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Timing of cancer radiation therapy may minimize hair loss, researchers say
(Salk Institute) Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock -- a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair -- researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Tox Tunes #73: Hush Hush (Pistol Annies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvjhWirED8 In a recent post titled “Hashville Skyline”, Slate describes the way that references to marijuana has infiltrated into country music tracks over the last decade or so. In this single, from the Pistol Annies‘ new album Annie Up, one of the singers describes how she relieved the tension surrounding a drunken family Christmas dinner by sneaking out for some weed: So I snuck out behind the red barn And I took myself a toke Since everybody here hates everybody here Hell I might as well be the joke In future editions of “Tox Tunes”, we’ll visit som...
Source: The Poison Review - May 19, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical hush hush marijuana pistol annies tox tunes Source Type: news

TCA overdose, toxic beer, and allegations of a mayor on crack: Weekly Web Review in Toxicology
Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose – Over at EMCrit Blog, Scott Weingart has posted a superb podcast discussing the presentation and treatment of TCA overdose. In severe cases not responding to standard therapy, lidocaine, lipid rescue, or ECMO may be indicated. Gastrointestinal lavage — I’m not so sure. Both the podcast and the show notes are well worth your attention. Was Toronto mayor Rob Ford caught on film smoking crack? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOerRnp4KU Two journalists from the Toronto Star report that they have seen a video apparently showing mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe. Th...
Source: The Poison Review - May 19, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical caustic injury crack EMCrit mayor rob ford Scott Weingart toronto tricyclic antidepressant toxicity Source Type: news

Are vasopressors effective therapy in calcium channel blocker overdose?
4 out of 5 stars Critical Care Management of Verapamil and Diltiazem Overdose with a Focus on Vasopressors: A 25-Year Experience at a Single Center. Levine M et al. Ann Emerg Med 2013 May 1 {Epub ahead of print] Abstract This uncommonly interesting and thought-provoking study comes from the Department of Medical Toxicology at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix. The authors note that in recent years, many toxicologists have suggested that hyperinsulinemic euglycemic therapy (HIT) is superior to vasopressors in the treatment of calcium channel blocker (CCB) toxicity. However, there have been no studies compari...
Source: The Poison Review - May 17, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Best of TPR Medical calcium channel blocker toxicity diltiazem hyperinsulinemic euglycemic therapy verapamil Source Type: news

50 Shades of Pink—And Why It Helps to Know the Difference
Buy toxic chemicals and support breast cancer research! Not lying—just saw an ad on TV for weed killer and it had a pink ribbon logo on its packaging indicating, “A portion of every sale goes to support breast cancer research and awareness.” We have plenty of weed killer and a perfect lawn at our house, so I am no critic of the product. But have you noticed the pink ribbon logo on virtually every conceivable item or service? (Source: Cancer Network)
Source: Cancer Network - May 17, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Ten-Year Study Shows 2 Different Genetic Polymorphisms Predict Weight Gain In Men And Women
New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Liverpool, UK, shows that while the FTO genetic variation predicts weight gain over 10 years in men, a different variation on the MMP2 gene predicts weight gain in women. The research is by Freek G Bouwman, Nutrition and Toxicology Research, Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Netherlands, and Dr Jolanda Boer, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, and colleagues... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Sous Influences: Artists and Psychotropics
Sous Influences. DOCU. by lamaisonrouge Just returned from a short stay in Paris, where I saw the art exhibit Sous Influences (Under Influences: Artists and Psychotropics) at the Maison Rouge. Although somewhat disjointed and often lacking sufficient context, the show had a number of fascinating works, including Bryan Lewis Saunders‘ series of self-portraits done under the influence of different psychotropic drugs. Also mind-blowing — and somewhat reminiscent of the surrealist motion pictures of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali — was the film Images du Monde visionnaire, commissioned by the drug company Sandoz in...
Source: The Poison Review - May 16, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical art maison rouge paris sous influences Source Type: news

