September 26, 2013 While the companies that process foods and products Americans purchase have a responsibility to ensure items are safe for consumption, a recent report indicates these items may be exposing United States citizens to dangerous chemicals. The North Carolina Toxic Exposure Lawyers with HensonFuerst state the risky compounds under investigation have been linked […]
February 14, 2013 A 39-year-old worker at a Catawba, North Carolina, plant was killed and another was seriously injured as the result of what officials believe may have been a case of exposure to hazardous chemicals. According to the Rock Hill Herald, the incident occurred on Tuesday, January 22, at 1:30 a.m. at the Resolute Forest
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Last year, we told you about wells in Wake Forest, NC, that were contaminated with a carcinogenic chemical called trichloroethylene (TCE). Now, a new neighborhood faces a different threat to their drinking water. According to an article in the News & Observer, half of the wells in an East Raleigh neighborhood contain excessive levels of
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Lithium disc or “button” batteries–those coin-sized round batteries–are found in many items these day, including mini remote control devices, watches, flameless candles, musical greeting cards, bathroom scales, hearing aids, calculators, and small electronic toys. Because of their small size and appealing shape (looking very much like shiny candy bits), button batteries are frequently swallowed by
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On Friday, December 7, HensonFuerst attorney Anne Duvoisin met with Wake Forest residents to discuss possible actions now that some local well water has been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals. On November 7, 2012, we wrote about the frightening and infuriating news of water contamination in the Wake Forest neighborhood of Stony Hill.
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December 6, 2012 A Duke University study found that flame-retardants in many household products may be toxic. WRAL News recently released a report on these dangers and what you can do to prevent them. Researchers tested more than 100 couches that were made between 1998 and 2010. A total of 52 percent of those products contained
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a carcinogenic chemical, capable of causing liver tumors in laboratory animals. Although there have been no studies of the direct effects of TCE in humans, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified TCE as a “probable human carcinogen,” based on animal research and studies of individuals exposed to TCE on the
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September 6, 2012 North Carolina is currently in the center of the hot debate surrounding a new method of drilling for natural gas, called fracking. It works by injecting a slurry of water and toxic chemicals into drilling wells to help open up and break free small pockets and deposits of natural gas. While those
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When my youngest sister was about 4 years old, she climbed up on a chair…then onto the kitchen counter…then stood on a wooden box to reach the highest shelf inside a cupboard. That’s where she found what she thought was candy. It was, in fact, a bottle of orange-flavored “baby aspirin.” After a trip to
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A 26-year-old worker at a Clinton, North Carolina, meat packing plant died in a tragic work related accident this past weekend.
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