Sentences with phrase «toxic hazardous substances»

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Securing dangerous or controlled substances: Businesses in a wide range of industries use biometric devices — with hand - readers being a particularly popular option — to help monitor access to toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, narcotic drugs and other potentially hazardous materials.

Hazardous molecules such as iodine and fluoride are added along with toxic substances like aluminum hydroxide (used as an anti-moisture additive).

At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation, the Assembly Legislative Commission on Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes, and the Assembly Long Island Task Force will meet jointly at the William H. Rogers Building in Smithtown, Suffolk County for a public hearing to discuss the «impacts of the proposed federal offshore drilling authorization on New York.»

That designation allowed the state to list perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, a toxic chemical that has been found in elevated levels in the village's water supply, as a hazardous substance.

These pollutants include not only leaked motor oil — which may contain toxic substances like lead, benzene, zinc or magnesium — but also fertilizers, insecticides, plastic debris, cigarette butts, paints, solvents, sediments and other hazardous waste.

Although the European Union's (E.U.) Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) went into effect in 2006 — effectively banning new electronics (pdf) that contain certain levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and other toxic chemicals — lead has been difficult to phase out due its versatility.

Bushdid said in vitro models are gaining momentum in toxicology, which provides scientific analysis of potentially hazardous chemicals and investigates the toxic properties of new substances being used in consumer products and industrial settings.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced last month that it would be launching the study to evaluate people's potential exposures to radiation and other hazardous substances in and around Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced last month that it would be launching the study to evaluate people's potential exposures to radiation and other hazardous substances in and around substances in and around the creek.

We've got formaldehyde (a probable human carcinogen), mercury (a neurotoxin and the second most toxic substance known to man), aluminum (a known neurotoxin, 75 % of which is retained in a newborn and up to 40 % in an adult and is stored in the kidneys, spleen, liver, heart, brain, lymph nodes, and muscle), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (a hazardous substance), MSG (a neurotoxin), 2 - Phenoxyethoanol (a hazardous toxin), and polysorbate 80 (a toxin associated with serious adverse effects including death), to name a few.

Unfortunately, there are toxic levels of a lot of hazardous substances in the water there stemming from industrial sources and lax safety standards (which is actually the reason so many of the global apparel and shoe manufacturers set up shop there to begin with).

Many ME / CFS patients report being unusually reactive to a variety of environmental substances — toxic mold, gluten, household chemicals, hazardous algae blooms, pesticides, EMF's, mercury and many others.

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In 1986 Congress established the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services in order to deal with effects of hazardous environmental substances on humSubstances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services in order to deal with effects of hazardous environmental substances on humsubstances on human health.

This section also measures whether a company's products or services are designed to solve an environmental issue, including products that aid in the provision of renewable energy, conserve resources, reduce waste, promote land / wildlife conservation, prevent toxic / hazardous substance or pollution, or educate, measure, or consult to solve environmental problems.

Given the sheer amount of hazardous and toxic substances released to air, water, and land over such a large area along the Texas coast, it is reasonable to expect that ExxonMobil, along with other oil and gas companies affected by Harvey, will be named as defendants in a class - action suit for failing to take proper precautions to prevent these releases.

Children's Exposure to Toxic Substances,» outlines multiple examples of children coming into contact with hazardous sSubstances,» outlines multiple examples of children coming into contact with hazardous substancessubstances.

Exposure to hazardous and toxic substances is dangerous and tragically, can result in fatal injuries.

Toxic exposure to chemicals or hazardous substances can cause serious injury — such as brain damage and carcinogenic harm from radiation — or death.

He has successfully represented clients in matters involving hazardous substances, air and water quality, land use, toxic torts and other environmental matters, including state and federal Superfund liability, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting and compliance issues, California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory istoxic torts and other environmental matters, including state and federal Superfund liability, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting and compliance issues, California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory isToxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory issues.

We provide astute representation in litigation and regulatory matters involving hazardous substances and wastes, air and water quality, land use, CEQA, toxic torts and other environmental matters.

Selected as the Dallas Environmental Lawyer of the Year this year by The Best Lawyers in America, Deatherage's practice includes permitting, compliance, administrative law and judicial litigation on a variety of environmental issues including, air emissions, wastewater discharges, hazardous waste, hazardous substances and toxic substances.

Common examples of defective baby products include baby hammocks, beds and cribs that create dangers of infant suffocation, baby walkers in which infants can become tangled or stuck and roll down flights of stairs, hazardous clothing with drawstrings that creates the risk of strangulation, products that contain toxic substances like lead paint, and unsafe car seats.

Our environmental litigation practice covers every aspect of federal and state environmental law including rulemaking, permits, enforcement, hazardous substances and toxic wastes, insecticides and fungicides, superfund and natural resources damages liability, land use and contaminated property, citizen suits, and air and water issues.

Our environmental lawyers have represented many clients facing toxic tort claims involving personal injury to individuals caused by exposure to hazardous substances.

2009 Anton G. Maurer, International Committee 2010 Spencer H. Silverglate, Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee 2011 Leta E. Gorman, Product Liability Committee 2012 Emmanuèle Lutfalla, International Committee 2013 Amy Sherry Fischer, Product Liability Committee 2014 Robert F. Redmond, Jr., Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee 2015 Edward S. Sledge, IV, Business Litigation Committee 2016 Mark Behrens, Civil Justice Response Committee 2017 Carl A. Maio, Audit Committee

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors

He also gives the opinion that these exacerbated effects «cause adverse health effects similar to exposures to hazardous substance [s] that adversely affect various systems in the body», akin to exposure to toxic chemicals or toxic metals.

Our cases involve litigation over rulemaking, permitting, enforcement, hazardous waste, toxic substances, insecticides and fungicides, superfund and natural resources damages liability, contribution, land use and contaminated property disputes, and air and water issues.

The potential presence of known hazardous, toxic and flammable substances associated with clandestine labs presents an immediate and continuing risk to anyone exposed to these substances, says Toronto Public Health.