In 1986, President Ronald Regan signed into law the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), which aims to protect students, teachers, and other members of…
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HBO Grants Lifelong Dream to Comedian Who Has Stage 4 Mesothelioma
32-year-old Quincy Jones (not to be confused with the legendary musician and producer) is described universally by his friends, family, and audience members as a…
The Plague of Asbestos in the Developing World
Back in 2011, The Daily Show produced a segment about one Canadian town’s unusual support of asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral that is widely known…
Big Chemical Bought Scientists and Hid Cancer Victims to Make Vinyl Chloride Look Safe
In 1978, managers at a chemical plant in Texas City, TX started to panic when they realized workers were dying of brain cancer at rates…
40 Million Dollars Later, Ford Had the Science to Promote Its Toxic Agenda
The scientific method is, without question, the primary means of learning new knowledge about the physical world. It is the tool we use to understand…
How Corporations Buy “Science” to Confuse the American Public
When medical professionals and scientific researchers publish in a journal or lend their name to supporting a science-based theory, we normally would not think twice…
Asbestos: Russia’s Corrupt Criminal Industry Backed by Putin
A thousand miles east of Moscow, just north of the Kazakhstani border, there sits a small mining city proudly named after the deadly mineral asbestos.…
Your Parmesan Cheese Is Actually Just Wood Pulp
Wait, hang on a second. My Parmesan cheese is actually chock-full of… wood? That’s the question that many Americans are asking themselves after reports from…
Holyoke, MA Family Awarded $30 Million in Medical Negligence Lawsuit
Could something have been done differently? Could this somehow have been prevented? These questions haunt a medical patient and their loved ones for years after…
