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Share this article Share this article RYE, N.H., Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Less Cancer Founder Bill Couzens today announced that the National Cancer Prevention Workshop will be online on Thursday, February 4 with programming featuring key leaders in cancer prevention, journalism, education and government. Confirmed panel moderators, speakers and roundtable conversations include: Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, author, U.S. Representative Don Beyer, Virginia Rob Bilott, attorney, author of Exposure that became the movie "Dark Waters" U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, M.D., Texas U.S. ...

On Health Image by Katja Just from Pixabay Many millennia from now, when humans are long vanished from the Earth, intergalactic travelers visiting our planet may wonder about this world’s ancient inhabitants and their civilizations. One clue these visitors will be able to use in their investigations will be the presence of a class of manmade chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Dubbed “forever chemicals,” PFASs will likely outlast humanity. PFASs have a wide range of uses thanks to their unique physico-chemical properties. They can be found in stain resistant t...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 For the past three years, we have put forth the prediction that the PFAS litigation would evolve by expanding beyond lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers for personal injuries to lawsuits against manufacturing companies that utilize PFAS as a component of their products. This “next wave” of PFAS product liability cases would significantly impact business interests at an incredible financial magnitude and puts at risk corporate finances at levels that could cause significant business interruption. A signal that this “next wave” of products liability l...

Milestone Class Settlement in Principle Announced of Case in the AFFF MDL Litigation News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, lawyers representing individuals in the Town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, announced that they have reached an agreement in principal with Tyco Fire Products L.P., Chemguard, Inc., and ChemDesign, Inc. ("Defendants") to settle a putative class action addressing certain claims of damage arising from contamination of dozens of privately-owned drinking water wells in the Town of Peshtigo with per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 WASHNGTON – Newly released test data from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency show that more than 100 public water systems in the state are contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The results, from statewide tests begun last February, show that 106 water systems had detectable levels of PFAS chemicals either in groundwater wells or drinking water. Concentrations of individual PFAS chemicals reported in tap water samples ranged from 5 parts per trillion, or ppt, to 140 ppt. Neither Ohio nor the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ha...