Category: Articles, Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Medical & Healthcare, Psychology/Psychiatry, Resources for Attorneys Civil Litigation of Damages Caused by Use of Synthetic Marijuana TASA ID: 501 Attorneys who represent families that have had a member die or been seriously harmed by synthetic marijuana, or have clients who have been harmed in vehicular accidents caused by this drug, or otherwise harmed by a user under the influence, should consider whether litigation is appropriate and viable to secure compensation for the victims. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment Vat Dyes: Chemistry, Manufacture and Waste Streams TASA ID: 3009 The discovery of vat dyes in the early 1900's was a major technological advance for the industry...However, the hazardous organic chemicals, solvents and heavy metals used in the manufacture led to severe environmental consequences at locations where wastewater and solid waste management practices were deficient. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances Baby Injured by Hazardous Material on Stroller: How a Chemical Expert’s Detective Work Helped Solve the Mystery TASA ID: 745 A young mother purchased a child stroller at a local mass merchandiser store in Indianapolis, Indiana, in early summer. Later that day she began walking with the baby in the stroller to bring her infant daughter to visit the child's grandparents about two miles away. With the child safely strapped in the new stroller, she walked for about an hour, stopping twice to comfort her baby, who was crying and appearing uncomfortable. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Odors Associated with Oil Spills TASA ID: 897 The BP Oil Spill of 2010 has brought attention to the human senses, especially the sense of smell. Humans could easily smell the oil spill from shoreline locations, in an ocean breeze blowing toward the shore, well before the oil was on the beach or even within view of the shore. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Damage Claims and Cleanup Estimates for the BP Oil Spill of 2010 TASA ID: 897 Cost recovery for necessary assessment and cleanup costs from an oil spill which started hundreds of miles away on an offshore drilling platform is going to be a large issue for numerous Gulf Coast property owners. Legal action of any sort is a time-consuming affair. There are several types of damage caused by the BP Oil Spill of 2010. Read more