A former Boeing security guard who claimed she has suffered lasting health issues from exposure to chemical sprays on the job will receive an undisclosed monetary settlement with Boeing and the plaintiff’s former employer, the security company Allied Universal.
In November 2019, Holly Hawthorne worked security at Boeing’s Everett Campus, where employees used aerosolized chemical...
The German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) outside Münster, Germany, overseen by the German Environment Agency, is “an archive for samples that can be used to document and assess the quality of the environment . . . and are collected regularly, to be able to monitor changes of pollution over the course of time.”
Dominik Lermen, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for...
Two years after his death, the adult children of Dr. Barry Dunphy have renewed respect for their father, whose warnings as Boeing’s top doctor to company leadership about the life-altering impact of dangerous chemical exposure to employees went unheeded.
The Everett (Washington) Herald published a story that investigated Boeing and Dunphy’s early secret reports that thousands of...
Workers expect their employers to keep them safe on the job. Although many industries use hazardous chemicals in their processes, companies are expected to minimize the harm caused by these chemicals by providing proper protective equipment and replacing the most dangerous chemicals with less-dangerous alternatives when possible.
Recent revelations about worker carcinogen exposure show...
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...
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...
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...
Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it’s also a physically challenging time for the many women plagued by aches and pains often experienced by expectant mothers. From abdominal cramping to ligament pain to headaches, there’s no question that pregnancy can exact a toll on a woman’s body.
That’s why it isn’t uncommon for moms-to-be to turn to over-the-counter painkillers to cope...
In 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned the use of the herbicide paraquat on golf courses because of health concerns. But paraquat, an herbicide that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, is only one of many pesticides used to maintain the pristine verdure of golf courses.
For example, the herbicide 2,4-D continues to be used widely on golf courses,...
In 1980, a top doctor at Boeing warned company leadership that tens of thousands of workers in the Puget Sound region were being exposed to toxic chemical mixtures that were “probably hazardous” and “certainly uncontrolled.” His warning, however, went unheeded by the company’s president at the time. The ripple effect of this failure to respond has been significant, with families...
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