Natural "Keystone Molecules" Punch over Their Weight in Ecosystems
Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring ecosystems, according to a theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience. The authors of the theory, Ryan P. Ferrer of Seattle Pacific University and Richard K. Zimmer of the University of California at Los Angeles, liken such molecules to keystone species, animals or plants that may be uncommon but exert a controlling influence, through predation or in other ways. Keystone molecules function in chemical communication and defense, and likewise have dominant consequence...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - May 16, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy M. Beardsley Editor in Chief, BioScience American Insitute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) 1900 Campus Commons Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20191 703-674-2500 x326 tbeardsley at aibs.org www.aibs.org Source Type: news

Symbios Medical Products Issues Nationwide Recall of GOPump and GOBlock Kits
May 10, 2013 - Symbios Medical Products initiated a voluntary recall of all GoPump Rapid Recovery System kits and GOBlock Kits manufactured with flow control components assembled prior to July 2012. These products have been found to potentially cause excessively high flow rates, which presents a risk of patient toxicity and serious injury (e.g., seizure, dysrhythmia, death) due to the rapid influx of medication particularly in patients with low body mass or advanced age. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - May 16, 2013 Category: Food Science Source Type: news

Nanotech filter may protect farmed fish from fungus
Toxic nanoparticle treatment of ponds of farmed fish could be made safe by embedding in into water filters, find scientists in Iran. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - May 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Leukemia Drug Prevents Build-Up Of Toxic Brain Protein
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinson's disease in the brains of mice. This finding provides the basis to plan a clinical trial in humans to study the effects... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Source Type: news

LEG CRAMPS (Cinchona Officinalis Bark, Aconitum Napellus, Pseudognaphalium Obtusifolium, Ledum Palustre Twig, Magnesium Phosphate, Dibasic Trihydrate, Toxicodendron Pubescens Leaf, And Viscum Album Fruiting Top) Tablet, Soluble [Hyland'S]
Updated Date: May 14, 2013 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - May 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

DR. RECKEWEG R23 NOSODERM COMBINATION PRODUCT (Apis Mellifica 30x, Arsenicum Album 30x, Rhus Toxicodendron 30x, Sulphur 30x) Liquid [PHARMAZEUTISCHE FABRIK DR. RECKEWEG CO]
Updated Date: May 14, 2013 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - May 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

DR. RECKEWEG R11 LUMBAGIN COMBINATION PRODUCT (Berberis Vulgaris 4x, Calcarea Phosphorica 12x, Causticum 6x, Dulcamara 4x, Nux Vomica 4x, Rhododendron Chrysanthum 4x, Rhus Toxicodendron 4x) Liquid [PHARMAZEUTISCHE FABRIK DR. RECKEWEG CO]
Updated Date: May 14, 2013 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - May 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

DR. RECKEWEG R4 ENTEROCOLIN COMBINATION PRODUCT (Baptisia Tinctoria 4x, Chamomilla 4x, Chininum Arsenicosum 6x, Colocynthis 6x, Ferrum Phosphoricum 8x, Mercurius Corrosivus 6x, Oleander 6x, Phosphoricum Acidum 3x, Rhus Toxicodendron 4x, Veratrum Album 6x) Liquid [PHARMAZEUTISCHE FABRIK DR. RECKEWEG CO]
Updated Date: May 14, 2013 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - May 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

If Job Stress Mounts, Healthy Living May Be Lifesaver (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Living a healthy rather than sedentary lifestyle reduced the risk of coronary artery disease by 53% in people who worked in an emotionally toxic environment, a study found. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 13, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Are toxic chemicals making you fat?
We can see the external cues in our environment prompting us to eat more than we need. What's less obvious is the non-natural chemicals in the environment that may make it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - May 13, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Edward Abramson, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Environment Health cause weight gain chemical toxins Chemicals ddt external cues fast food restaurants food environment hormones human hormones meat and fish mount sinai medical mount sinai medical cente Source Type: news

What Precautions Should Be Used for a Child Whose Parent is Hepatitis C Positive?
Discussion Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a single-stranded RNA Flavivus that was first identified in 1989 and universal screening in the blood supply was begun in 1992 in the United States. Overall incidence of acute HCV in children under age 19 is 0.1 per 100,000. In adults, the transmission is mainly from contaminated blood and body fluids, primarily intravenous drug use. It is the most common reason for liver transplantation in adults. Of those that acquire the acute infection, about 70% go on to become chronically infected. Adults have a slow progression of their disease with 20% having cirrhosis within 20 years. Being ma...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 12, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Widespread PCB Pollution
Since polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are produced through industrial processes or activities, it is assumed that people living in industrial cities will have higher concentrations of these toxic chemicals in their blood than people in rural communities. Researchers at the University of Iowa say this isn't the case. In a paper published recently in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, scientists report that mothers and children in East Chicago, Ind., and Columbus Junction, Iowa, had only subtle differences in their PCB blood levels... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

