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Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new safety measures as part of its re-approval process for paraquat, a commercially-used herbicide at once highly effective but so toxic it
The average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water every day. Whether you’re showering, brushing your teeth, or pouring yourself a glass because you’re thirsty, you assume that your water supply is safe. For more than 30 years, over a million people who…
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) was signed into law on August 10, 2022, as part of the Honoring Our PACT Act. According to recent news reports, more than 5,
In 2010, the federal government established a nursing home ownership database at the direction of Congress. The initiative aimed to track how many private equity firms were buying nursing homes.
On September 6, 2022, the FDA issued a recall regarding certain Philips Respironics devices. Masks used with bilevel positive airway pressures (BiLevel PAP, BiPAP or BPAP) and CPAP machines may
According to an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), workers inside the VA mishandled thousands of Camp Lejeune disability claims filed by
Researchers have found a link between thyroid cancer and certain pesticides in a new study highlighting concerns about how exposure affects human health. Study authors from the University of California,
In early September, e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs agreed to settle with 34 states and territories over the inappropriate marketing of its vaping products.
An article released by the Associated Press shows how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), also known as the Mormon Church, has a system in place that leaves sex abuse victims unprotected while shielding sex offenders.
On August 8, the FBI searched former President Trump’s Florida home, the Mar-a-Lago Club. This search was the latest in the government’s attempts to have the former president
Johnson & Johnson will stop manufacturing talc-based baby powder next year in response to lawsuits alleging the mineral causes cancer. The pharmaceutical giant phased out talc baby powder in North
Around one million military personnel, their families, and civilians who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base drank, cooked with, and bathed in severely contaminated water for years.
