The endocrine system is one of three main regulating systems in the body, along with the nervous and immune systems. It consists of various organs known as the endocrine glands and includes the ovaries, the testes, and the adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands. These glands release hormones, such as estrogen, testosterone or adrenaline, into the […]
Electronics Industry Fraud: Cancer and Birth Defects, A Public Report
The semiconductor industry is one of the most chemical-intensive industries in the modern world. Because the least bit of dust may ruin the manufacture of an expensive semiconductor, the electronics industry developed the cleanroom where dust levels are kept very low. To save energy costs, and to lower dust levels to near zero, for years […]
Expert Medical Opinions in Toxic Tort Cases are Not Subject to Exclusion Under Kelly Frye
Kelly-Frye mandates the exclusion from evidence of test results to determine facts when the tests are generated by a new scientific machine, mechanism or instrument which is unproven or experimental. The principle was first stated in Frye v. United States (1928) 293 F. 1013. It was later adopted by the California Supreme Court in People […]
Calculating Property Damage in Pollution and Environmental Cases – Anatomy of a $2,000,000 Property Damage Settlement, Part III
INTRODUCTION In May, 1994, forty-two families in Sutter Creek, California learned their homes, which had been constructed between 1975 and 1985, were built on land contaminated with mine tailings containing arsenic. In California’s Gold Country background levels of arsenic in soil are approximately 22 parts per million [ppm]. But on these properties, arsenic levels were […]
Environmental Pollution and Property Damage: Overcoming the Defenses of Consent and Custom and Practice – Anatomy of a $2,000,000 Property Damage Settlement, Part II
INTRODUCTION In May, 1994, forty-two families in Sutter Creek, California learned their homes, which had been constructed between 1975 and 1985, were built on land contaminated with mine tailings containing arsenic. In California’s Gold Country background levels of arsenic in soil are approximately 22 parts per million [ppm]. But on these properties, arsenic levels were […]
