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• Labor issues record $87 million fine to BP

  Sam Hananel reports, “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is issuing a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 people at its…

• PTSD Linked to higher post-surgery death rate

  Important new research has linked posttraumatic stress disorder to “implicated ills of the body…suggesting it may be associated with death after surgery” (CNN, E. Landau, 10/24). The study shows “that veterans with PTSD were more…

• Death Toll rises to three in Arizona Sweatbox case

  Recently, the story surrounding three deaths and eighteen injuries caused by spending time in a “sauna-like sweatbox” has lead to a homicide investigation of the October 8 “Spiritual Warrior” program by self-help expert James Arthur…

• EPA to review health risk from popular weed killer

  The Environmental Protection Agency said recently it is “re-evaluating the health effects of a popular weed killer that has been found in drinking water supplies,” to determine if further restrictions are needed to combat health…

• Target penalized for toys with lead paint

  Natasha Metzler reports, “Target has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling a variety of toys with high levels of lead paint on the surface (AP for FindLaw, 10/1). The Consumer…

• School nurse shortage hampers H1N1 response

  When the swine flu emerged last spring, “it was a school nurse in New York City...who helped identify and curtail the country's first major outbreak after she noticed large numbers of students complaining of high…

• The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld San Francisco's ban on cigarette sales in any licensed pharmacy within the city limits.

  Ray Theodore reports, “In a brief, unpublished decision the three-judge panel unanimously found that the ban is permissible because it restricts the sale of cigarettes and not cigarette advertising” (Andrews Publications for FindLaw, 9/16). The…

• FDA requires faster food safety reporting

  As a personal injury lawyer, I am pleased to see the new rule governing food safety, which regulators say "will help the FDA prevent widespread illness from contaminated products and direct inspectors to plants that…

• NHTSA proposed rule will not require automatically reversing windows

  The American Association for Justice news brief recently included an article stating The National Highway Safety Administration said, “it isn’t necessary to require that power windows operate in reverse to prevent the injury or deaths…

• Six companies recall blinds, shades after deaths

  Jennifer Kerr reports, “six companies are recalling millions of window blinds and shades, following the deaths of three children who got caught in cords that help the coverings move up and down” (AP, 8/26). The…