according to a recently released report. The report concluded that two chemical exposures were direct causes of the disorder: the…
A group of Maryland residents whose drinking water was contaminated with coal ash reached a multimillion-dollar settlement of its class action lawsuit against Constellation Energy Group. The deal, estimated at $45 million, gives about 600 residents living near a sand and gravel mine financial compensation and environmental remediation. For 12…
The world’s largest company Exxon Corp promised the residents of a Baltimore County neighborhood that the company would “pay money damages to the people who were harmed” by a 26,000-gallon gasoline leak that contaminated the groundwater beneath their homes two years ago. This is a trial in which 309 plaintiffs…
Parents are worried about a chemical substance found in the popular sealants that are painted on children’s molars to prevent decay. The chemical is bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is widely used in the making of the hard, clear plastic called polycarbonate, and is also found in the linings of food…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to stem the pollution washing into waterways from cities and suburbs, the National Academy of Sciences reported this week. According to the report’s authors, there needs to be “radical changes” in the way the federal government regulates stormwater runoff so that all waters…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued new air quality standard for lead that is expected to have a major impact in Missouri, in the heart of the nation’s lead belt. The new standard is 10 times more tougher than the old standard for lead, a toxic metal which known…
According to documents filed in federal court, the makers of gadolinium-based contrast agents currently face 391 lawsuits filed by individuals who allege that they developed a rare condition known as NSF, or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, after an enhanced MRI. Gadolinium contrast injections are commonly used during MRI and MRA tests…