Victoria Personal Injury Lawyer - Toxic Substances

Chinese Products with Melamine Continue to Cause Deaths of Animals

Wanda Logan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:17:49 GMT

Chinese products containing the chemical melamine continue to cause deaths of animals. It is believed that melamine is being added to products to artifically raise nitrogen levels which makes the product seem higher in protein when tested. Melamine has also been found in milk products, candy, cookies and pet food. When humans ingest melamine, it can cause kidney stones, and can lead to kidney failure in extreme cases. In China tainted dairy products have caused kidney stones in tens of thousands of children and has caused the deaths of four infants.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Wanda Logan

Health Concerns Due to Benzene Exposure at Chemical Plant

Will Sciba — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:43:17 GMT

When one chemical company sues another for environmental contamination, it is easy for the workers who worked at the plant to get lost in the mix. The is a particularly vexing problem when the contamination involve the release of benzene. Invista has file a lawsuit against DuPont in the Southern District of New York. This suit involves, at least in part, the sale of a plant near Victoria, Texas. In the suit it is alleged that DuPont failed to disclose to Invista that it had unreported releases of benzene its the Victoria plant. The suit alleges that Invista has already spent $140 million to remediate the problems left by DuPont. Unfortunately the impact on the people working at the plant during these releases can be even more devastating. Benzene is know to cause certain diseases of the blood such as anemia, and has been associated with certain cancers such as Leukemia. The following is a list of conditions that may be closely associated with exposure to Benzene:

A. Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)

B. Aplastic Anemia

C. Myelodysplasia or

Myelodysplastic syndrome

· Refractory anemia (RA)

· Refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB)

· Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAED-t)

· Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS)

· Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)

D. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

E. Multiple Myeloma

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Will Sciba

Chemical Exposure at Pool Sends 14 to Hospital in Oregon

Shannon Weidemann — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:24:58 GMT

People in the pool area at the Portland Embassy Suites in Oregon started experiencing nausea, vomitting, and having a hard time breathing. Emergency crews were called in to help treat the victims and investigate a possible chemical exposure. 14 people were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

Fourteen of the patients were transported to five nearby hospitals. There is no further information on their conditions or their identities.
Hazardous Material crews took samples of chemicals and determined that, during routine testing and maintenance of the pool, a small amount of Muratic acid mixed with sodium hypochlorite, causing a vapor to form in the pool-area.

The fumes were ventilated from the area and the Haz Mat team returned the pool area back to the hotel.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Fumes at Washington Mall Send 37 People to Hospital

Shannon Weidemann — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:16:51 GMT

Shoppers at a Spokane mall complained of exposure to chemicals that caused them to fill ill on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the scene to help and investigate.

Witnesses tell KREM 2 News the fumes were concentrated on the east side of the mall, by the old Gap store. Several people were taken to the hospital for symptoms that caused a scratchy throat or closure of the throat.
Holy Family Hospital set up a decontamination tent near Northtown Mall that has treated at least 32 people for exposure.
Five people were treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center for similar symptoms.

Witnesses claim that the evacuation was very slow. The mall reopened Monday morning after firefighters did not detect any more chemicals in the air.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann