May 20, 2021
Firefighters, airport workers, and military personnel across the country are currently filing AFFF lawsuits against major chemical manufacturers for exposure to Aqueous Film-Forming Foam. AFFF is a fire-suppression agent that contains chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), …
Categories: AFFF Firefighting Foam and PFAS Exposure, Blog
April 5, 2021
AFFF May Lead to Kidney Cancer, Testicular Cancer The National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics (DCEG) has published considerable research into the connections between exposure to PFAS, the primary carcinogen in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), and specific …
Categories: AFFF Firefighting Foam and PFAS Exposure, Blog
November 18, 2020
Water bottles manufactured by the company Contigo called AUTOSPOUT Straw Gizmo Flip, AUTOSPOUT Straw Gizmo Sip, AUTOSPOUT Straw Striker, and the larger Ashland water bottle are all at risk of growing mold deep inside the mouthpiece where it is unable to be cleaned out. This mold is often invisible, …
Categories: Blog, Consumer Protection, Contigo
November 12, 2020
When Bayer AG—the German multinational pharmaceutical giant that is one of the largest in the world—purchased the agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto in 2018, they inherited almost a billion dollars-worth of mass tort litigation multiplying against Monsanto’s most …
Categories: Consumer Protection, Roundup
October 14, 2020
What is AFFF and what are PFAS carcinogens? Aqueous film forming foam is a fire suppressant agent which functions by cooling fire and coating fuel to create a film between fuel and oxygen and prevent further combustion (CRCCare). Used for many years in the manufacturing of this agent are two …
Categories: AFFF Firefighting Foam and PFAS Exposure, Blog
October 14, 2020
While it is now known that the fire-stopping foam used by firefighters AFFF (Aqueous film-forming foam) contains the carcinogenic synthetic chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), exposure to which has caused cancer in firefighters, exposure to this chemical goes further than …
Categories: AFFF Firefighting Foam and PFAS Exposure, Blog
December 11, 2019
Paul A. DiGiorgio announced that he has reached a $286,240 settlement on behalf of a class of workers who performed recovery work after Superstorm Sandy, for companies under contract with the State of New Jersey. The federal action alleged that AshBritt Inc. and Bil-Jim Construction Company, Inc. …
Categories: Firm News, Verdicts & Settlements
August 20, 2019
One of the country’s most celebrated youth organizations for over a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is facing new scrutiny over its failure to out known child sex predators, to the detriment of thousands of victims. Once lauded by the likes of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Gerald Ford …
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