Volatile substance misuse: an updated review of toxicity and treatment - Ford JB, Sutter ME, Owen KP, Albertson TE.
Educational campaigns and legislative actions may have led to an overall decrease in the prevalence of volatile substance misuse (VSM) in many countries; however, it is still a common practice throughout the world. Studies currently suggest that girls are ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Oropharyngeal airway obstruction after the accidental ingestion of arisaema amurense - Ryoo SM, Sohn CH, Oh BJ, Kim WY, Lim KS, Lee CC.
BACKGROUND: Arisaema amurense is widely known in Korean folklore as a poisonous plant, and its lethal toxicity has long been recognized. The toxicity of Arisaema amurense is due to its content of calcium oxalate, which causes painful oropharyngeal edema, h... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Poultry Drug Increases Levels of Toxic Arsenic in Chicken Meat
(Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins)
Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins - May 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Mom – the Ultimate Chromatographer: Insights into HPLC and GC...
Tips for helping scientists improve HPLC column and GC column analysis for the pharmaceutical, environmental, food and beverage, clinical, and toxicology industries(PRWeb May 09, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013momhplc/05/prweb10709750.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - May 11, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Iraq War Contractors Denied Retrial In Oregon Guard Suit For C6 Poisoning Injuries
PORTLAND, Ore. - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on April 26 reduced the noneconomic compensatory damages award from $850,000 to $500,000 for each of the 12 veterans whose claims were tried in October; defense motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial were denied (Rocky Bixby, et al. v. KBR, Inc., et al., No. 09-632, D. Ore.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60390; See 3/5/13, Page 23). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™...
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal Of Counterclaims In Lago Agrio Judgment Suit
NEW YORK - A magistrate judge recommended in a report issued April 15 that counterclaims filed by a plaintiffs' attorney sued by Chevron Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent the enforcement of an $18.2 billion personal injury and environmental contamination judgment entered in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, be dismissed for failing to state a claim (Chevron Corp. v. Steven R. Donziger, et al., No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.; See 3/19/13, Page 11). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Stipulation To Dismiss Filed By Chevron, Stratus Consulting In Lago Agrio Litigation
NEW YORK - Chevron Corp. and Stratus Consulting Inc., an environmental consultant retained by defendants in the lawsuit filed by Chevron in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent the enforcement of an $18.2 billion personal injury and environmental contamination judgment entered in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, filed a joint stipulation on April 11 to dismiss pursuant to a settlement agreement reached in March (Chevron Corp. v. Steven R. Donziger, et al., No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.; See 3/19/13, Page 11). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

2nd Circuit Judge Grants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Expedited Mandamus Consideration
NEW YORK - Two of the defendants named by Chevron Corp. in a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York lawsuit to prevent enforcement of an $18 billion personal injury and property damage judgment entered in a Lago Agrio, Ecuador, court were granted expedited consideration without reasons on April 8 in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals of a petition for mandamus relief from District Court orders that they aver violate a January 2012 appellate court order (In re Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo, et al., No. 13-772, 2d Cir.; See 3/19/13, Page 15). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Objections To Recommendation To Dismiss Attorney Fee Suit Draws Chevron Response
NEW YORK - Chevron Inc. encourages the judge presiding over the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent enforcement of the $18.2 billion Lago Agrio, Ecuador, judgment against it to adopt the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim filed by a law firm representing the defendants; Chevron filed a response April 11 to objections by the defense law firm (Patton Boggs v. Chevron Corp., No. 12-9176, S.D. N.Y.; See 2/19/13, Page 7). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

