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Legal Articles and Reports

9th Circuit Deals Blow to Altered Crops

$9 million awarded to estate of patient who died of infection

10th Circuit: Attorney with 'Sick Building Syndrome' Should Have Received LTD Benefits

25 Broward sheriff's employees covered by fragrance-free policy

ADA-Access to Medical Care For Individuals With Mobility Issues

A Tough New Chemical Law

A Toxic Proposal

About Nanotechnology

Accommodation and Compliance Series: The ADA Amendments Act of 2008

Accuracy, comprehensibility, and use of material safety data sheets: a review.

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Formaldehyde Emissions from Pressed Wood Products.

Advisory Committee Presents Report on Courthouse Access

Agreement reached to clean up the nations largest superfund site.

Agriculture nomination steams greens

Alabama Supreme Court opens door for toxic lawsuits

Albany violated its own code on pesticides

Allergen rules may alter scents of great perfumes

Anabaptist Disabilities Network

Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits

Approximately $2 Million of Potentially Harmful "Cosmetic" Eye Product Seized

Are your children's toys safe? Supporters of new rules show which playthings could hurt kids

Ask Congress to support funding for disability programs

ASIAN IMMIGRANT NAIL SALON WORKERS WIN MAJOR LEGAL VICTORY

ATSDR on formaldehyde in trailers

Atrazine getting new scrutiny from EPA

Attack on Mothers

BPA ban stalls in Senate

Battle over chemical exposure legislation

BAYER must pay damages for the first time

Better coordination of research on health effects and more consistent guidance would improve federal efforts.

Beyond Pesticides requests ADA accommodation

Bill calls for dangerous chemical labels in Ont.

Bill seeks to ban scents in schools

Bill would restrict antibiotics in food animals

Bill would set allergy safeguards in schools

Blue Cross Blue Shield to Pay $1 Million to Families of Autistic Children

Blumenthal: Chemical industry tried to kill legislation

BMJ Receives Confidential Documents From Anonymous Sender on SSRIS

Booties' next step is doozy: New federal law ups ante for lead testing

Britain. A breath of foul air-The UK faces £300m in fines after failing to meet EU pollution targets, but Britons also pay the price with heart disease, asthma and cance

Brockovich takes on Lafarge

Bronson Takes Action Against Illegal Pest Control Company

Buyers are warming up to greener homes

C8 criminal probe continuing, DuPont says

CDC Opens Investigation into Unexplained Dermopathy, or "Morgellons Disease"

CDC Ignores Scientific Evidence in Public Health Cases

CPSC pledges swift probe of Chinese drywall

CA Jury Awards FM/CFS Patient $15.4 Million in Disability Suit

Calif. aims to boost enforcement of organic rules

Calif. bans high-emission paint thinners, solvents

Calif. bill would expand pesticide safety program

California backs lowering formaldehyde in wood.

California Chemical Legislation

California Compiles Options For Greener Chemicals

California mounts ambitious effort to fill chemical gaps

California Sues Baby Furniture Manufacturers

California unveils proposed regulations to rid consumer products of riskiest chemicals

Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy

Census Bureau Fragrance Ban

Chemical Industry, Health and Environment Groups Push for U.S. Toxics Law Reform

Chemical Industry's Influence at EPA Probed

Chemical Law Has Global Impact: E.U.'s New Rules Forcing Changes By U.S. Firms

Chemical screening raises new concerns-study

Chemical sensitivity syndrome to make list of gov't-insured medical conditions

Child Who Was Hurt by a Vaccine Entitled to Government Compensation, says Federal Court of Appeals

Chinese drywall prompts lawsuit

Cholesterol Drug Has No Benefit in Trial

Chronic pain plaintiff awarded millions

Clarins and Thierry Mugler settle multimillion dollar ANTI-TRUST lawsuit in United States.

Clarins Expertise 3P is a drug according to the FDA.

Class action lawsuit against VA approved

Class action over lead in lipstick

Coming Out of Anesthesia Not Mirror Image of Going Under

Commission proposes strict limits on chemicals in toys

Common treatments may carry cognitive risks.

Congress Aims to Expand the ADA

Congress: Science for sale? Congress is investigating a Washington, D.C.-based firm which critics charge "manufactures uncertainty" on behalf of chemical companies to help keep their products free from government bans or other restrictions.

Congress Moves to Ban Genetic Discrimination

Congressional Outlook For 2010

Connecticut bill will require schools to clean green

Contact allergy to topical medicaments becomes more common with advancing age: an age-stratified study.

