A major break through in understanding the effect of dioxin exposure was published in December 1995 by Dieter Flesch-Janys and others, “Exposure to Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans (PCDD/F) and Mortality in a Cohort of Workers from Herbicide-producing Plant in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany,” 142 American Journal of Epidemiology 1165-1175 (December 1, 1995). Dr. Flesch-Janys […]
Toxic Chemical Exposure & Birth Defects
Contaminated L-Tryptophan and 5-Hydroxy-L-Tryptophan, Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome [EMS], the 1989 Epidemic and the 1998 Warning
In 1998 scientists with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed the presence of impurities in some 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (5-HTP) products currently sold and widely promoted as dietary supplements in health food and nutrition stores. The impurity identified in 5-HTP by spectroscopic analysis is called “peak X.” FDA’s analytical results are consistent with those obtained and […]
Proving Chemically Induced Asthma Symptoms: Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, A New Medical Development
Five years ago patients and clients who associated adult onset asthma with chemical exposure found they were unable to prove medical causation and were precluded from pursuing their right to recover for significant injuries caused by others. This is no longer the case as a result of 1985 medical research by Brooks and others identifying […]
Corporate Manipulation of Scientific Evidence Linking Chemical Exposures to Human Disease: A Case in Point — Cigarette Science at Johns Hopkins
This article was researched, authored and published by Rachel’s Environment & Health Weekly, October 19, 1995 edition. Rachel’s deserves your support for its commitment to a national environmental policy which makes health risks to people a national priority and for its commitment to public education. Rachel’s not only allows the re-distribution of its research and […]
Cancer in the Electronics Industry
Anyone who has worked in semi-conductor manufacturing or electronics assembly industries and who has been diagnosed with cancer, or who has children with birth defects, may have undiscovered defective products claims. We presently represent nearly 100 former employees of IBM employed at the Fishkill, New York IBM manufacturing plant who have cancer and whose families […]
