News tagged with 'Water'

Attorney Keith Jones' son died in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. Now he is behind efforts to overturn the Death on the High Seas Act that limits recovery of damages for wrongful death on the high seas.

The water intoxication wrongful death trial of Jennifer Strange is about wrapped up in a Sacramento courtroom. The family says the owner of the radio station that held a contest for a Wii in which Strange participated, is liable. The station owner says her death was unforeseeable.

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder examined 50 shower heads from nine U.S. cities and found 30 percent harbored high levels of Mycobacterium avium, or M. avium – a group of bacteria that can cause lung infections.

An AP investigation found U.S. manufacturers, including drug-makers, have legally dumped 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), proposes improved testing of bottled water to detect bacteria. Consumers receive annual test results regarding any contaminants found in tap water, but the bottled water industry does not disclose its findings.

A newly released report finds some bottled waters are “no different than that of tap water.” Pain medication, fertilizer residue and other various chemicals were found in some major brands of bottled water.

Perchlorate, from rocket fuel will have no federal standards, even though it contaminates drinking water in 35 states. The EPA and consumer and child advocates facing-off with the White House/Defense Department ended with the administration concluding cleanup was prohibitive.  Defense contractors could be on the hook for part of the cost of the contaminant which harms the thyroids of developing children.

A five-month Associated Press investigation that found pharmaceuticals in 24 municipal area's tap water reveals that no one is even checking for them because there are no federal requirements to do so. Senators have expressed shock at the findings and will convene in April to try and address the oversight. 

An Alabama jury awarded $3.43 million recently to a man who lost a majority of his right leg in a personal watercraft accident. In August 2000, the defendant, William Petty-Fitzmorris, slammed his vessel into the back of plaintiff William Steen's personal watercraft. Due to the seriousness of his injuries, physicians

A New York jury awarded $10 million Wednesday to the family of a 14-year-old boy who died during a school field trip to a water park in Pennsylvania. Daniel Maracallo drowned in the wave pool at Allentown's Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Park security guards found the teenager in the attraction hours after fellow

A 24-foot Coast Guard boat and a 65-foot commercial vessel collided Saturday night off Palm Island near Miami Beach, Florida. Eleven people were injured, including two Coast Guard officers who were thrown from their Boston Whaler patrol boat upon impact. All injuries were reported to be minor. A 48-foot fishing boat

Two people died and three others were injured when the boat they were riding in collided with a rock-lined jetty off of Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida last weekend. A spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is investigating the accident, said the 25-foot 1989 Cabo was traveling fort

A man was killed this weekend when the 41 foot speed boat he was riding in hit a large wave. Steven Waller struck his head on the windshield and was thrown overboard as the boat raced at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. The accident occurred several thousand feet off of New Smyrna Beach, on Florida's east coast.

A man received several deep propeller cuts after he was thrown from his 31 foot boat during a fourth of July fishing trip. Ernest Phillips of Largo, Florida was driving the vessel when he made a high speed turn, causing his seat to rip from the deck, hurling him overboard. Investigators do not believe that alcohol pl

Two brothers were injured yesterday as the personal watercraft they were riding jumped a lakebed and collided with a tree. Benjamin Bernard, 11, was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg where he underwent surgery for a fractured skull and blood clot on the brain. His younger brother, Daniel Be