The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has renewed its approval for the herbicide paraquat. Paraquat, commonly sold under the brand name Gramoxone by Syngenta, has been the subject of recent legal controversy for its alleged connection to Parkinson’s disease.
Paraquat was first manufactured in 1961 and rapidly became one of the most common herbicides in the world. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention calls paraquat “highly poisonous” and the EPA has classified paraquat as a restricted use herbicide. Restricted use herbicides can only be purchased or used by licensed applicators.
In the press statement confirming their decision to…
A new lawsuit filed in New Jersey against Johnson & Johnson adds a new charge to the usual complaints of talcum powder: racial targeting. According to statements made by civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Paul Napoli, not only did Johnson & Johnson know that their talcum powder could cause ovarian cancer, they claim that the company intentionally targeted black women with their advertisements.
The lawsuit began with the National Council of Negro Women who represent over two million men and women. According to the Washington Informer, the NCNW has a large proportion of women who used Johnson & Johnson’s…
While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected every facet of American society, some of the most vulnerable epicenters have been nursing homes, where a combination of close proximity and weakened immune systems created an ideal ground for infection. Texas’ KRHD 25 News, the Houston Chronicle and Texas Tribune discovered that Texas veterans homes were some of the worst places to be in terms of infections and deaths.
According to KHRD 25, in 2020, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush took control of Texas veterans homes and promised a shakeup in the way that the facilities would handle the pandemic. Unfortunately, according…
Johnson & Johnson and three other companies have agreed to pay $26 billion to U.S. states in order to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed over the opioid epidemic, reported NBC News.
States, municipalities, counties, tribal nations and school districts across the nation accused J&J and three of the largest opioid distributors — Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson — of flooding communities around the country with prescription opioid painkillers.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 500,000 people died from opioid drug overdoses from 2009 to 2019. Harvard’s T.H. …
Although the Scottish government banned the use of vaginal mesh in 2018, those who have been implanted are still suffering complications. In their latest efforts to provide relief, the government of Scotland has agreed to pay for Scottish women to travel to the United States and undergo treatment from a specialist.
The Scottish government has agreed to cover all travel and treatment expenses for women implanted with vaginal mesh wishing to be treated at either Spire Health Care in Bristol or the Mercy Hospital in Missouri where Dr. Dionysios Veronikis, a vaginal mesh removal specialist, works.
Juul Labs has reached a $40 million settlement with North Carolina over its role in promoting vaping to youths. This marks the first time a state has settled with the embattled brand.
The settlement, which was announced Monday by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, claims that Juul aggressively marketed its e-cigarettes to youths with “sleek devices and sweet flavors,” fueling a wave of teen vaping addiction that reversed a “historic decline” in teen nicotine use, Raleigh News & Observer reported.
Stein sued Juul in 2019 for “designing, marketing, and selling its e-cigarettes to attract young people and for misrepresenting…
The U.S. District Court For The Western District of Pennsylvania has rejected the amended complaint of Susan and Carl Antonucci in an ongoing lawsuit regarding Boston Scientific’s pelvic mesh products. This amendment would have expanded the number of products that the Antonuccis alleged caused the injuries of Susan Antonucci.
According to the opinion published June 28, 2021, Susan Antonucci was implanted with Boston Scientific’s Lynx Suprapubic Mid-Urethral Sling System in 2006 to address bladder prolapse and incontinence associated with age and perimenopause. …
Fifteen states have chosen to accept Purdue Pharmaceuticals and their associates’ $4.5 billion settlement offer. In addition to the settlement money, Purdue will also release corporate documents, sign over charity funds for opioid abatement and an additional $50 million from the family itself.
In 2019, Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family entered a bankruptcy proceeding in the face of a mounting pile of lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic, which has claimed over 500,000 people. Initially, the Sackler family proposed paying $3 billion to settle the litigation. …
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a final appeal from Johnson & Johnson, allowing a $2.1 billion baby powder cancer verdict against the company to stand, NBC News and other outlets reported.
Last week’s denial ends Johnson & Johnson’s attempts to overturn a record $4.7 billion 2018 verdict in favor of 22 women who claimed that talc in the company’s baby powder was contaminated with asbestos and caused their ovarian cancer.
In November the Missouri Supreme Court likewise refused to consider Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a lower court decision upholding the original finding of liability while reducing…
A Florida woman’s pelvic mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon will be able to move forward, according to a decision issued Monday by a federal judge in Philadelphia, Reuters reported.
U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney decided that Theresa Drumheller, the plaintiff, did not need to provide the following details for her pelvic mesh lawsuit to proceed:
· The exact date when Drumheller’s pelvic mesh injuries began
· What medical conditions the pelvic mesh was intended to address
· The specific Ethicon pelvic mesh products that were implanted in Drumheller
Drumheller’s pelvic mesh lawsuit, which was filed in December…
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