Corona parents learn about disability law

CORPORATE CRIME REPORTER

Council policy battles scents; Public to be told when odorous products used

Court Allows Eli Lilly To Bury Zyprexa Documents

Court Finds Toxic Mold Caused Worker's Health Problems

Court getting tougher on thimerosal-autism link

Court: NJ woman can pursue perfume lawsuit

Court Orders Quackbusters Barrett and Polevoy to Post $433,715.93 Bond.

Court rules governments can require greener vehicles in fleets

Court Seize Quackbusters Bank Accounts, Assets

Court to decide if vaccine makers can be sued

Court to Defendant: Stop Blasting That Man’s Mind!

Courts Force U.S. Reckoning With Dominance of GM Crops

Courts getting tougher on thimerosal-autism link

Courts Rule in Akre/Wilson rBGH Case that the Media Can Deliberately Lie

CUOMO ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY-WIDE INVESTIGATION INTO HEALTH INSURERS’ FRAUDULENT REIMBURSEMENT SCHEME

Dade City teen charged in mother's allergic shock - St. Petersburg Times

Decision time edging closer for EU Chemicals law

Defective exhaust system in Kenworth caused brain damage, suit claims

Democrat vows bill to block 'Secret Rule' on workplace toxins.

Democrats say politics at work in toxic chemical decisions

Derailment hearing held

Detroit city employees discouraged from wearing strong scents

Detroit Settles Perfume Allergy Case for $100,000

Dingell, Stupak Investigating Corruption of Science Panels at EPA

Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises

Disabled man's crusade a bane to business owners

Doctors Sue Texas Medical Board For Misconduct - Cites institutional culture of retaliation & intimidation

Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View

Drug Makers Near Old Goal: A Legal Shield

DuPont to face 100 lawsuits for Pompton Lakes contamination

Dursban Lawsuits Allege Neurological Injuries, Birth Defects from Banned Pesticide

EPA Agrees to Review Air Pollution Rules for 28 Industries

Eco-Friendly Product Claims Often Misleading

Eli Lilly Lawyer Accidentally Leaks Settlement Talks on Tranquilizer

Eli Lilly and the Case for a Corporate Death Penalty

Elsevier's WiserWiki allows physicians to update evidence-based medical information

Employee sues Wynn Las Vegas over secondhand smoke

Employer pleads guilty. Criminal negligence. Workplace safety

ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE: DISABILITY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF EMPLOYEES UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

Erin Brockovich helps Bindi unearth Australian environmental disasters

Environmental Protection Agency issues new rules on fumigant pesticides

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sued: mandate that manufacturers test air fresheners for safety and properly label their products with full ingredient lists.

EPA a failure on chemicals, audit finds : Assessment of toxic risks inadequate, says new chief

EPA Action to Terminate Endosulfan

EPA, American Chemistry Council Conspire to Remove Toxicologist From Panel on Flame Retardant Safety

EPA drops ball on danger of chemicals to children

E.P.A. Is Told to Reconsider Its Standards on Pollutants

EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit off Calif. coast

EPA PUNTS ON RISKS TO CHILDREN FROM PLAYGROUND TIRE CRUMB-Agency Admits It Did Not Perform Promised Scientific Studies of Health Dangers

EPA R.E.D. Facts Aluminum and Magnesium Phosphide

EPA rules would cut benzene, other toxic fumes from vehicles

EPA says Monsanto mine violates law

EPA scientists complain about political pressure

EPA scraps Bush-era smog rule and will start over

EPA Staffers Were Forced to Ignore Science, Investigation Finds

EPA Sued Over Air Pollution Claims

EPA Suspends Part Of Chemicals Program

EPA Tightens Pollution Standards

EPA to restore scientific review process

EPA to Set Strict Rules for Home Renovation to Prevent Lead Poisoning

EPA toxicity risk assessments in crisis

EPA veils hazardous substances

EU agrees to ban 22 dangerous substances from pesticides

EU environment ministers vote to uphold ban on biotech crops

EU plans warning labels on artificial colours

EU to investigate 'chemical cocktails'

Europe should adopt WHO recommendations for particulate matter cuts

European Chemical Clampdown Reaches Across Atlantic-Many chemicals manufactured in the U.S. have been pronounced "dangerous" by the European Union

European manufacturers adjusting to chemical ban

European Parliament to Investigate WHO and “Pandemic” Scandal

Ex-Pfizer scientist wins $1.37 million in federal lawsuit

Ex-Pfizer Worker Cites Genetically Engineered Virus In Lawsuit Over Firing

Extermination company broke pesticide law repeatedly, state says

FDA Announces Improved Policies Regarding Transparency, Public Disclosure for Advisory Committees

FDA "Corruption" Letter Authenticated: Lawyers, Start Your Engines!

