As Johnson & Johnson (J&J) battles lawsuits claiming it was aware its popular talcum-based baby powder might have been contaminated with asbestos, shocking new information about the drug company’s involvement in unethical experiments on prisoners in the early 1970s has come to light.
According to newly unsealed court documents, J&J funded a study in 1971 in which asbestos...
More than 30 million school meals are served each school day to students throughout the United States. But how healthy are these meals?
Moms Across America (MAA) recently published information about what’s in the food served to elementary and high school students, showing that these growing children probably aren’t getting what they need to sustain them through a day of school and...
The numbers are startling: the United States’ 16.5 million veterans make up just 6.4% of the nation’s adult population, yet they account for 30% of all people diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
The sobering numbers are the fallout of the U.S. Armed Forces’ widespread and decades-long use of asbestos, which at one point was used by...
Private equity firms continue to invest in healthcare as they look to generate quick and substantial profits through acquisitions and sales. But increasingly, these investments appear to come at a cost in lower quality of care and an increase in the bills footed by the American taxpayer.
Private Equity Increase Healthcare Investment
According to a report from PwC, 2022 private...
Race can be related to health outcomes. Black and Indigenous women have higher maternal mortality rates. Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely to be uninsured. Asian Americans are more likely to get liver cancer. Native Hawaiians are more likely to die of cancer than any other ethnicity in Hawai’i. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Hispanic, and Black people are more likely to die...
Waters Kraus & Paul has joined law firms across North Texas to raise funds and collect food to fight food insecurity in our communities.
Throughout the month of May, Waters Kraus & Paul attorneys, staff and friends of the firm are volunteering at the North Texas Food Bank, raising money, and collecting canned and non-perishable food. The 2023 goal is to donate at least 50...
The stories about the dangers of asbestos exposure are horrifying and all too common: mesothelioma, lung, laryngeal and ovarian cancer, and ultimately death. But despite the well-known risks of the dangerous and deadly carcinogenic fibers, the United States still has not banned asbestos.
While dozens of other countries have outlawed asbestos, the United States allows hundreds of tons...
The military community should be aware of scams that target them in the wake of Congress passing the PACT Act, according to the Veterans Administration. The PACT Act allows veterans and their families who were exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune to sue the federal government for civil damages.
Camp Lejeune is a Marine base in Jacksonville, NC. The water supply at the base has been...
Pregnant women working at the Boeing’s Auburn, Washington, plant in the 1980s appeared to have a higher rate of miscarriage than the general population, leading to questions about the possible connection to toxic chemical exposure on the job.
Study of Boeing Toxic Exposure
The concerns prompted a Boeing toxic exposure study finding that 11 of 41 pregnancies ended in...
A mother’s exposure to toxic “forever chemicals” early in her pregnancy can lead to lower sperm count and sperm mobility later in her son’s life, according to a new study that is the first to examine exposure during early pregnancy to more than two PFAS compounds.
“It makes sense that exposure to substances that mimic and interfere with the hormones involved in this delicate...
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