email June 23rd, 2007
GE sells plastics division
Sun-Journal - The division has struggled since 2004 due to rising costs of natural gas and raw materials such as benzene. Profits for the division fell by 22 percent in 2006, to $674 million. SABIC said it intends to grow the business globally and is not planning
email June 21st, 2007
Clean water, courtesy of the feds
Texas Observer - There are at least 26 acknowledged chemicals in the waste, including such known carcinogens as benzene and one category unhelpfully listed as other. Yet the Railroad Commission doesn t classify oil and gas waste as hazardous. That means
email June 20th, 2007
Widow denied hearing in court
Tuscaloosa News - There was never a time when Cline, a longtime chemist who blamed exposure to benzene for his illness, could have filed suit because the two-year deadline passed in 1989 and he wasn t diagnosed with the disease until 1999. Jack Cline sued Ashland Inc
email June 19th, 2007
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PRWeb - Attorney Denyse Clancy to Speak at ATLA Annual Convention Benzene Litigation Meeting Denyse Clancy, an attorney with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Convention today in Toronto