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Railroads Threatened With Lawsuits Over Diesel Exhaust
Posted on 22 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) An environmental group threatened to sue two of the nation's biggest rail owners Tuesday under a novel legal theory that would classify diesel exhaust as hazardous waste. The Natural Resources Defense Council sent letters to Union... Read More

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Louisiana Department Of Health And Hospitals Report On Oil Spill Injuries, Illnesses
Posted on 16 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BATON ROUGE, La. (CompNewsNetwork) - Two hundred and twenty-seven oil spill exposure-related cases have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to date, according to its sixth surveillance report released July 16. One hundred... Read More

Tags: Gulf Oil spill , workplace illness , environmental contamination , Hazardous Waste , oil spill , oil rig , Deepwater Horizon , Litigation , oil rig explosion , workplace injuries , BP