Archive for April 09, 2007

Boys' Mercury Exposure in California Followed by Elementary School Evacuation

Two Romoland, California students aged 6 and 9 allegedly trespassed at a welding shop and stole mercury vials on April 3. The next day, a teacher noticed mercury drops rolling off one boy's clothes. The school's 950 students were evacuated per Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

Benzene Case Taken to U.S. Supreme Court

A lawyer urged the U.S. Supreme Court last week to reverse the state Supreme Court ruling that barred her Alabama client from suing the manufacturers of a chemical he blamed for causing his rare form of leukemia.

Snowmobile Manufacturer Sued After Accident Leaves Rider Paralyzed

A Hudson, Wisconsin, man has filed a lawsuit against a snowmobile manufacturer after an accident four years ago left him paralyzed.