Members of the Marines and their families were exposed to contaminated water piped into their homes during their service at Camp Lejeune.  Jerry Ensminger (Ret., U.S.M.C.) and Mike Partain have started to spread the word about 30 years of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.  The water contamination by industrial solvents, gasoline and […]

Cleaning house may be a risky venture.  A study published in Environmental Health found that women who used the most household cleaning products had double the rate of breast cancer as those who used the fewer cleaners. Researchers conducted telephone interviews with 787 Massachusetts breast cancer patients aged 60 to 80, and compared them to […]

Clinical trials for new mesothelioma treatments give new hope for discovering a cure for a very deadly cancer. Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of asbestos-related cancer with a very high mortality rate.  Most “Meso” victims die within 1-2 years after they are diagnosed.  Patients involved in mesothelioma clinical trials hope to help find better and more […]

A lawsuit was filed alleging that a former chemical operator at Hoffman-LaRoche in Nutley, New Jersey was exposed to asbestos fiber and died of mesothelioma. The lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court asserts that he suffered injurious exposure to asbestos as a direct result of his exposure to asbestos fiber at work. The estate […]

A European occupational and industrial employee testing company has provided the first benzene urine test kits and exposure analysis for vessels involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup efforts.  Concateno has over 20 years of experience working with the maritime industry to help regulate its safety.  Their Benzene Exposure Biomonitoring Kits (BEB’s) allow for […]

The Trinity River in Tarrant County, Dallas County, and six other Texas counties is so heavily contaminated with chemicals that eating its fish could lead to serious health problems according to the Texas health department. While fishing in the Trinity has not been banned, the government agency has advised people not to eat anything they catch.  […]

Local media in Fort Worth, Texas are reporting on elevated levels of benzene in that area. A map generated by state politicians was released this week, showing where elevated levels of the cancer-causing toxin have been found. These same politicians are arguing that these elevated levels show a need for long-term air monitoring. Elevated levels of […]

The massive oil spill created by the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion left BP with a big mess to clean up.  BP chose to use dispersants as one cleanup meausre.  BP’s dispersant of choice, Corexit, an extremely toxic chemical dispersant and while it has its dangers, BP chose it some say because it is simply […]

HarrisMartin’s Benzene Causation Conference Agenda lists some extremely relevant topics such as: Multiple Myeloma: Law and Science, Biomarkers of Exposure And Risk: The Benzene Example, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Law and Science, and General Causation — Recent Cases and What the Future Holds (among others). You can order the materials from this conference by clicking here.  […]

Benzene, the environmental pollutant associated with leukemia, is still used in a widespread manner in many industrial settings.  A recent study has shown that benzene appeared to increase the frequencies of aneuploid sperm, which can cause chromosomal abnormality syndromes in human offspring.  This can even occur in men whose air benzene exposure was at or below […]