New York Appeals Panel Affirms Town Zoning Authority To Regulate Natural Gas Wells
ALBANY, N.Y. - A unanimous panel of the Third Department New York Supreme Court Appellate Division issued an opinion May 2 affirming the authority of local municipalities to adopt zoning regulations that prohibit natural gas and petroleum exploration, production and storage; state regulation of the conduct of the natural gas and petroleum industry does not preempt municipal home rule authority to regulate land use, according to the panel (In the Matter of Norse Energy Corp. USA v. Town of Dryden, et al., No. 515227, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 3rd Dept.; 2013 NY Slip Op 03145; 2013 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3078). (Source: LexisNexis...
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Texas Appeals Court Dismisses Conspiracy Claims Over 'Fracking' Contamination
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Texas appeals court has dismissed on a writ of mandamus counterclaims by a natural gas company that property owners and their environmental consultant conspired to defame the company by publicizing alleged contamination of their well water by hydraulic fracture stimulation (fracking), saying April 22 that the state's law protecting participation in issues of public concern barred many of the gas company's claims (In re Steven and Shyla Lipsky and Alisa Rich, relators, No. 2-12-00348-CV, Texas App, 2nd Dist.; 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 4975). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Gas Extraction Companies File Brief In Support Of Lease Denial Appeal
NEW YORK - Natural gas extraction companies denied lease extensions during the New York moratorium on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing filed a brief April 5 in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the November order by a Northern District of New York judge (Douglas Aukema, et al. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, et al., No. 12-5108, 2nd Cir.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Gas Lease Expiration Appealed To New York Federal Court From Bankruptcy Court
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Property owners opposing an attempt by natural gas leaseholders to extend a lease beyond the primary period filed an appellant brief April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York seeking enforcement of a bankruptcy court order declaring the lease expired (In re Thomas C. Hurd, et uxor, No. 13-79 (consolidated), N.D. N.Y.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Radiation Death Claims Survive Defense Motion To Dismiss In Louisiana Federal Court
NEW ORLEANS - Oil extraction companies joined as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by the survivors of an oil pipe maintenance worker for alleged exposure to naturally occurring radioactive materials were denied in part dismissal for failing to state a claim in an order entered April 30 (Eula K. Pierce, et al. v. ExxonMobil Corp., et al., No. 12-2224, E.D. La.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61526). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - May 10, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Defendants Seek Dismissal Of NORM Exposure Lawsuit In Louisiana Federal Court
NEW ORLEANS - Three defendants in a naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) personal injury lawsuit filed a joint motion to dismiss on March 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana because the claims against them are barred by a confidential agreement reached in a state court action arising from the same exposure and making the same liability allegations (Riley Hickman v. ExxonMobil Corp., et al., No. 13-351, E.D. La.; See 3/5/13, Page 37). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Kentucky Appeals Panel Affirms Defense Verdict In Suit Seeking 2,4-D Drift Damages
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A unanimous Kentucky Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion May 3 affirming a defense verdict for a Hardin County, Ky., tree farmer accused of damaging his neighbor's crops by negligently applying a 2,4-D herbicide (Green Ridge Farm Inc. v. Robert Shipp, et al., No. 12-1, Ky. App.; 2013 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 363). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Defense Judgment Overturned By Wisconsin Appeals Panel In Herbicide Drift Suit
WAUSAU, Wis. - A unanimous District III Wisconsin Court of Appeals panel on April 23 overturned summary judgment for a farmer accused of liability for herbicide drift that damaged trees on his neighbors' property because the trial judge misapplied the principal employer doctrine (Kelli Brandenburg, et vir v. Robert Luethi, et al., No. 12-2085, Wis. App., Dist. III; 2013 Wisc. App. LEXIS 352). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Pesticide Drift Case Dismissed By Arkansas Appellate Panel On Procedural Grounds
