Two widely respected international health organizations have taken decisive steps to warn the public about health risks associated with talcum powder.
Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have classified talc as a “probable carcinogen.” The news was published in The Lancet in August 2024 following a study by a group of...
As firefighters struggle to contain fires that have destroyed more than 12,000 homes and buildings in Southern California, early investigations into the L.A. wildfire causes are raising serious questions about whether negligence played a role in the deadly blazes.
The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires are only partially contained nearly a week after they were first reported. According to...
Attorneys from Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel have secured a recovery for three whistleblowers who exposed massive fraud within the Texas Medicaid program. On December 19, 2024, a Texas district court judge ordered the State of Texas to pay the three their rightful portion of a record $212.3 million settlement resulting from their allegations of Medicaid fraud against Xerox State Healthcare,...
Hawai’i residents have for generations endured serious health risks from exposure to arsenic and other toxic chemicals used in herbicides and pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture, including sugar cane and pineapple fields.
That legacy of toxic contamination is continuing to victimize Maui residents struggling to rebuild following the August 2023 fires that destroyed the town of...
Exposure to two popular herbicides is associated with lower brain functioning among adolescents, according to a recent study.
Researchers from the University of California-San Diego and Emory University reported finding traces of glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and the most popular herbicide in the United States —in 98 percent of the teens in a recent...
The status of Wayne County, Michigan, as a dumping ground for dangerous chemicals came into sharp focus after recent disclosures that hazardous waste from a train derailment was being shipped to Michigan. The news prompted an outcry from residents, local officials and lawmakers, especially considering residents weren’t given advance notice about the toxic shipments from the 2023 East...
Asbestos is commonly associated with heavy industry and construction, but recent scientific research has revealed that the cancer-causing mineral is found in a wide range of cosmetics.
According to a growing number of scientific studies and documents obtained in litigation, talcum powder, widely used in makeup for its moisture-absorbing properties, is often contaminated with...
A growing number of states are extending filing deadlines for legal claims against child sex abuse perpetrators.
According to Non-profit Child USA’s statute of limitation tracker, 15 states have revised statute of limitation deadlines in 2023 alone, including: Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a decisive step in protecting public health by issuing an emergency order to immediately stop the use of a popular pesticide and weedkiller, Dacthal. This action marks the first time in nearly 40 years that the agency has implemented such an order, and it underscores the significant risks associated with this chemical.
Why Dacthal is a...
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is proud to announce that a recent asbestos-exposure verdict won by the firm has been named one of the top 50 largest wrongful death verdicts of 2023.
The case involved plaintiff John Peckham, who was employed as a temporary worker in the 1960s, tasked with scraping and removing dried window putty at a mill in Connecticut. According to court...
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