Posted on January 15, 2014
What is Lead?
Lead is number 82 in the periodic table and is classified as a "heavy metal." In its pure form, it is soft and malleable. It is a shiny silver-white when recently cut or melted but quickly turns dark gray after being exposed to air.
For thousands of years, lead...
Posted on January 13, 2014
The Coloradoan community of Fort Collins is looking to grow the world’s first “solar garden,” reported Business Green last month. The solar garden sprouted from other community energy projects conceived and constructed in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. These...
Posted on January 13, 2014
On a recent episode of his television program, Dr. Oz highlighted the pervasive presence of toxic flame retardant chemicals in our homes and our bodies.
Samples of furniture padding were taken from the homes of several mothers and sent to Duke University to be tested for the presence of toxic...
Posted on January 13, 2014
St. Mary Medical Center has agreed to pay over $2.3 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it failed to administer certain contracts which led to overbilling from physicians, the Department of Justice announced last week. St. Mary voluntarily disclosed the allegations....
Posted on January 10, 2014
Michael R. Barr, former chief executive officer for HealthEssentials Solutions Inc., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by causing HealthEssentials to submit false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
The government...
Posted on January 10, 2014
Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered paint companies Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra, and NL Industries to pay the State of California $1.15 billion to remove lead paint from the interior surfaces of pre-1978 homes in 10 California cities and counties, the Los Angeles Times reported. The...
Posted on January 9, 2014
CareFusion Corp. has agreed to pay $40.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and promoting its products for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Department announced today.
CareFusion, a medical...
Posted on January 8, 2014
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held their fourth hearing on the federal Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), the long-awaited reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). During a nearly three-hour hearing, representatives from chemical...
Posted on January 8, 2014
Dr. Ravi Sharma has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that he and his clinics violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for vein injections and physician office visits performed by unqualified personnel, the Justice Department announced yesterday.
Sharma, who owned and operated...
Posted on January 6, 2014
A new study released by a Stanford professor suggests that giant offshore wind farms, in addition to providing electricity, could also help protect cities from hurricanes, reported Climate Central. In early December, civil and environmental engineering professor Mark Z. Jacobson and his...
