Each morning, Eric Peoples sits up in bed and starts his day with a cough. A deep, long, hacking cough. He plants his feet on the floor and immediately feels as if someone is standing on his chest. When it gets really bad, it seems as though a giant creature is crushing his lungs, squeezing the breath out of him.
HEALTH: Man who ate several bags a day shared symptoms with factory workers who make microwave treat. By Katy Human
In what is believed to be the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case, a Chicago jury has awarded $30.4 million to a plant worker who was exposed to the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl, causing irreversible lung damage. The verdict was against diacetyl supplier BASF Corp. The plaintiff, 45-year-old Geraldo Solis, was diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans in 2006. After working in butter flavor processing plants for nearly 20 years, he now has only 25 percent of normal lung capacity. Solis' illness is incurable, and he is currently awaiting a lung transplant.
RES JUDICATA/ESTOPPEL: When a workers’ compensation claim was denied based on the determination that the claimant’s injuries were not workplace-related, and that determination became final after the claimant failed to pursue an appeal in the court of common pleas, collateral estoppel barred the claimant from pursuing a separate tort action against manufacturers that had allegedly supplied products that had caused the same injuries in the workplace: the claimant had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue whether she had been injured in the workplace in the workers’ compensation case, and the claims in the separate civil case all depended upon relitigation of the same issue.
... Industrial Commission determined that the lung problems of plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee Bev... in some butter flavoring commonly used in popcorn, and Gold Medal Products manufactured vending mach... had concluded that her pulmonary illness was not related to occupational chemical exposure,...
...2693, the "Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act.". The first i... in how this course has led to serious illness and preventable deaths. NIOSH issued its first gui...
... may cause or contribute to flavoring-related lung disease. The Agency is also interested in and seek... of occupational studies in microwave popcorn plants. While there is evidence that diacetyl is a...What signs, symptoms, test results, or illnesses have been detected or reported that you believe ma...
Each morning, Eric Peoples sits up in bed and starts his day with a cough. A deep, long, hacking cough. He plants his feet on the bedroom floor and immediately feels as if someone is standing on his chest. That's a good day. When it gets really bad, it seems as though a giant creature is crushing his lungs, squeezing the breath out of him.
... butter flavoring at a Missouri microwave popcorn plant, developing a ravaging lung disease that has... will stop using the chemical tied to his illness. But even now, it's confounding to him that a pung...
The announces items of community interest submitted by clubs, charities, government agencies and other nonprofit organizations. Items are run as space permits and at the discretion of the Metro newsroom. Some submitted items could be redirected to another listing, e.g. church or club news. You may mail or fax items to Metro Kanawha West, Charleston Newspapers, 1001 Virginia Street East, Charleston, W.Va. 25301. Please include a contact person and a daytime phone number; fax (304) 348-5133 (designate faxes as being for Metro). E-mail items to bcalwell@cnpapers.com. Pearl S. Buck: The Woman's Club of Dunbar will host actress Karen Vuranch as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at the clubhouse, 323 14th St., Dunbar. Buck was born in We...
...Christmas Seals Gala: The American Lung Association will host an evening of wine sampling,... be stocked with refreshments, candy and popcorn all for $1. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the movie b... Alliance: The National Alliance on Mental Illness meets at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of each mont...
..., GLISTER-MARY LEE POPCORN FACTORY. SCOTT SCHNEIDER, DIRECTOR... adopted, there were 40,000 cases of brown lung disease annually. Twelve percent of all textile wo... a witness, who suffer from injuries and illnesses based on their working conditions. This is not a t...
A lean and fit 35-year-old Milwaukee man had been working at a local flavoring plant for just six months when he collapsed while playing basketball with his buddies. He felt like he was hyperventilating. He couldn't figure it out. He always played basketball.
... that make some cheeses orange and give popcorn and other foods their butter flavor, his boss told... has been tied to three deaths and serious illness in at least 200 people. The Food and Drug Administ...
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