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Popular Birth Control Ortho Evra Linked to Deaths and Possible Johnson & Johnson Cover-Up

Sep222010

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The popular Johnson & Johnson brand birth control, Ortha Evra, has been linked to strokes and blood clots at an alarmingly high rate. Studies of users in a 2002-2004 Johnson & Johnson study, made public in this MSNBC news piece, show that women [...]

BP Asks Judge to First Send Oil Spill Claimants to Feinberg

Sep152010

BP asked U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans to require virtually all oil spill claimants to exhaust the economic damage claims process run by third-party administrator Kenneth Feinberg before they are allowed to sue. Requiring claimants to first present their claims to the Feinberg Fund could delay the start of litigation against oil [...]

Ruling Allows Toyota Whistleblower to Submit Internal Docs in Lawsuit

Sep142010

An arbitrator has ruled that Dimitrios Biller, a former Toyota attorney turned whistleblower, can submit internal Toyota documents in court to prove his claim that the company instructed him to hide evidence of product defects from the public. Biller, who handled product liability lawsuits for Toyota, claims the automaker regularly hid evidence of safety defects [...]

EPA Releases Results of Wyoming Well Water Testing

Sep012010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found benzene and methane in wells and in groundwater in Pavillion, Wyoming, agency officials said in a report. At a community meeting with well owners, EPA officials revealed Tuesday they found low levels of petroleum compounds in 17 of 19 drinking water wells sampled, and that nearby shallow groundwater [...]