In light of WHO’s announcement on May 31, 2011 that it agrees with the research indicating that cell phone radiation is a probable cause of brain tumors, the decade-long battle to represent brain tumor victims against the cell phone industry who knew the risk is being uncovered. ABC News Reported On Cell Phone Radiation ABC [...]
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2011
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2011
World Health Organization Warning: Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Tumors
The cell phone industry has concealed its knowledge of the serious risks cell phones pose to its customers, ranging from cell phone radiation causing brain tumors to driver distraction. Tuesday the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) confirmed the fear of many: cell phones may cause brain tumors. World Health Organization Warns The World WHO’s International Agency for Research [...]
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2011
The Facts of The McDonald’s Case Revealed: Hot Coffee The Movie at SIFF and HBO
Trial lawyer Susan Saladoff directed an outstanding film, Hot Coffee The Movie based upon Liebeck v. McDonald’s . The film educates audiences around the world on the misperception of plaintiffs’ cases and the media and corporation’s propoganda against justice. The infamous McDonald’s case from 1992 that biases juries against the injured and plaintiffs nationwide [...]
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2011
When Innocent Victims Wish There Was Insurance Coverage
The life of a 9 year-old, who was innocently walking with her mother on the sidewalk near Denny Way Park, is forever changed. A stolen Land Cruiser was driven erratically by criminals through the streets of Seattle during the rush hour traffic on Monday, May 30, 2011. The Seattle Police backed off the chase when [...]
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2011
Energy Drinks: Health Hazard For Children
Today’s Bloomberg reports that the popular energy drinks we love to get going for an evening out or when we hit the mid-afternoon caffeine deprived wall at work, are actually very hazardous for children’s development. About 28 percent of children ages 12 to 14 regularly consume energy drinks, according to a study published in the March issue [...]
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2011
Poland Lands Aircraft Deal With U.S. During Obama’s Visit
During his tour of Europe, President Obama paid a visit to Warsaw, Poland on May 27, 2011. This was President Obama’s first visit to Poland as the U.S. President. Along President Obama’s comments of “being a bit Polish,” due to his living in Chicago and admiring the resilience of the Poles, he secured a [...]
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2011
Love Your iPhone, How About Its Undercover Tracking?
Many of us have become grown accustomed to readily informing our Facebook friends and Twitter followers where we are and what we are doing. But how about those times when you don’t want your friends..or how about even more tangentially, you don’t want companies and third-party advertisers to know where you are? Unfortunately, Apple has [...]
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2011
Cell Phones May Alter Brain Chemistry
The New York Times recently had an article dicuss the risk of cell phones potentially causing brain cancer. The article is lengthy, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of the argument. In the U.S., to prove a products liabilty case, the plaintiff (injured party) has the burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the use [...]
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2011
Tips To Reduce Cell Phone Radiation Exposure
My cell phone is my life. OK, that is a stretch, but it is center of staying connected with friends, family, current events, email, my calendar, etc. It’s no longer just a phone, it is like my mini portable computer. I’ve mastered the art of walking and texting and multi-tasking of talking to a friend while checking my [...]
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2011
Groupon, Like Walmart, Killing Small Business
Dovetailing on our recent post about Groupon’s illegal practices selling coupons with expiration dates in Washington State, I am reposting a fantastic article analogizing Groupon to WalMart and how the low price/grand scale model squeezes out the small businesses. Barry Hurd, President of Seattle-based 123 Social Media, a digital firm and think-tank that provides online competitive intelligence, digital business [...]