FDA Fails to Protect: Remains Silent About Lead in Lipstick

FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

FDA gets a taste of its own medicine

FDA Regulations

FDA staff, White House disagreed on drug lawsuits, papers show.

FTC Moves May Signal Start of 'Greenwashing' Crackdown

Feds apparently disregarded toxic links to illnesses

Federal Government Action Needed Now to Protect Children from Hazardous Chemicals in Consumer Products

Federal Judge Reverses His Preemption Ruling in Indiana Paxil Suicide Case

Fibro and CFS Disability Cases

Food-Safety Bill Spurs Backlash

Forcing drug companies to publish negative trial results "is against law".

Formal Complaint Charges CDC Oral Health Division with Ethics Violations

Former coal lobbyist takes state post

Fungicide maker in child defect storm

GAO report scolds EPA

German Federal Cartel Office goes after Clarins...again Anti-Trust...offices raided

Germany Admits Chemtrails

Global Science Gateway Now Open

Government Purchasers Roll Out the Green Carpet Manufacturers Rush to Meet California's New Environmental Requirements for Carpet

Government bans all use of mercury in Sweden

Government Suppresses Major Public Health Report

Grassley Vows To Pressure NIH Over Grants

Gregoire signs safe-plastic law-Session: Washington becomes 5th state to outlaw bisphenol-A; other environmental bills also inked

Ground Zero Deal Gives Plaintiffs $712.5 Million

HR 2749: Totalitarian Control of the Food Supply

Happy 19th Birthday, ADA! From the White House

Harrison judgment draws attention to medical monitoring, West Virginia justice.

Harvard Psychiatrists Hide Millions of Dollars Received from Drug Companies.

Hazardous Chemical Incidents in Schools --- United States, 2002—2007

Health Insurers revealed to be grossly underestimating "Reasonable and Customary" rates by study

Home lemon law now offered to provide cost-free legal help to home owners with construction and remolding problems

House Holds Hearings on Reform of Regulations on Personal Care Products

House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

House passes ban on toxic material in toys

How Europe's New Chemical Rules Affect U.S.-New report identifies U.S. companies making chemicals that Europe classifies as dangerous

Human Testing at Heart of Debate Over U.S. Toxics Law

Impact of air fresheners and deodorizers on the indoor total volatile organic compounds

Impugning the Integrity of Medical Science: The Adverse Effects of Industry Influence

Inadequate Quest for Disability Accommodation Lands Chemical Sensitivity Case Before Jury

Injured Workers' Suit Against Mississippi Furniture Maker Upheld

Interference at the EPA: Science and Politics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Investigators Hear From Scientist EPA Fired After Chemical Lobby Pressure

Italian Law Proposal for Environmental Illnesses and Disability

Jackson Kelly faces lawsuits alleging black lung evidence cover-up

Judge allows civil suit over co-workers perfume.

Judge: Case against Lilly may go to trial

Judge issues gag order in dioxin suit.

Judge Revokes Approval of Pesticide That Could Harm Bees

Judge sides with allergen-free church

Judge throws out soldiers' chemical exposure suit

Judges uphold ban on Bayer pesticide

Jurors: FEMA trailer didn't expose family to fumes

Jury Backs Teacher Who Says Room Made Her Ill

JUSTICE FOR SALE?

KBR, Halliburton sued over toxic 'burn pits'

KEY FDA DOCUMENTS REVEALING (1) HAZARDS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS--AND (2) FLAWS WITH HOW THE AGENCY MADE ITS POLICY

Kid Safe Chemical Act at the Crossroads The chemical industry takes on the mommy lobby.

Kid-Safe Chemicals Act

Law Will Require Insurers To Cover Autism Therapy

Lawmakers Probe EPA Conflicts

Lawsuit: Avon Stretch Mark Cream Burned, Scarred Woman

Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides

Lawsuit: St. Joseph's Hospital mold killed three children

Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Chemicals in Name-Brand Cleaners

Lawsuit weighs atrazine's threat to water supplies

Lawsuits still possible in Monsanto dioxin injury case

Lawyers argue about effects of 3M chemicals in blood

Lawyers Give Nanotechnology Advice

Legislation Introduced to Require First Comparative Study of Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Populations

Legislation's sponsor says environmentalists misunderstand motive

Lilly has received civil investigative demands or subpoenas from the attorneys general of a number of states.

