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The Ohio train derailment in February 2023 raised many questions about railway safety and maintenance, the responsibility of private and government entities, and the dangers of transporting toxic materials.If you're curious about how many toxic train derailments were in 2023, read on. If you or a… Read more
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When you purchase allergy medication, you should be able to trust that the risks and complications are known. You should not have to worry about unexpected side effects of any allergy medicine that has been brought to market. Unfortunately, many consumers have suffered side effects from… Read more
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UPDATE: A BP oil spill settlement has been reached. The agreement holds BP fully accountable to both businesses and individuals who were affected by the oil spill. Businesses will be compensated for lost profits, property damage, property sales losses, and lost subsistence use.… Read more
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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for extracting oil and gas reserves from deep underground rock formations using a pressurized mixture of liquids and chemicals. Fracking has only been around for about 20 years. Within that time, it has led to a historic boom in the United States… Read more
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If you or someone you love was involved in a plant or refinery explosion, you’re aware of the catastrophic and devastating effects they can have. Such explosions impact the lives of workers and their families, as well as the surrounding community. These explosions are often preventable, and even in… Read more
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As of 2018, there were more than 2.5 million miles of gas distribution, gathering, and transmission pipelines in the United States. And there were over 215,800 miles of liquid commodity pipelines across the country. Liquid commodities include biofuel, carbon dioxide, crude oil, HVL Flamm Toxic, and… Read more
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Residents of the Lehigh Valley in southeastern Pennsylvania may have been subjected to poisonous ethylene oxide emissions that can cause cancer.Ethylene oxide, used at the B. Braun plant in Allentown to sterilize medical equipment, is widely recognized by health experts as a human carcinogen. For… Read more
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It’s an unfortunate truth that low-income communities are often treated unequally in the eyes of the government and large corporations. In many cases, government organizations and other companies will unevenly dispose of their toxic waste in low-income communities and put residents at risk of… Read more
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Every day it seems that more and more Americans are fighting environmental disasters caused by large corporations who have little to no regard for those who live in the surrounding areas. From large oil spills to chemical dumping in the local community's water supply, the people and local wildlife… Read more
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Citizen suits are lawsuits brought on by a private citizen in order to enforce a statute. Most commonly, citizen suits are conducted in the field of environmental law in order to protect and uphold safety standards that are or have been violated in some manner. Some of the environmental laws that… Read more