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Fighting for the Families of America Weitz & Luxenberg has been advocating for those injured by the negligence of others for nearly 40 years. Get Help Now Who we are Weitz & Luxenberg is a nationwide law firm, with decades of experience, specializing in legal services tailored to clients who have been wrongfully injured. More…
Potential Side Effects of Hair Relaxers Chemical hair straightening products change the actual structure of your hair. These products often involve multiple processes and applications to the scalp. If you used chemical hair straighteners or relaxers, you may experience any number of uncomfortable, potentially dangerous, side effects. Additionally, your risk of developing uterine, endometrial, and…
Weitz & Luxenberg partner Robin Greenwald has been appointed by the Court as Co-Lead Counsel for the ongoing Camp Lejeune litigation. She is part of a seven-member team overseeing the litigation involving the contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Four judges of the Eastern District of North Carolina announced the…
Has Contaminated Water from Camp Lejeune Caused Scleroderma? Researchers discovered that water systems supplying Marine Corps Base Camp were contaminated with toxic chemicals. Some of them are known to cause cancer and other illnesses. These dangerous chemicals include trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), benzene, and vinyl chloride. (1) TCE is a “colorless, volatile liquid” that is…
Not all chemical additives in our food supply are disclosed to either government regulators or consumers. (2) A loophole in U.S. law regulating food additives allows some chemicals to be exempted from the regulatory process. For example, “common food ingredients like vinegar and vegetable oil that are ‘generally recognized as safe’ (GRAS)” do not have…
Has Contaminated Water from Camp Lejeune Caused Leukemia? Those present at Camp Lejeune may have been exposed to water contaminated with toxic chemicals repeatedly for months, or even years, at a time. At Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, one “source of the contamination was the waste disposal practices at ABC One-Hour Cleaners, an off-base dry…
Has Contaminated Water from Camp Lejeune Caused Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma? People who lived or worked on Camp Lejeune, between August 1953 and December 1987, were exposed to contaminated water. This water was primarily used for drinking, cooking, and bathing. Exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune was repeated, sometimes over extended periods of time. For some,…
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Causing Bladder Cancer At Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, military personnel and civilians were exposed to toxic chemicals through the water supplied to the base. This water was concentrated in two out of the base’s eight water treatment systems, Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point. (2) The water at Camp Lejeune was…
Statistics for Store Injuries By far the most common causes of injuries in retail and grocery stores are slips, trips, and falls, with customers “at risk for many more accidents than employees.” The National Safety Council (NSC) ranked falls as the second leading cause of preventable injuries in 2023, with a total of 47,026 deaths….
