Monsanto Loses Bid to Trim Bellwether Roundup MDLs
Monsanto was dealt another blow in the courtroom after a judge ruled that federal laws aren’t preemptive of consumer claims. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied Monsanto’s bid for the…
Benzene Pollutes Air After Houston-area Petrochemical Storage Fire
Houston County officials ordered a shelter-in-place for residents in Deer Park, Texas, a Houston-suburb, in mid-March for fear of dangerously high benzene levels. The order came after officials identified benzene…
Should States Adopt a Lower BAC Limit of .05?
In January 2016, the National Transportation Safety Board put out its 2016 Most Wanted List. On that list was a new threshold that the board wants states to adopt for…