Lilly Settles Alaska Suit Over Zyprexa

Looking for Answers from the EPA

MMR Causes Autism – Another Win In US Federal Court

Man convicted of shampoo assault

Man sues LG over toxic water, ice cubes

Man Suing Union Pacific For 2004 Derailment

Medical Equipment Malfunctions Associated with Inappropriate Use of Cleaning and Disinfecting Liquids

Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take

Michigan court grants dioxin case class-action status

Miss. drywall lawsuits filed post-Katrina

Monsanto, cousins face series of suits in Sauget

Mother: "We're not waiting for the government

NIEHS Director Birnbaum: "We kind of jump from the proverbial fry pan into the fire" when replacing chemicals

N.Y. School Suspends Girl, 10, for Peppermint Oil

NY Senate bans applying pesticides to school playing fields

NY tenants sue for toxic dust in apartments

National Response Framework

Nations to Write Treaty Cutting Mercury Emissions

Naturopathic Rights Were Included in the Founding of America

New Consumer Product Safety Commission chief charges ahead with ambitious agenda

New E.U. law to require safer chemicals

New European chemical safety law has global impact

New Jersey joins states seeking to ban toxic chemicals in baby products

New law adds health protection for renters

New legislation proposed to keep unsafe products off shelves

New pact to let European public track pollutants

New safety rules for children's clothes have stores in a fit

New York Governor David Paterson signed a bill that will ban the use of pesticides on all school athletic fields and school playgrounds.

New York Law Requires Landlord Disclosure of Environmental Test Results to Tenants

NIH Drops Contractor For Conflict of Interest

Nine toxic chemicals added to banned list: UN

No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule

Non-profit Fronts for Drug Industry-Boston Globe

OSH: Scent Free Policy for the Workplace

Obama election could spell more C&T regulation

Obama Regulatory Review Could Spur Product Lawsuits -

Obama-sponsored mercury-storage bill sent to President Bush

Obama urged to fund watchdog agencies

Officials ban toxic pesticide

Opposing camps agree on rewriting toxin law

Outside Looking In: Understanding the Role of Science in Regulation

PAN sues EPA over diazinon

Panel Hears Testimony on Toxic Mold

Perfume spraying incident leads to arrest

Pesticide company settles sterility suit for $300,000 Amvac Chemical of Newport Beach will pay 13 Nicaraguan workers exposed to DBCP on banana plantations nearly 30 years ago.

Pfizer in court again, this time for Wyeth's menopause treatment Prempro

Plastic ingested, study finds Scientists rebut federal finding on baby safety

Polio Vaccine Victim Wins Lawsuit Against Big Pharma

Politicians Censor Report on Dangers of Arctic Drilling

Procedural issues lead to ban of Bayer pesticide

Prominent psychiatrist admits psychiatric diagnoses are not based on science

Protect kids with stricter regulation of chemicals, group urges

Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

Public health agency linked to chemical industry

Quackwatch "Defamation" Verdicts Could Reach Many Tens of Millions of US Dollars.

Reach chemical policy reform comes alive

REACH list of dangerous chemicals doubled

Reebok to Pay Record $1,000,000 Civil Penalty for Violation of Federal Hazardous Substances Act

Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine

Report on the concerns of people with disabilities and their families.

Rockefeller bill responds to Bayer's secrecy

Rulemaking Underway Related to Disclosure of All Pesticide Ingredients

'Safe levels' of chemical exposure under review

Safety of C8 substitutes questioned, Government, industry hiding product's effects on health, environmental group charges

School district sues engineers.

Scientific Panel Says Erin Brockovich Was Right

Sebelius says kids may get swine flu shots first

Second suit filed over Sauget pollution

Sen. Klobuchar's bill regulates formaldehyde

SEN. MIGDEN TAKES ON TOXINS IN BILLS TARGETING WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH: Introduces "The Toxin-Free Toddlers and Babies Act", also prohibits lead in lipstick

Sen. Schumer pushes for food allergy regulations in schools

Senate passes genetic discrimination ban. The law forbids using DNA tests to decide jobs, health coverage.

