Read the correspondence between the marketing director of the Monsanto Company and the vice president of the electric corporation Westinghouse Canada Limited about PCB’s: “Accordingly, Buyer [Westinghouse Canada Limited] hereby covenants and agrees that, with respect to any and all PCB’s sold or delivered by or on behalf

With recent news [https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/997671845/president-biden-wants-to-replace-all-lead-pipes-flint-has-lessons-to-share] that the Biden Administration wants to replace all lead pipes, it is necessary to understand the role of industry in promoting the use of lead. In 1933, the Lead Industries Association published a series of articles supporting the

Many people know that consuming too much seafood with high levels of mercury can be poisonous. However, fewer people know about the effects of consuming seafood with high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs [https://www.epa.gov/pcbs/learn-about-polychlorinated-biphenyls-pcbs] are man-made industrial compounds that have a range of toxicity

The Supreme Court's latest decision [https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1002149828/supreme-court-johnson-johnson-talc-verdict-ovarian-cancer] to uphold a $2 billion verdict in favor of individuals who claimed that they developed cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc baby powder sheds light on how industry responds to regulations. While this

Over the past year Johnson & Johnson has made headlines for releasing the first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. However, when it comes to consumer products, the firm's past has come under scrutiny as well. Though concerns were raised about the presence of asbestos in their talc baby powder, Johnson

The Biden Administration seeks to eradicate “the lead pipe city” of America, however, it will take more than money to regulate industry. In April 2021, President Joe Biden delivered remarks on the “American Jobs Plan” which could help accelerate replacing the nation’s lead water pipes. Out of the $2