Heart of Hawaii’s Historic Lahaina, Scene of Deadly Wildfire, Reopens to Residents After 4 Months December 14, 2023 By Lindsey Wasson and Audrey Mcavoy LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in...
PFAS, Microplastics, Baby Food: Emerging Casualty Risks Keep Coming April 8, 2022 By Chad Hemenway There is no longer a need to ponder the “next asbestos” because the current litigation environment and the recent pace...
New York Opens Probe Into Toxic Metals In Baby Food April 30, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general said on Thursday she has opened a probe into whether baby food contains...
New York AG Urges U.S. FDA to Take Action on Baby Food Safety Standards February 9, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take...
Report: Beckham Stadium Site has Unsafe Arsenic Levels August 21, 2019 MIAMI — An environmental report poses a new problem for the proposed site of David Beckham’s Major League Soccer stadium...
FDA Study Finds Filtering Beverages May Add Heavy Metals March 20, 2019 Beer and wine that is filtered with diatomaceous earth may be transferring heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and cadmium...
What Was Arsenic Doing in Our Chicken, Anyway? October 11, 2013 By James Greiff It might seem like cause for cheer that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered the withdrawal of most...
U.S. Urged to Set Standards for Arsenic in Rice September 20, 2012 By MARY CLARE JALONICK Consumer groups are pressuring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set federal guidance on allowable levels of arsenic in...
More Than 100 Sickened in Peru Mining Spill August 6, 2012 By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANKLIN BRICENO More than 100 Peruvian farmers have been sickened by the spill of a copper concentrate containing arsenic and lead produced...