http://accident-injury-blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:09:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The makers of Brazilian Blowout hair straightener have agreed to change product labels to indicate it does emit formaldehyde gas. Brazilian Blowout enjoyed short-lived success in salons across the country as an effective and allegedly non-toxic means of straightening naturally curly hair. Problems quickly arose when more and more women ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/03/labels-of-brazilian-blowout-hair-straightener-will-indicate-presence-of-formaldehyde/ Film maker and advocate against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling Josh Fox was arrested at a U.S. House hearing this week because he failed to present media credentials. According to USA Today, Fox is charged with lawful entry. The director of the ground-breaking documentary 'Gasland' was filming the hearing to be ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/03/documentary-director-josh-fox-arrested-at-house-fracking-hearing/ Dimock, Pennsylvania resident Norma Fiorentino’s water well blew up on January 1, 2009, after 36 years of safely drawing water near her home for day-to-day needs. State regulators pointed the finger at Cabot Oil & Gas Co., saying the company elevated methane levels in the well, which caused the explosion. Fiorentino ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/02/fracking-lawsuits-filed-against-drillers-others/ Lawsuits filed by retired NFL players over concussion injuries suffered during their playing careers will be consolidated before a federal judge in Philadelphia. The National Football League is facing a growing number of injury lawsuits filed by former players and their families seeking compensation for the treatment of concussion-related injuries ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/02/nfl-concussion-lawsuits-consolidated-in-philadelphia-court/ Three guests at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas have contracted Legionnaires' disease in less than a year's time. One person has died. According to a report from KTNV-TV, the Southern Nevada Health District has launched an investigation to find a possible source to the apparently outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Two ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/01/deadly-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-linked-to-las-vegas-luxor-hotel/ A member of the crew aboard the half-sunken Costa Concordia cruise ship has become the latest to file a lawsuit against the vessel's owners. According to a Bloomberg report, Gary Lobaton filed his lawsuit in a federal courtroom in Chicago and its class-action status seeks to cover any victim of the ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/02/01/us-lawsuit-seeks-100m-in-damages-over-deadly-costa-concordia-crash/ Property owners and lawn care professionals are awaiting word from DuPont, the maker of the herbicide Imprelis, which killed thousands of trees, to find out whether or not it plans to compensate customers, and if so, how. Wednesday is the cut-of for lawn care professionals to submit all documentation supporting customer ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/01/31/dupont-taking-its-time-with-imprelis-compensation/ Johnson & Johnson has issued yet another recall, this time on about 2,200 bottles of Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion which may be contaminated with a harmful bacteria. According to a CNN report, the presence of coagulase-negative Staphylococci above federally-allowed limits was detected by Food and Drug Administration inspectors on samples ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/01/31/johnson-johnson-recalls-aveeno-baby-lotion-due-to-bacteria-contamination/ Two Pennsylvania environmental groups have issued a warning about the impact of a potential nuclear accident on the clean water supplies for millions of Americans. According to The (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Times Leader, the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center have issued a study documenting ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/01/31/groups-warn-of-nuclear-contamination-threat-to-water/ A former BP employee claims he was fired for airing concerns about the clean-up of the Mississippi shore following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. According to a report at ClaimsJournal.com, the former employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against BP claiming he was fired for complaining about conditions during ... http://accident-injury-blog.com/2012/01/30/former-bp-employee-files-whistleblower-lawsuit-claims-company-lied-about-clean-up-effort/