Senator Accuses NIH of Evading Ethics Rules

Senator Calls For Federal Investigation Into Cancer Cluster

Senator Durbin Speaks on ADA, Disability Employment and Disability Rights as Civil Rights

Sharper Image agrees to settle purifier lawsuit

Sick building syndrome victim wins lawsuit in Japan

Sierra Club Sues EPA (over emission standards for hazardous air pollutants)

Sniffing out the dangers of the new ADA law

Solutia/ aka Monsanto ready to exit bankruptcy

Souter Departs Supreme Court With Solid Environmental Legacy

Standing Up To Corporations One Town At Time

State Farm Hit With Civil RICO Claim Over Sham Medical Exams

State Health Officials Fault Lack of Federal Action on Waterproofing Sprays

State rolls out new paint law to reduce harmful fumes

State working on perchlorate limit

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the 10th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Olmstead v. L.C….

States crack down on chemicals

States Push EPA, Congress to Curb Business Confidentiality Claims for Chemicals

Stricter chemical regulation begins in Europe (REACH)

Sting Operation Exposes Gaps in Oversight of Human Experiments -

Stop the Shot” Federal Court Complaint

Study: FEMA ignored evidence in determining long-term effects of formaldehyde in trailers

Styrofoam ban kicked to curb

Suffolk vote to ban BPA baby bottles first in nation

Suit against artificial-turf firms is settled

Suit filed over discharge permit: Trustees for Alaska says EPA manipulated, falsified Cook Inlet data

Suit Seeks to Bar Genetically Modified Sugar Beets

Suit: Workers, students exposed to potential toxins at Paramus school

Suits seeks reductions in power plant toxic emissions

Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Goes to Bat for Monsanto, Sides With Conservative Justices

Surprise Supreme Court Decision Ends Big Pharma’s Pre-Emption Bid for Legal Immunity

Swine flu: "They Organized the Panic". Inquiry into the Role of Big Pharma and WHO by Council of Europe

Taxi passengers' bill of rights expected to be announced

Teachers support embattled colleague

Tell Obama's Antitrust Czar: Investigate Monsanto

Testing for toxics at schools sparks questions, lawsuits

Thalidomide victims still fighting for justice 35 years

T he Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act

The legal failure to prevent subclinical developmental toxicity.

The Pesticide Code of Quebec

The Plenary of the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13 December, 2006

The Secret Eli Lilly Zyprexa Documents--A Case For Civil Disobedience

The start of something big

Theo Colburn continues to her public health battles

Thomas selected for national panel

Thousands of Homeowners Cite Drywall for Ills

Top-secret Livermore anti-germ lab opens

Tough state laws could promote new form of green industry

Toxic Chemicals getting Under the Skin of Concerned Investors

Toxic mould exposure case said to be a legal first

TOXIC REPORT CARD FOR BUSINESS PROPOSED

Toxic Toys Legislation Moves Out of Assembly Committee

Toxic Trailers: Have the Centers for Disease Control Failed to Protect Public Health?

Toxic Work: Know Your Rights

Toy-safety measure may trigger a lawsuit

Tribe prevails in air quality fight with Mich.

Tyson Injects Unborn Chickens with Antibiotics, Sues USDA to Keep Antibiotic-Free Label

UK ruling may set green advertising standard

UN Official Challenges Chemical Industry

United Nations pact on disabled rights is signed

US cites Boston psychiatrist in case vs. drug firm Complaint alleges kickbacks to MDs

US Court Rules in Favour of Free Speech on Health Claims

U.S. District Court Approves Ground Zero Health Settlement

US government researcher charged with conflict for consulting with drug company

US lawsuit targets pesticide impact on polar bears

US senators call for Chinese drywall probe

US state wages fight against toxic chemicals

U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Third Circuit Decision in Anti-Depressant Suicide Case

Under Fire from Pharma, German Institute May Lose Its Director

Unimpaired Rights

Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under law

Using REACH outside Europe

VA to reopen Gulf War vet's files

Vancouver community group gets big legal win over EPA

W.R. Grace loses appeal of ruling by 3-judge panel in asbestos case

Washington State Bans Toxic Flame Retardants!

Whistle blowers on Monsanto and Fox News Misrepresenting rBGH.

Whistleblower Sues EPA-(Complaint)

White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy

White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says

Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?

Will spraying fragrance at college affect federal funding if it impedes a disabled persons access to an education?

Woman sues American Airlines claiming toxic cabin air

Workplace Exposures Rise as Osha Health Inspections Fall

Wyeth Can Be Sued For Thimerosal In A Vaccine

Yarloop - a case for Erin Brockovich

Your New BFF, the Chemical Industry