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A unanimous Division IV Arkansas Court of Appeals panel on April 17 dismissed on procedural grounds an appeal by property owners seeking to recover damages for pesticide drift (Jerry Wilson, et al. v. Greg Williams Farm Inc., et al., No. 12-695, Ark. App., Div. IV; 2013 Ark. App. LEXIS 270). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Common Benefit Fee Allocation Approved In FEMA MDL Consolidated In Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS - The allocation of the approved $6.27 million common benefit fee in the consolidated Federal Emergency Management Agency multidistrict litigation for exposure to formaldehyde in portable trailers provided as emergency housing in response to hurricane damage in 2005 was approved April 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by minute order (In re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation, No. 07-1873, MDL 1873, E.D. La.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Indiana Appeals Panel Affirms In Part Judgment In Dursban Injury Lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS - In a unanimous opinion issued April 30, an Indiana Court of Appeals panel affirmed in part a trial court order granting The Dow Chemical Co. summary judgment on failure-to-warn claims in a Dursban-brand termiticide personal injury lawsuit; the panel affirmed denial of summary judgment for the applicator (John Gresser et uxor v. The Dow Chemical Co. Inc., No. 79-A-02-1111, Ind. App.; 2013 Ind. App. LEXIS 204). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Indiana Appeals Panel Upholds Right To Farm Act Judgment For Dairy Factory Farm
INDIANAPOLIS - A unanimous Indiana Court of Appeals panel on April 30 affirmed summary judgment for the operator of a confined animal feeding operation on the grounds that the factory farm cannot as a matter of law be held liable under the tort of nuisance for odor and personal injury damages (Glenn Parker, et al. v. Obert's Legacy Dairy, No. 26-A-05-1209, Ind. App.; 2013 Ind. App. LEXIS 203). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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United States Seeks To Upset Order Denying Dismissal In Camp Lejeune Water Suits
ATLANTA - The United States filed a reply brief on April 11 in 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals pressing its argument that the North Carolina statute of repose should be applied for a judgment barring the personal injury claims in the Marine Corps Camp Lejeune, N.C., water contamination litigation consolidated in the Northern District of Georgia (Camp Lejeune North Carolina Water Contamination Litigation v. United States, No. 12-15424; Erica Bryant, et al. v. United States, No. 12-16174, 11th Cir.; See 3/19/13, Page 37). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Plaintiffs Seek Conference To Schedule Trial In Suit Alleging Burn Injury Liability
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - A northern Indiana couple that alleges that the design of a plasma torch and a work shirt caused burn injuries on April 16 moved in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana for a pretrial conference to set a trial date (Rex Hathaway, et uxor v. Cintas Corporate Services Inc., et al., No. 10-195, N.D. Ind.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Remand Denied In New Jersey Derailment Class Action; CAFA Amount In Controversy Met
CAMDEN, N.J. - Named plaintiffs in a putative class action consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Paulsboro Derailment Litigation were denied remand April 23 because the defendants showed to a legal certainty that the amount in controversy exceeds the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) threshold, according to the presiding judge (In re: Paulsboro Derailment Cases $(John Stephenson, No. 13-721$), No. 13-784, D. N.J.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57865; See 4/16/13, Page 40). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Flavor Defendant Dismissed From Consumer Lawsuit Alleging Diacetyl Lung Injury
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A joint stipulation of dismissal was granted April 9 in a microwave popcorn consumer diacetyl exposure lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; the action is set for trial in January 2014 (David Stults et uxor v. American Pop Corn Co., et al., No. 11-4077, N.D. Iowa). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Power Plant Operators File Notice To Remove Lawsuit Under Price-Anderson Act
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The owners of a nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga., filed notice of removal on April 17 in a personal injury lawsuit filed by a laborer who alleges radiation exposure and back injuries from a fall at the power plant (James Strayer v. Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Inc., et al., No. 13-60, S.D. Ga.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Researchers Report Evidence PFOA Exposure Limits Too High
ODENSE, Denmark - Researchers in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark recommend in an analysis of the effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkylates published April 19 in the journal Environmental Health a re-examination of current drinking water limits for exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) because the standard may be several hundred times too high (doi:10.1186/1476-069X-12-35). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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HEVERT COLD AND FLU RELIEF (Aconitum Napellus, Ammonium Bromide, Atropa Belladonna, Bryonia Alba Root, Cinchona Officinalis Bark, Echinacea, Unspecified, Mercuric Cyanide, And Toxicodendron Pubescens Shoot) Tablet [Hevert Pharmaceuticals LLC]
Updated Date: May 10, 2013 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - May 10, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Cancer drug prevents build-up of toxic brain protein
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Researchers have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins in the brains of mice. They say their study offers a unique and exciting strategy to treat neurodegenerative diseases that feature abnormal buildup of proteins in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington's disease and Lewy body dementia, among others. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news