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    Groundskeeper Awarded $289M Roundup Cancer Verdict

    In a groundbreaking trial, a Northern California jury unanimously agrees Monsanto Roundup pesticide was a contributing cause of Bay Area school groundskeeper’s incurable cancer. The award was later reduced to $78 million. CALIFORNIA –– A San Francisco jury...

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    Pain and Pregnancy: The Opioid Epidemic is a Women’s Issue

    While the use of opioid drugs increases among pregnant women, it is important to understand the risks associated with short and long-term opioid use during and after pregnancy. Pain is common during pregnancy and women experience a range...

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    Why Isn’t This Life-Threatening Pesticide Banned on Farms?

    Parents who work as farmhands or pickers are often in nearby fields when pesticides like Roundup are sprayed. Farmworkers sometimes even eat fruits that have recently been sprayed. But there is a toxin in many pesticides, called glyphosate,...

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    New Study Links Prenatal Opioid Use and Birth Defects

    New Study Links Prenatal Opioid Use and Birth Defects

    A new study finds a causal link between prescribed opioid treatment during pregnancy and birth defects in newborns. Researchers found a link between opioid painkillers use just before or during pregnancy and birth defects in a growing fetus....

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    Big Island Men Sue Chemical Giant

    Big Island Men Sue Chemical Giant

    Three lawsuits filed against Monsanto Co. for herbicide and PCB exposure. A Honolulu law firm has filed a trio of product liability civil lawsuits this month on behalf of three Big Island men against the chemical giant Monsanto...

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    Important Notice: Check Fraud Alert

    Important Notice: Check Fraud Alert

    Recent reports of false checks issued by suspicious third parties using the DeRobertis & Waxman name alarmed our firm. We do not issue these types of checks or any kind of reimbursement installation checks. We are monitoring the...

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    KHON2: Woman Sues J&J for Mesothelioma Diagnosis

    KHON2: Woman Sues J&J for Mesothelioma Diagnosis

    HONOLULU (KHON2) — The attorneys representing a Hawai‘i Island woman diagnosed with mesothelioma are suing Johnson & Johnson and Foodland Super Market, Ltd., for selling talc-based Johnson & Johnson baby powder which was contaminated with asbestos. Mesothelioma is...

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    Hawaiʻi Residents Suffer Life-Threatening Effects of Pesticides

    Hawaiʻi Residents Suffer Life-Threatening Effects of Pesticides

    Two Kihei, Maui children suffered life-threatening birth defects due to pesticide exposure in utero, alleges a recent lawsuit. Chemical and agricultural giant Monsanto excessively sprayed harmful restricted pesticides on corn fields just yards downwind from their families’ homes....

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