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  • Washington state sues Monsanto over PCB damages, cleanup costs

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    (Reuters) – Washington state filed an environmental lawsuit on Thursday against agricultural company Monsanto Co seeking damages and cleanup costs associated with the company's production of PCBs, the state's attorney general said. Monsanto produced the polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, “for decades while hiding what they knew about the toxic chemicals' harm to human health and…

  • Further promising data seen with Biogen Alzheimer’s drug: study

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    (Reuters) – Gradually increasing the dose of Biogen Inc’s experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug appeared to reduce the risk of brain swelling compared to higher fixed doses, interim 12-month results from a small study released on Thursday showed. “These data appear solid to us, and if anything provide additional confidence in the program and viability of…

  • LA hospital pays $450,000 after ‘dumping’ homeless patient

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    A Los Angeles hospital will pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it “dumped” a mentally ill homeless lady in the street, wearing only simple paper pajamas. The city sued the Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center in April 2015, stating that its employees had driven the 38-year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia and other…

  • LA hospital pays $450,000 after ‘dumping’ homeless patient

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    A Los Angeles hospital will pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it “dumped” a mentally ill homeless lady in the street, wearing only simple paper pajamas. The city sued the Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center in April 2015, stating that its employees had driven the 38-year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia and other…

  • Women and men won’t reach economic equality until 2186, index says

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    By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday. Statistics just a year ago predicted the economic gap…

  • U.S. probes toy jewelry kits linked to high lead levels

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    Elliot Kaye, who chairs the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said on Friday that he is examining the safety of Cra-Z-Art kits after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called on several big retailers to pull them from store shelves. A similar demand was made to LaRose Industries LLC, a Randolph, New Jersey-based company that…

  • U.S. probes toy jewelry kits linked to high lead levels

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    Elliot Kaye, who chairs the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said on Friday that he is examining the safety of Cra-Z-Art kits after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called on several big retailers to pull them from store shelves. A similar demand was made to LaRose Industries LLC, a Randolph, New Jersey-based company that…

  • U.S. federal agencies investigate Merck, Lilly drug pricing

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    Drugmakers Merck & Co and Eli Lilly & Co are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania and other federal agencies over drug pricing practices, the companies disclosed. Merck, in a regulatory filing late on Thursday, said it had received a civil investigative demand from the attorney’s office over the pricing of its…