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Pesticides and Other Toxins Found in School Meals

Pesticides and Other Toxins Found in School Meals

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...

Honoring warriors lost to asbestos, toxic exposure on Memorial Day

Honoring warriors lost to asbestos, toxic exposure on Memorial Day

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...

Damaging Impact of Private Equity in Healthcare

Damaging Impact of Private Equity in Healthcare

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...

Environmental Racism & The Impact on Cancer

Environmental Racism & The Impact on Cancer

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 Takes on Childhood Hunger

Waters Kraus & Paul Takes on Childhood Hunger

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 U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers are Paying the Price.

The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers are Paying the Price.

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...

Watch Out for Camp Lejeune Scams

Watch Out for Camp Lejeune Scams

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...

Boeing Knew of Toxic-Exposure Related Miscarriages, but Follow-Up Fizzled

Boeing Knew of Toxic-Exposure Related Miscarriages, but Follow-Up Fizzled

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...

Forever Chemical Exposure Leads to Low Sperm Count

Forever Chemical Exposure Leads to Low Sperm Count

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...

Lung Cancer Screening Boosts 20-Year Survival Rate to 80%

Lung Cancer Screening Boosts 20-Year Survival Rate to 80%

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the U.S., accounting for nearly 25 percent of all deaths from the disease. Although this statistic may be grim, the results of a new international study provide hope. In the study, researchers discovered that regular screening for lung cancer using a CT scan enables early identification of the disease, in turn...

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